Advanced Renderman: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures (Paperback)

Preface

Introduction
1. Photosurrealism
2. Review of Math and CG Concepts

Scene Description
3. Describing Models
4. Geometric Primitives
5. Handling Complexity
6. How PhotoRealistic RenderMan Works

Shading
7. Introduction to Shading Language
8. Texture Mapping and Displacement
9. Illumination Models and Lights
10. Pattern Generation
11. Shader Antialiasing
12. A Gallery of Procedural Shaders

Tricks of the Trade
13. Storytelling Through Lighting
14. CG Lighting Controls
15. Volumetric Shaders for Visual Effects
16. Non-Photorealistic Rendering
17. Ray Tracing in PRMan

Afterword

Bibliography