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mental ray for Maya, 3ds Max, and XSI: A 3D Artist's Guide to Rendering | 
 enlarge | Author: Boaz Livny
Publisher: Sybex
Category: Book
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 49262
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 740
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0470008547
Dewey Decimal Number: 006
EAN: 9780470008546
ASIN: 0470008547
Publication Date: February 20, 2007
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Condition: Paperback. Sealed CD. Never used. Great book.
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Product Description
Turn 3D models into film-worthy digital animations by mastering mental ray rendering once and for all. This must-have guide is the only book on the market to focus exclusively on mental ray in Maya, 3ds Max, and XSI, and it's packed with techniques and insights you can't get anywhere else. Best of all, the book's advanced rendering concepts apply to other rendering software as well, including V-Ray, Brazil, Maxwell and RenderMan. Discover advanced lighting, camera, and workflow techniques that usually take professionals years to figure out.
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 The first useful mental ray book I've found. August 31, 2008
This is the first mental ray book I've found that clearly explains the options available in mental ray and how to tune those options. My only suggestion is that the author should put a concise list of real world materials and their corresponding lighting model(e.g. refractions that go through severel different materials(glass and water) with different IOR - dielectric shading model). I know these examples are supplied in the text but they are not in a central location.
 An excellent Mental Ray Bible August 2, 2008
This really is a fantastic book on Mental Ray. You learn many various aspects to a degree unmatched in any other book that I've seen; and the fact that it covers multiple 3D platforms, is icing on the cake. Truly a "must have" for anyone working in 3D animation and Digital Arts.
My only wish for this book, would be a more in-depth tutorial set, perhaps a companion book. But it is "nearly" a perfect book. :-)
Mental ray Maya,3ds, XSI---Excellent!! July 9, 2008
This book is the book that goes under the hood of the mechanics of mental ray. I learned so much by reading it. The MR features in all three apps are equally explained. The author describes the topics in detail:
Shaders,Shaders and more... (Architectural shaders little explanation)
Final Gathering and Ambient Occlusion
Subsurface Scattering
Indirect Illumination
Textures and projection, and more....
A Bonus chapter on Surface Approximation on CD
I recommend it to all CG artist.
For Intermediate Users June 8, 2008
This book is for Intermediate users. If you are just starting out with Mental Ray I wouldn't suggest that you purchase this book. So far from what I can tell this book is a great learning tool.
mental ray- excelente guia avanzada May 14, 2008
el libro es netamente tecnico. abarca tantos conceptos importantes para comprender el manejo de la iluminacion indirecta, el uso de fotones, final gather,, sombreadores, teoria de iluminacion etc.
ES un completo manual que permite comprender con mayor exactitud el manejo de mental ray y saber realmente que es lo que sucede cuando modificamos un valor. con este libro uno comprende el porque delas cosas.
y lo mejor es que no se centra en un solo programa, abarca hasta 3.
con este libro mental ray es mucho mas facil de comprender.
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