Surf these sites: Blue Moon Rendering Tools -- BMRT is a free/shareware RenderMan clone available on several platforms. It supports ray tracing, radiosity, area light sources, texture and environment mapping, and programmable shading with the RenderMan Shading Language. Gestel - Nurbs Modeling -- NURBS and polygonal modeling, Subdivision Surfaces, Construction History, full OpenGL support, the most advanced modeling tools, all industry leading rendering techniques, data exchange with most popular CAD and animation programs... Introduction to RenderMan -- This item contain introductory information. If you are new to RenderMan start here. Java Bindings for the RenderMan API -- The Java RenderMan bindings are an effort to allow the interaction of photorealistic modelling and rendering applications written in Java via Pixar''s RenderMan API. Pixar Animation Studios -- Pixar''s technical and creative teams have collaborated since 1986 to develop RenderMan, a rendering software system for high-quality, photorealistic image synthesis that Pixar uses internally and licenses to third parties. Pixar''s RenderMan Documentation Index -- An index of RenderMan Documentation. RMan Notes -- General information about writing shaders in the RenderMan Shading Language and using the two most commonly available RenderMan renderers. RManNotes -- The RenderMan notes. RenderMan Repository -- The RMR consists of about 30 HTML pages, 30 Megs of data and around 150 shaders at last count. Plus there of dozens of links to various other RenderMan related sites. RenderMan procedural descriptions -- The Shading language is the support for a special purpose programming language that can be used to provide procedural descriptions for various aspects of the rendering process.
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