rburns%master@Sun.COM (Randy Burns) (10/20/88)
I saw reference in the NeXT postings to the "Renderman Standard". It was billed as the PostScript of 3-D. Exactly what is the Renderman Standard and how can I find out more about it? Thanks.
david@epicb.UUCP (David P. Cook) (10/21/88)
In article <73701@sun.uucp> rburns%master@Sun.COM (Randy Burns) writes: >I saw reference in the NeXT postings to the "Renderman Standard". It >was billed as the PostScript of 3-D. Exactly what is the Renderman >Standard and how can I find out more about it? Thanks. Randy: The RENDERMAN Standard is a graphics standard being pushed primarily by PIXAR and is being backed by some other big name companies. Simply put, RENDERMAN is a rendering interface which exists between creation code and the end display... therefore, somewhat display independent (this is why it is being adopted by many manufacturers). PIXAR has done the most amount of work in rendering algorithms (state-of-the-art work, that is) and thus, feel they have good knowledge concerning the needs of rendering algorithms. The rendering system can handle textures and surfaces, volumes (I think) and a who host of other "realistic" methods. It appears fairly simple to implement. To find out more about RENDERMAN, try contacting PIXAR... Though I am sure that several of the PIXER readers of this newsgroup will be chiming in here to fill you in more detail... or to yell at me for my ignorance. -- | David P. Cook Net: uunet!epicb!david | | Truevision Inc. | "Sometimes I cover my mouth with | | Indianapolis, IN | my hand to tell if I'm breathing" | -----------------------------------------------------------