Here are links to documents, course notes, books, etc.
Here are links to documents, course notes, books, etc.
The following are from this list.
The RenderMan Shading Language Guide is the first-ever book devoted to the shading language ("RSL"). Also, Production Rendering offers excellent insight into *writing* production-quality renderers.
Here is a handy way to order these from Amazon:
RenderMan Interface (RI) Spec.
The official word on RenderMan.
An excellent approach to shader writing, using layers to synthesize appearances.