mental ray®一直被世界上从事设计和动画制作的专业人员视为首选的高端3D渲染软件。这个曾经荣获“学院奖”的软件，作为一个高端的渲染插件，被嵌入到许多先进的数字内容创作的软件包中（如：Autodesk Maya®, Autodesk 3ds Max® and Softimage® | XSI®）以及各种CAD的软件产品中。超过150部的电影在制作过程中使用了mental ray，而且世界上许多着名的电影工作室围绕着mental ray构建了他们的制作系统。
此外，中文版的Rendering with mental ray（第三版）(中文书名为《mental ray 渲染技术超级手册》)也将于2006年秋季由人民邮电出版社出版发行。这本手册由mental ray软件项目的主力开发人员编写，不仅阐述了如何使用mental ray进行渲染，创建高级特效的操作过程，以及大量的专业级技巧，而且综合地介绍了mental ray 软件的场景描述语言和标准着色库，它们是书中所有实例的基础。
Rendering with Mental Ray Handbook——《mental ray 渲染技术 超级手册》，电子书。
Book Description
Mental ray is the leading rendering engine for generating photorealistic images, built into many 3D graphics applications. This book, written by the mental ray software project leader, gives a general introduction into rendering with mental ray, as well as step-by-step recipes for creating advanced effects, and tips and tricks for professional users. A comprehensive definition of mental ray's scene description language and the standard shader libraries are included and used as the basis for all examples. The second edition was extended to cover the new generation of mental ray, version 3.0, throughout the book. A CD with a fully programmable demo version of the software together with example scene data and shaders that are described in the book is enclosed. The software permits experimentation on a wide variety of supported computer platforms.
Book Info
Provides an introduction into rendering with mental ray, as well as step-by-step recipes for creating advanced effects, and tips and tricks for professional users. Softcover. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
