vizwhiz

hi There

i just pre-ordered The next Mental Ray book, yesterday
it should be in The Stores by July 29th according To The publishers

Found This at Borders just happened To be browsing
couldnt find an existing book so i asked for some help

yahooiey

one more week

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

"Book Description
Written by the mental ray software project leader, this book 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 definiton of mental ray’s scene description language and the standard shader libraries are included as the basis for all examples. The third, completely revised edition covers the latest version of the new generation of mental ray, version 3.4. A CD with a fully programmable demo version of the software, together with example scene data and shaders that are described in the book, is enclosed. "

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etc MR info at

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...585453-9885465

Randy

wda

Randy,

The MR books are very good, lots of info as to what settings do what and such. The previous versions are the basics in a 'programing or scripting' for shders context. Perfect match for the 'nodal' GUI shader set up in XSI, a bit confusing for Max, though. It can be difficult to follow how shaders are connected and interact with other shaders in Max, from my experience.

It's a must buy, imho. Just don't expect it to unlock all the mysteries of MR in max, unless of course you're a programmer. Which I am not LOL

When you get it.... let us know what you think, maybe this revision is different.

Cheers
WDA

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