Rendering with Mental Ray

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Summary: page58,59
Review: I had readed the book by PDF,but some pages be lost!above 16+.
I want buy it from you.

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Summary: written from a programmers point of view
Review: If you use 3d studio max and intend this book to really help out in those complex scenes..it wont. This book is written for people who want to know exactly how light is mathmaticly computed in mental ray. Half the book is filled with usless equations that most designers would cringe at. The rendering recipes that it speaks of are useless and confusing. Im sending it back.

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Summary: Short summary
Review: mental ray® is the leading rendering engine for generating photorealistic images, built into many 3D graphics applications. This book, written by the mental ray software project leader, gives a general introduction into rendering with mental ray®, as well as step-by-step recipes for creating advanced effects, and tips and tricks for professional users. A comprehensive definition of mental ray's scene description language and the standard shader libraries is included and used as the basis for all examples.

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Summary: A must have for professionals using Mental Ray!!!
Review: This and volume two are absolute must haves for any CGI professionals using Mental Ray. Very thorough in their explanations and examples these books go to the very heart of the Mental Ray render structure. Both volumes, especially volume two, can be a little bit daunting to the uninitiated at first, but if you really are looking to dig into Mental Ray to get the best quality out of it you can, you must have these books.

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Summary: Short Summary
Review: This book is the definitive reference manual for mental ray® version 2.0 and 2.1. It starts with a brief overview over the features of mental ray and continues with the specifications of the mental ray scene description language and the mental ray shader interface. All material is presented in reference form, organized by grammar elements and C function call, rather than by feature set. It is for translator writers and shader writers who are familiar with the C and C++ programming languages.

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Summary: Rendering With Mental Ray (Mental Ray Handbooks Volume 1)
Review: This is old. The new revised edition is available. This one doesn't contain information on V 3.0 (only up to 2.1)
and it's the Same basic book. Shouldn't they have at least changed the color of the cover or something.
Why Amazon is still passing this off as current?? anyway. The new one is the same price, and it comes with a CD... go find the Vol 1:Second Revised edition.

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Summary: musthave!!
Review: When using mental ray you must have this one. This book is the definitive reference manual for mental ray. nothing more to say. a musthave,sure:-)