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From: upstill@pixar.UUCP (Read my lips, make my day, eat quiche and die)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Rendering file formats w/motion
Keywords: ray trace motion file format
Message-ID: <6620@pixar.UUCP>
Date: 1 Sep 89 20:27:34 GMT
References: <324@helens.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <324@helens.Stanford.EDU> mike@relgyro.stanford.edu (Mike Macgirvin) writes:
>
>	Following this assumption, does anybody know of a file format
>for scene descriptions that include motion of objects/light-sources/
>view-points, etc. ? (I haven't yet played with RenderMan, which I
>suspect does something of this sort, but it seems to require compilation.)

I'm glad you asked me that question.  In fact, RenderMan handles motion
blur in high style.  I'd suggest you read the new, exquisitely written,
definitive, user-friendly guide to RenderMan, "The RenderMan Companion" by,
um, me.  It's easy, really.

Steve Upstill