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From: jh34607@suntc.UUCP (john howell)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Renderman
Summary: "The Renderman Companion" by Steve Upstill, Addison Wesley
	 Renderman Interface Specification from Pixar
Message-ID: <109@suntc.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 89 12:36:53 GMT
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In article <887@mtk.UUCP>, marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino) writes:
> I'd like to know more about Renderman.  Where can I get a specification or
> a book about it?

Addison-Wesley publishes a book by Steve Upstill (of Pixar) called "The
Renderman Companion".  See your local bookstore.

A copy of the "Renderman Interface Specification" can be obtained by
sending $15 to cover postage and hamdling to:
	Renderman
	Pixar
	3240 Kerner Blvd.
	San Rafael, CA  94901

>I understand that it is intended for 3D graphics, but
> does it handle 2D graphics as well or is there a lot of excess baggage?

Be sure you understand that Renderman is a SPECIFICATION for RENDERING
only.  This means that it does no modeling and no rendering.

A separate product from Pixar being called "Photorealistic Renderman" is a
rendering product only that fits the Renderman specification.  About the
only way that Photorealistic renderman is available is through a
developers kit that consists of a C library that provides the Rendering
capability to your own program.  Again Renderman has nothing to do with
modeling.

I suppose Renderman is inheritantly 3D but you certainly should be able
to render 2D objects also.  As for excess baggage ... 

Disclaimer:  I have absolutely nothing to do with Pixar, but was at
SIGGRAPH and got very excited about the Renderman concept.

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