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Class Description: Using mental ray -- Shaders
Intended for artists, this one-day class introduces fundamental mental ray concepts, covering a broad collection of demonstrative mental ray shaders. Exercises within the 3D application provide hands-on practice with the material covered in lecture.

Class Outline: Using mental ray -- Shaders
One day, 10AM-6PM

Full Day
Introduction Introduction to mental ray Rendering
Part 1 - Structure `.mi` Scene File Structure Shader Structure Shaders in the Scene Exercise 1 - Locating various shaders in the application
Part 2 - Color Single Color Color from Orientation Color from Position Exercise 2 - Use color shaders Transparency Exercise 3 - Use transparency shader Color from Image Files (Texture Maps) Exercise 4 - Use texture shaders Color of Edges
Break
Part 3 - Light Point Lights, Spot Lights and Shadows Light on Surface - Direct Illumination with Lambert, Phong, etc. Exercise 5 - Use Lambert, and one other shader Reflection Refraction Exercise 6 - Use glossy reflection shaders Light from Other Surfaces - Indirect Illumination Exercise 7 - Use indirect illumination with shaders Ambient Occlusion
Part 4 - Shape Modifying Surface Geometry Modifying Surface Orientation Creating Shapes Exercise 8 - Shape displacement and bump
Lunch Break
Part 5 - Space Global and Object Environment Exercise 9 - Using environment shaders Global and Object Volume Exercise 10 - Using volume shaders
Part 6 - Image Samples, Pixels and Tiles Exercise 11 - Sample diagnostics Motion and Temporal Samples Lens Shaders Exercise 12 - Using the fisheye lens Rendering Image Components Exercise 13 - Using framebuffer components Output Shaders Exercise 14 - Using the letterbox output shader
Break
Part 7 - Implementation Renderering Techniques Using the Rasterizer Exercise 15 - Transparency and motion Render Process - the render report Feature enabling, disabling Shadows - traced and shadowmaps Non-Render Pipeline Options Memory - Scene Cache Approximation - Scene Geometry Diagnostics -- BSP, Grid, Photon, FG Exercise 16 - Performance Optimization Online Shader Manual

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