NEXT MEETING -- Mental Ray at Linux Movies Feb 2nd

NEXT MEETING -- Linux Movies Group -- Hollywood Region

Feb 2nd, 2005 - mental ray

7pm - 9pm Presentation at Flash Film Works (743 Seward St.)

Afterwards - Alessi Italian restaurant (6602 Melrose Ave.)

Speaker:  L.A. mental ray user group leader Barton Gawboy

http://www.lamrug.org
http://www.mentalimages.com

Presentation covers a basic overview of rendering theory, through a 
discussion of mental ray's capabilities, ending with an example of how you 
can extend mental ray by writing shaders.

mental ray is rendering software that processes 3D models created in 
packages such as SoftImage or Maya and outputs photorealistic 2D images for 
movies. It combines physically correct simulation of the behavior of light 
with full programmability to create images of outstanding quality and 
unsurpassed realism. It uses GPU acceleration and recursive sampling 
techniques for faster rendering on single processor machines and provides 
scalable performance across networks of machines.

Location
Flash Film Works
743 Seward St.
Los Angeles, CA 90038

No charge to attend. No reservations necessary.


Robin
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