RIB

shader

To generate (render) the above image, do this:

• make sure you have prman or aqsis or 3delight etc. on your machine (a RenderMan renderer)
• place Teapot_P1.rib in a directory, eg. C:/temp on a PC
• place plastic.sl in the same directory. This is shader source, we need to compile it. Do:

  shader plastic.sl
  

  if you have PRMan, or

  aqsl plastic.sl
  

  if you have aqsis.
• now we are ready to render. Again, depending on whether you have PRman or aqsis (or other), do

  prman Teapot_P1.rib
  

  or

  aqsis Teapot_P1.rib
  

  etc.
• you should see a window pop up and the image get rendered into it

Now that you can generate an image, try editing the RIB file to change values there (eg. image resolution, camera FOV, light color, etc.). The idea is that the RIB file contains scene data, and the RenderMan-compliant renderer reads that to produce an output image ("a render").

You can now play with dozens of other RIB files and shaders found in other pages in this section of the site. Have fun!