Teaching materials

Slides for lectures

If you are a teacher and would like to use Writing mental ray shaders in the classroom, I have reformatted the book’s diagrams and code as a set of PDF files that can be used in classroom lectures.
Introduction WMRS_part0_introduction_april_2008.pdf
Structure WMRS_part1_structure_april_2008.pdf
Color WMRS_part2_color_april_2008.pdf
Light WMRS_part3_light_april_2008.pdf
Shape WMRS_part4_shape_april_2008.pdf
Space WMRS_part5_space_april_2008.pdf
Image WMRS_part6_image_april_2008.pdf
The lectures use the shaders and scene files from the book as well as some additional material you can download.
Additional lecture resources WMRS_lectures_extra_april_2008.zip

Examples of the lecture slides

shader_usage_categories.jpg

environment_reflection.jpg

framebuffers_diagram.jpg

mental ray Classes

A series of classes are offered by mental images to teach mental ray to artists, technical directors and programmers. You can see the schedule of the current classes at the Los Angeles mental ray Users’ Group (LAmrUG) website.

Additional web-based resources

Resource pages from the LAmrUG website:
Sampling
Motion blur
The rasterizer
Sub-surface scattering
Car paint shaders
Placeholders and demand-loaded geometry
Assemblies
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