Writing mental ray shaders             A perceptual introduction This website provides additional resources for the book Writing mental ray shaders: A perceptual introduction. It includes all the shader source code and scene files described in the book, available for you to download. These pages will also help you understand where and how the shaders are used in the example scenes throughout the book. In the page for a shader, the scenes that use it are linked; conversely, in the page for a scene, the shaders used by that scene are linked. The book’s bibliography is also duplicated here, but with the addition of links to the original papers and books that it references. I am also adding material beyond what is covered in the book to this site, including teaching materials as well as additional shaders that extend ideas presented in the book or based on new shader ideas suggested by readers. The book includes a CDROM that contains a fully functional version of mental ray, rendering images that are not watermarked or limited in resolution. You can make comments and suggestions about the book on the forum which I’ll use to correct and improve the book by making additions to this website. Andy Kopra mental images Background Getting started The book’s CDROM Downloading examples from the book Shaders Shader compilation on various platforms Shader source files Additional shaders A few notes on programming style Scenes Accessing custom shaders during rendering Scene files Reference Teaching materials Bibliography

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