[vtk-developers] Renderman Announces new pricing policy

[Bill Lorensen]

Dave,

I need to do some repair work on the RIB classes. I think I know how
to proceed. Hopefully I'll have a gerrit topic soon.

Bill


On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ooops... Here is the source and cmake file:
>
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> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dave,
>>
>> I was able to create this image dented.tif
>> which very similar to an image I created years ago:
>> http://web.archive.org/web/19970630025047/http://www.crd.ge.com/~lorensen/vtkrib/
>>
>> I had to hand edit the .rib file. I need to update the RIB exporter.
>> Don't waste time on this until I fix the RIB exporter and property.
>>
>> It is encouraging since that example uses a shader that I wrote.
>>
>> I also attached the c++ code that almost produced a good rib file.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:40 AM, David E DeMarle
>> <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>>> I'll let you know when I get past the black screen rendered with VTK
>>> cells.py's cells.rib file.
>>>
>>>
>>> David E DeMarle
>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>> R&D Engineer
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>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'll take a look.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:30 AM, David E DeMarle
>>>> <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>> > There is also the pixie project, a high quality rendering engine that
>>>> > accepts RIB input.
>>>> > http://www.renderpixie.com
>>>> > seems to compile and run easily enough.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > David E DeMarle
>>>> > Kitware, Inc.
>>>> > R&D Engineer
>>>> > 21 Corporate Drive
>>>> > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>>>> > Phone: 518-881-4909
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Folks,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Mike Halle referred me to this article regarding RenderMan:
>>>> >> http://renderman.pixar.com/view/non-commercial
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Many years ago, I wrote the vtkRIBExporter that produces RenderMan
>>>> >> files. At that time, there was a free package BMRT that accepted
>>>> >> RenderMan files and created high quality renderings from VTK models.
>>>> >> In fact, almost all of the images in the VTK book centerfold plates
>>>> >> were produced using vtkRIBExporter and BMRT.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The new free license has commercial restrictions, but they seem
>>>> >> lenient unless you want to sell your animations.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I've requested a free license. I'll keep the group informed...
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Bill
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