Production Rendering

Design and Implementation

Ian Stephenson, Mark Elendt, Rick LaMont, Jacopo Pantaleoni, Scott Iverson, Paul Gregory, Matthew Bentham

302 pages, parution le 29/12/2004

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Résumé

In the past, rendering systems used a range of different approaches, each compatible and able to handle certain kinds of images. However, the last few years have seen the development of practical techniques, which bring together many areas of research into stable, production ready rendering tools. Written by experienced graphics software developers, Production Rendering: Design and Implementation provides not only a complete framework of different topics including shading engines and compilers, but discusses also the techniques used to implement feature film quality rendering engines.

Key Topics

A Rendering framework for managing a micro polygon-oriented graphics pipeline
Problems presented by different types of geometry showing how different surface types can be made ready for shading
Shading and how it fits into a rendering pipeline
How to write a good shader compiler
Ray tracing in a production renderer
Incorporating global illumination into a renderer
Gathering surface samples into a final image
Tips and tricks in rendering

L'auteur - Ian Stephenson

Ian Stephenson, is a Senior Lecturer at the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA), Bournemouth University, UK. Developer of the Angel rendering system, he is also the author of Essential RenderMan Fast.

L'auteur - Mark Elendt

Mark Elendt , Senior Mathematician, has been with Side Effects Software Inc, Canada for 11 years and has written at least 5 renderers over these years. He was chief architect for the Houdini renderers Mantra and VMantra. In 1997 he received a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

L'auteur - Rick LaMont

Rick LaMont, co-founder and CTO of Dot C Software, USA, currently acts as lead programmer of RenderDotC and Mai-Tai. He received the Computerworld Smithsonian Award for Technology Benefiting Mankind for his work on the Weyerhaeuser Design Center (Foley and van Dam, Second Edition, color plate I.8).

L'auteur - Jacopo Pantaleoni

Jacopo Pantaleoni, is currently a Developer for LightFlow Technologies, Italy, which he founded in 1999. His interests in mathematics, computer programming and, realistic rendering lead to the publication of Lightflow Rendering Tools. In 2000, he also began working with a team of beta testers, on a connection between his rendering software and MayaTM.

L'auteur - Scott Iverson

Scott Iverson, is the chief developer of the AIR renderer, and founder of Sitex Graphics Inc, USA

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L'auteur - Paul Gregory

Paul Gregory, works for the Aqsis Team, UK. He is the originator, and lead developer of the open source renderer "Aqsis".

L'auteur - Matthew Bentham

Matthew Bentham, is currently at ART VPS Ltd, UK. He is also the software developer responsible for compiler technology at ART VPS, creators of the RenderDrive rendering appliance.

Sommaire

Introduction
Contributors
A System Overview
A Rendering Architecture
Geometry
Shading
Compiling
Ray Tracing
Global Illumination
Image Construction
Rendering Gems
Bibliography
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Ian Stephenson, Mark Elendt, Rick LaMont, Jacopo Pantaleoni, Scott Iverson, Paul Gregory, Matthew Bentham
Parution	29/12/2004
Nb. de pages	302
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	609g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781852338213
ISBN13	978-1-85233-821-3