Softimage Production Series DVD 2 - Rendering in XSI 4.2

Softimage Production Series Training DVD #2 - Rendering in XSI

Create stunning visual effects and photorealistic rendered images with this complete overview of Render Pass and Render Tree concepts in XSI.

• Learn how to create advanced and outstanding image quality and effects using Render Tree, the shading network tool in XSI.

• Achieve maximum flexibility for your production pipeline using Rendering Passes in XSI to breakup scene content into manageable passes, allowing you to create multiple versions of the same scene while keeping all the information in a single file.

• This extensive overview of Bump Mapping in XSI allows you to achieve realistic Surface looks, and the complete and thorough guide to elliptical filtering in XSI enables you to improve rendering speed.

Main Chapters:

• Render Tree Basics

• Render Tree Techniques

• Creating Effects with the Gradient Shader

• Elliptical Filtering

• Bump Mapping

• Lighting

• Final Gathering

• Render Passes Explained

• Render Passes in Use

• Scenes and Documentation