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From: sow@eru.mt.luth.se (Sven-Ove Westberg)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: RenderMan
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Date: 11 Jul 88 08:55:02 GMT
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In article <10468@oberon.USC.EDU> annala@neuro.usc.edu (A J Annala) writes:
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|The RenderMan interface is designed to be a standard interface between
|modeling programs and rendering programs capable of producing photorealistic
|quality images. 

|Companies already endorsing the RenderMan Interface include:  Apollo, Ardent,
|DEC, MIPS Computer Systems, NeXT, Prime, Stellar Computer, Sun Microsystems,
|Symbolics Graphics Div, Alias Research, Autodesk, Digital Arts, Intelligent
|Light, Synthesis Software Solutions, Industrial Light & Magic, Pacific Data
|Images, R/Greenberg Associates, The Analytic Sciences Corporation, Walt
|Disney Corporation.
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|I believe this is a specification well worth review and comment back to the
|Pixar Corporation.  Some features might be enhanced by wide review & comment.
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Since this seems to be a wide spread standard it would be very nice
if someone could post it to the net. 

Sven-Ove Westberg, CAD, University of Lulea, S-951 87 Lulea, Sweden.
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