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Summary

RIB is the RenderMan® interface standard (RenderMan is a registered trademark of Pixar.)

Tools

• RhinoMAN - An advanced Rhino user interface for RIB renderers.
• RhinoAir - New plugin for rendering with AIR from Rhino 4

Renderers

• 3Delight - a fast high quality RIB renderer
• AIR - a fast high quality RIB renderer
• Aqsis - an open source RIB renderer
• RenderDotC - a fast high quality RIB renderer
• RenderMan - the RIB renderer from Pixar

Useful Links

• RenderMan shaders - how to code them
• ShadeTree - interactive RIB shader authoring tool
• RenderMan Repository - many RIB resources
• RenderMan Newsgroup - RIB support newsgroup
• RIB - the specification

Books

• Advanced RenderMan - Creating CGI for Motion Pictures by Anthony A. Apodaca, Larry Gritz
• The Renderman Companion - A Programmer's Guide to Realistic Computer Graphics by Steve Upstill