[vtk-developers] Renderman Announces new pricing policy

David E DeMarle dave.demarle at kitware.com
Tue Mar 3 15:15:01 EST 2015


Great thanks!

Let me know if you need anything, I'm working on something related and can
chip in some time if needed.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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
> >>> 21 Corporate Drive
> >>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> >>> Phone: 518-881-4909
> >>>
> >>> 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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