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RenderMan For Everyone: SIGGRAPH 2006 Course Notes

This is a talk I gave as part of SIGGRAPH 2006's RenderMan course. It is both an overview of, and introduction to RenderMan. Cheers, Saty

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RenderMan For Everyone: SIGGRAPH 2006 Course Notes

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Introduction to RenderMan

Saty Raghavachary
Talk outline

RenderMan basics
• origins
• 'RI Spec' – brief tour
• workflow
• scene (RIB) files
• shaders (RSL)
• resources
Origins, history

• Univ. of Utah – Ed Catmull

• Lucasfilm, Pixar - “REYES” ('87)

• Photorealistic RenderMan ('89), RSL ('90)


Origins, history

REYES
• all objects get broken down
into micropolygons
• micropolygons are shaded
• results are combined to produce
output pixel colors and opacities
Origins, history
Origins, history
Origins, history

LOTS of movies use RenderMan!


RI Spec

What is RenderMan?
• an interface between modelers and renderers

• idea is to be able to mix-and-match them


RI Spec

What's in the Spec


• core capabilities (eg. hierarchical graphics state,
antialiasing, programmable shading language)
• advanced/optional capabilities (eg. motion blur,
depth of field, global illumination)
• C/C++ bindings and RenderMan Interface
Bytestream (RIB) bindings
• RenderMan Shading Language (RSL)
RI Spec

Who implements the Spec?


• Pixar – Photorealistic RenderMan (PRMan) - v.13
• Dot C Software – RenderDotC
• Paul Gregory and team - Aqsis
• SiTex Graphics – AIR
• Okan Arikan – Pixie
• 3Delight
• ... several others ...
RI Spec

Version numbers
• 3.0 – 1988
• 3.1 – 1989, revised in 1995
• 3.2 – 2000
• 3.2.1 – Nov. 2005
• 3.3 – in the works

Read the Spec thoroughly!


Workflow

RenderMan dataflow/pipeline

Do modeling, layout, animation, effects


and lighting/surfacing elsewhere (eg. in Maya)
Workflow

Sources of RIB files


• 'by hand', using a text editor
• by running a program – bindings exist for Java,
Python, Perl, Tcl, Ruby..
• standalone scene converters, eg. mi2rib
• native output, eg. from Blender
• translator plugins – eg. for Maya, we have
MTOR/Slim, RfM, MayaMan and Liquid
Workflow

Sources of shaders
• from scratch, 'by hand'
• plugin interface, eg. 'Slim' for Maya
• integrated into host program, eg. 'RenderMan for
Maya' plugin for Maya
• standalone 'connect the boxes' UI programs, eg.:
– ShaderMan
– ShadeTree (defunct)
Workflow

ShaderMan, ShadeTree
Workflow

Sources of maps Types of maps:


• digital paintings, – texture
scans, photos.. – environment/reflection
• prior renders, ie. – normal
from a previous 'pass' – shadow/deep shadow
– photon
TIFF images for texturing – irradiance cache
need to be converted to map
– occlusion
format, eg. .tex for PRMan
– brick
Workflow

Ways of extending RenderMan


• shaders
• DSO shader plugins, “shadeops”
• standalones/DSOs to output RIB
for use with the 'Procedural' RIB call
• display driver DSOs
RIB files

• scene description files


• simple, declarative style, eg.
Projection “perspective” “fov” 54.3

• no loops, branches, function


calls etc.
• can be ASCII or binary
• usually one file per frame
of animation
RIB files

A very simple RIB file and output:

PRMan render command: render sph_pln.rib


RSL

Language highlights
• C-like syntax
• types: float, string, color, point, normal...
• operators: +,-,*,/,%,==...
• control statements: if(), for()..
• rich collection of built-in functions
• user-definable functions
• DSO shadeops (shader plugins)
• pre-processor directives, eg. #include
RSL

Built-in function categories


• mathematical, eg. asin()
• geometric, eg. normalize()
• color, eg. ctransform()
• matrix, array, eg. arraylength(), determinant()
• string, eg. concat()
• shading, lighting, eg. diffuse(), trace()
• texture mapping, eg. texture(), shadow()
• message passing, info., eg. surface(), rayinfo()
RSL

Five categories of shaders


• surface
• displacement
• atmosphere
• light
• imager

Shader source needs to be compiled, eg. (PRMan):


shader myshader.sl
RSL
RSL
RSL

surface showN()
{
normal NN = normalize(N);
vector posNorm = 0.5*(vector(1,1,1)+NN);

Oi = Os;
Ci = Oi*color(comp(posNorm,0), comp(posNorm,1),
comp(posNorm,2));
}// showN()
RSL
RSL

surface tex(string tmap="generic.tex";)


{
float alpha;
/* get base color from map */
if(tmap!="")
{
color Ct = color texture(tmap,s,t);
alpha = texture(tmap[3],s,t);
Oi = alpha;
Ci = Oi*Ct;
}
}//tex()
RSL
RSL

displacement sinewaves(float freq=1.0, ampl=1.0,


sphase=0, tphase=0, paramdir=0)
{
// displace along normal, using sin(s),sin(t) or both
if(0==paramdir)
{
P += ampl*sin(sphase+s*freq*2*PI)*normalize(N);
}
else if (1==paramdir)
{
P += ampl*sin(tphase+t*freq*2*PI)*normalize(N);
}
else
{
P += ampl*sin(sphase+s*freq*2*PI)*
sin(tphase+t*freq*2*PI)*normalize(N);
}
N = calculatenormal(P);
}// sinewaves
RSL
RSL

light
Kessonlt(
float intensity=1 ;
color lightcolor=1 ;
float freq=1.0, coneangle=PI/2;
)
{
point Pt = freq*transform("shader",Ps);
vector ldir = 2*noise(freq*Pt) - 1;
solar(ldir,coneangle)
{
Cl = intensity * lightcolor;
}
}// Kessonlt()
RSL
RSL

volume underwater(
float mindist=0, maxdist= 1;
color fg=1, bg=1;
float inten=1, gam=1, mixf=0.5;
)
{
color c; float d;
d = length(I);
if(d<=mindist)c = fg;
else if(d>=maxdist)c = bg;
else
{
d = (d-mindist)/(maxdist-mindist);
d = pow(d,gam);
c = mix(fg,bg,d);
}
Ci = inten*mix(Ci,c,mixf);
Oi = mix( Oi, color (1,1,1), d );
}// underwater()
RSL
RSL
imager Imager_ramp
(
color ctop = color(1,1,1);
color cbot = color(0,0,0);
float gam=1.0;
)
{
float curr_y;
float rez[3];
color rampcol;
float mixf;
option("Format",rez);
curr_y = ycomp(P)/ rez[1]; // 0 to 1, top to bottom
curr_y = pow(curr_y,gam);
rampcol = mix(ctop,cbot,curr_y);
Ci += (1-Oi)*rampcol;
Oi = 1.0;
}// Imager_ramp()
RSL
Resources

Books

Also:
• Texturing and Modeling
• Essential RenderMan
• a new RSL book
Resources

Notes, tutorials
• SIGGRAPH course notes
'92, '95, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '03, '06
• Prof. Malcolm Kesson – 'fundza'
• Zhang Jian - “ZJ”
• Steve May -
• Katsuaki Hiramitsu - 'Katsu's RooM'
Resources

Portals, forums
• RenderMan Repository – RMR – Tal Lancaster
• RenderMan Academy – Rudy Cortes
• RenderMania – Simon Bunker
• highend3d.com
• deathfall.com
• comp.graphics.rendering.renderman
Resources

Implementors' sites
• Pixar - www.pixar.com
• RenderDotC - www.dotcsw.com
• Aqsis - www.aqsis.org
• AIR - www.sitexgraphics.com
• Pixie - sourceforge.net/projects/pixie
• 3Delight - www.3delight.com
• ART - www.art-render.com/
Summary

• origins
• RI Spec
• workflow
• RIB files
• shaders (RSL)
• resources
HAVE FUN!!

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