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	Autodesk - mental ray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		mental ray® Standalone software is a high-performance rendering engine for generating photorealistic images.
		Although mental ray rendering technology is featured in Autodesk® applications such as Autodesk® Maya®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® VIZ, and Autodesk® ImageStudio software, the standalone version is best suited when you have large volumes of data to process.
		mental ray is a registered trademark of mental images GmbH licensed for use by Autodesk, Inc.
	usa.autodesk.com /adsk/servlet/index?id=6837573&siteID=123112 (122 words)

	Mental Ray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The primary feature of mental ray is the achievement of high performance through parallelism on both multiprocessor machines and across render farms.
		mental ray was designed to be integrated into a third-party application using an API or be used as a standalone program using the.mi scene file format for batch-mode rendering.
		In 2003, mental images was awarded an Academy Award for their contributions to the mental ray rendering software for motion pictures.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mental_Ray (556 words)

	Products/mental ray
		mental ray® generates images of outstanding quality and unsurpassed realism and achieves scalable performance through the exploitation of parallelism on both multiprocessor machines and across networks of machines.
		mental ray accepts scene data using its.mi scene description language in either ASCII or mixed ASCII/binary form, whose specification is precisely defined in the documentation.
		mental ray is the first rendering software which combines the physically correct simulation of the behavior of light with full programmability for the creation of any imaginable visual phenomena.
	www.mentalimages.com /2_1_0_mentalray/index.html (311 words)

	Mental Ray Ambient / Reflection Occlusion Shader Tutorial
		Quite simply it shoots out rays from the pixel that is being shaded in a hemisphere based on the normal of the pixel.
		It then traces these rays to the scene bounds or to a fixed distance defined in the shader and if it hits a piece of geometry the ray is flagged as occluded.
		Mental Ray then works out the average number of rays that were occluded and uses this to work out a blend colour between the BRIGHT and DARK values setup in your shader.
	www.cg-academy.net /pages/free_tutorials/tut_ambient_occlusion_shader/tut_mentalray_ambientocclusion_shader.htm (2403 words)

	David Lanier 3D - mental ray Shaders writer developer development programmer
		Mental Ray Custom Shaders developer development programmer programming
		I am a Mental Ray Shaders development engineer who is a service provider for the computer graphics Mental Ray Shaders development industry.
		Video games developer development programmer programmings - Mental Ray Shaders development - visual and special effects - feature films and animated series - postproduction - computer graphics - research - Mental Ray Shaders development - visualization - design - web architecture - advertisement - education - Mental Ray Shaders development …
	dl3d.free.fr /mentalray-shaders-developer.htm (193 words)

	3DTotal Tutorials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		As for MAYA, now (versoin 5.0) has included "Mental ray" as their standard renderer along with MayaSoftware, MayaHardware and Maya Vector.
		Mental ray has a feature call "Final Gathering" which will emit light from all objects in the scene.
		Change the renderer to mental ray by render >> render using >> mental ray.
	www.3dtotal.com /team/tutorials/gi_mray/giimr_01.asp (896 words)

	Samples Tips
		For example, although the average sample density across the image is the same, mental ray has more samples to use for a filter that is one pixel in size.
		For each spatial sample taken during adaptive sampling, mental ray may take a number of temporal samples, averaging them together for the result.
		Because the surface of the cube is reflective, the eye rays bounce off the cube and hit the plane which has a samples 1 1 setting.
	www.lamrug.org /resources/samplestips.html (2453 words)

	3D Software Reviews: Mental Ray
		Mental Ray ships as the standard renderer with SoftimageXSI, is now included with Maya as well, and is growing in popularity as a renderer for use with other animation systems.
		Mental Ray is a sophisticated programmable raytracer that also supports global illumination, for radiosity-style bounced lighting and caustic effects.
		Mental Ray is also available as an optional renderer to use with 3D Studio Max (although that provides a limited version without programmable shaders.) Related books and links are on the Softimage Reference Page...
	www.3drender.com /jobs/mr.htm (124 words)

	Mental Ray Sampling (adaptive sampling settings)
		Sampling is one of the most delicate features of Mental Ray (and most of the other renderers) rendering-time and quality-wise.
		Sampling itself is basically the process of shooting rays for every sample from the camera (eye rays) into the scene and where these rays intersect geometry they query the shading information for that point.
		The writers of Mental Ray (or at least the writers of the documentation) suggest to use min samples plus two or three for the max samples, to let the adaptive algorithm some freedom to work.
	www.impresszio.hu /szabolcs/MentalRay/MentalRaySampling.htm (2039 words)

	Mental Ray Or Scanline Renderer - CGarchitect.com
		Mental ray takes some time to learn, esp in the finer points of set-up.
		This is becuase people will use mental ray just becuase it's there and they end up with renders that take 20 hours that look the same as a scanline render that took 2 minutes.
		as for the case of mental ray and the others like brazil, final render and vray, they have so many parameters that need to be tweaked.
	www.cgarchitect.com /vb/showthread.php?t=6539 (596 words)

	Mar 07 - ARTVPS, mental images Collaborate on Ray Tracing Solutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		mental images®, founded in 1986, is the recognized international leader in providing component and platform software for the creation, manipulation and visualization of 3D content.
		mental images is a privately held company with headquarters in Berlin, Germany, a subsidiary in the United States, mental images, Inc., and an office in Stockholm, Sweden.
		mental images’s products are integrated by the world’s leading manufacturers of computer-aided design and digital content creation software into their own products.
	www.tenlinks.com /NEWS/PR/art_vps/030706_mentalimages.htm (795 words)

	Mental Ray Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Many (but not all) of the processes and parameters described will still be relevant when Mental Ray is used with other software.
		Mental Images - The developer of Mental Ray.
		Rendering With Mental Ray by Thomas Driemeyer, the mental ray software project leader, explains a lot about what goes on inside Mental Ray, focused on Mental Ray version 2.1.
	www.3drender.com /ref/mr.htm (282 words)

	3D Buzz - Mental Ray - FAQ, Glossary, Tutorials, Shaders and more!
		Mental Ray can also be bought as a stand-alone rendering application, which is what you'd need to do for rendering on lots of computers (ie a render farm).
		Eye Rays: These are cast into your scene from the camera, through the pixels of your image, in order to sample which objects need to be rendered, and how the pixels they were cast through should look (more or less).
		Mental Ray shaders can be extremely powerful, this post will contain information on the Mental Ray shaders that come installed with Maya, and how to install and use the many great shaders that people have created and posted online.
	www.3dbuzz.com /vbforum/showthread.php?t=82183 (5659 words)

	Amazon.com: Rendering with Mental Ray: Books: Thomas Driemeyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Mental ray is the leading rendering engine for generating photorealistic images, built into many 3D graphics applications.
		This book, written by the mental ray software project leader, 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 definition of mental ray's scene description language and the standard shader libraries are included and used as the basis for all examples.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3211836632?v=glance (1031 words)

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		Mental Ray when using automatic calculation (Min & Max set to 0) actually calculates that my settings should be on 0.228 and 2.28.
		Mental Ray's automatic 2.28 and 0.228 (it probably included the whole ground plane in the calculation), then our estimated 1.43 and 0.143.
		Mental Ray can at times be tricky, but I think the results are often very worth the effort.
	www.jozvex.com /tutorials/fg.html (2507 words)

	Springer WienNewYork - Programming mental ray® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It starts with a brief overview of the features of mental ray and continues with the specification of the mental ray scene description language, the mental ray shader interface, and the integration interface for third-party applications.
		This third, completely revised edition was extended to cover the new generation of mental ray, version 3.4, throughout the book, and also includes the mental ray integration manual.
		The enclosed CD contains a full-featured demo version of the mental ray stand alone and the mental ray library, as well as example shaders with source code and demo scenes, for a variety of computer platforms.
	www.springer.at /main/book.jsp?bookID=3-211-24484-0&categoryID=3 (326 words)

	XSI Base - Softimage XSI Community
		mental ray is used both for cutting-edge visual effects in major motion pictures and for the computer-based design of industrial products.
		The mental ray technology is an integral part of the world's leading 3D content creation tools, such as Maya® from Alias Systems, 3ds max® from Discreet, a division of Autodesk, and SOFTIMAGE®XSI® from Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID).
		At mental images we create 3D technology that makes it easy for people to fully explore their creative potential,'' said Rolf Herken, CEO and CTO of mental images.
	www.xsibase.com /news.php?detail=922 (701 words)

	Xedium3d - Tutorials - Caustics
		Mental Ray is a renderer that can calculate photons, creating Global Illumination and Caustics lighting, which will be explained in this tutorial.
		Mental Ray's photon effects can only work on objects that are Raytrace material, have a Raytrace Map or Flat Mirror applied, or are one of the special Mental Ray materials (e.g.
		We need to tell Mental Ray what lights and objects we want to make caustics with.
	www.xedium3d.com /tutorials/caustics/caustics.html (533 words)

	Mental Ray: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		mental ray is a production quality rendering rendering (computer graphics) quick summary:
		Ray tracing is a realistic method for rendering images (or frames) constructed in 3d computer graphics environments....
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/mental_ray.htm (373 words)

	Mental Ray for Maya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This class introduces the use of Mental Images mental ray as it is implemented in Maya.
		Specifically focusing on the Maya-to-mental ray equivalencies in regards to lights, shaders, geometry, and render settings, class instruction examines adjusting, tuning and troubleshooting mental ray through real-world examples.
		The main focus of the class is to teach artists already familiar with Maya how and when to use mental ray as their alternate renderer.
	www.gnomon3d.com /courses/5week3d/mentalray.html (93 words)

	Death Fall \| Alias\|Wavefront Ships mental ray for Maya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In addition to this new rendering option, AliasWavefront is also offering mental ray stand-alone licenses for increased interactive rendering speed within Maya as well as for use in batch rendering.
		mental ray for Maya is an optional and fully integrated plug-in renderer for Maya that offers the features and tools available in the renowned mental ray renderer version 3.0 from mental images?.
		As a mental ray for Maya early access site, Boy Wonder Visual Effects in Culver City, California had the opportunity to use the product for their work on the upcoming trailer for a major Hollywood studio's feature film commercials.
	www.deathfall.com /article.php?sid=146 (1269 words)

	Springer WienNewYork - mental ray Handbooks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		These handbooks provide concise and up-to-date general and technical information about the commercially available rendering software mental ray®.
		They address the needs of professional and non-professional users of the software as well as of software developers who intend to integrate the stand-alone version of mental ray or the mental ray component software into applications that require interactive photorealistic and high image quality programmable rendering.
		mental ray is a valuable tool for teaching and demonstrating the fundamental concepts of photorealistic and programmable rendering as well as a benchmark and catalyst for further research
	www.springer.at /main/series.jsp?seriesID=6058&categoryID=3 (116 words)

	zDepthDOF Documentation
		This is the Mental Ray shader description file, containing info about the shader's user variables.
		Select 'Create mental ray Nodes' from the popup menu in the top left corner and open the 'Miscellaneous' section at the bottom.
		If you are experiencing an error message saying 'Mental Ray aborted...' when using zDepthDOF then you are possibly missing that library.
	homepage.mac.com /bauer/portfolio_shaders/zDepthDOF/zDepthDOF.html (4762 words)

	Death Fall \| Mental Ray and DreamWorks' Shark Tale
		Realistic lighting is largely determined by indirect illumination effects such as the occlusion of elements in a scene from simulated direct light and the indirect illumination caused by light scattered from various directly or indirectly lit surfaces in the 3D environment.
		mental ray offers supreme control over light scattering and the effects of indirect light in a 3D scene, which was a key requirement for "Shark Tale".
		mental images's technology blurs the line between virtual and real, allowing for experimentation with innovative effects that have begun to revolutionize the motion picture industry.
	www.deathfall.com /article.php?sid=4203 (1328 words)

	BOXX :: Rendering Software :: Mental Ray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Whether used on a single BOXX Workstation or hundreds of BOXX RenderBOXX render nodes, mental ray provides the power to meet tight deadlines and give your artists more creative freedom.
		mental ray is a film-quality rendering solution that brings a highly flexible approach to creating surfaces, cameras, lights, and volumetrics.
		mental ray has been integrated into Softimage3D and SoftimageXSI, Autodesk 3ds max and VIZ, Autodesk Maya, Side Effects Software's Houdini 5, SolidWorks PhotoWorks 2, and Dassault Systems' CATIA V4 and V5 products.
	www.boxxtech.com /applications/mental_ray.asp (178 words)

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