SoRender

SoRender is an interactive graphical interface from Softimage 3D to the RenderMan standard. The intention behind SoRender was not only to translate Softimage scene information to the RenderMan standard, but to enable an animaator to use RenderMan as an extension of the Softimage environment. The interface is currently composed of eight tools that are all written as plug-ins to Softimage built on SoftimageÕs DKit. A brief description of each tool is given below. At the time this document is being written, the developers are aware of only two commercially available RenderMan renderers. These are PixarÕs PhotoRealistic RenderMan and Larry GritzÕs Blue Moon Rendering Tools. Because of this, we have built in specific support for some of the more useful implementation specific options that each employs. SoRender is freely distributable, but copyrighted Software.

David Walvoord

Assistant Systems Admin.
Visualization Laboratory
Texas A&M University
A-216 Langford Center
College Station, TX 77843-3137
USA
409-845-3465
409-845-4491 (fax)
davew@viz.tamu.edu

For applications in related solution areas, see the following indices: Rendering, the developer index for Visualization Laboratory and the product category index for Interactive Authoring & Entertainment.