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Contents 1 Rendering Images 1.1 Rendering Theory 1.2 Rendering with mantra 1.3 Rendering with other supported renderers 1.4 Render Export Pipeline 1.5 Recording 1.6 Tutorials and Links 2 Rendering Geometry 3 Render Queues / Render Farm Resources

[edit] Rendering Images

[edit] Rendering Theory

• MaterialLibrary : this contains discussion and shaders on a variety of surfaces

[edit] Rendering with mantra

• mantra : Houdini's renderer. General information.
  • VEXUsageTips : since mantra supports VEX as it's shading language, these tips also apply.
  • MantraFeatures : summary of Mantra's capabilities
  • MantraGoryDetails : more technical discussion of the internals of Mantra.
• MantraShaders : explanation of the shader contexts
  • WritingShaders : useful infomation on writing Mantra shaders
• MantraInstancing : info for instancing (rendering many of the same object) with mantra
• MantraOptimizations : need to speed up your renders? read in..
• GlobalIllumination : info about Irradiance, AmbientOcclusion, PhotonMapping and more..
• ShaderUnwrapping : info for baking shaders - useful for NormalMapping and so on.
• VolumetricRendering : rendering uniform and varying density volumes using mantra and i3d
• MantraRemoteRendering : info on remote rendering using mantra

[edit] Rendering with other supported renderers

• RenderMan
  • 3Delight
    • 3DelightSetup
  • PrMan
    • PrManSetup
  • RenderDotC
    • RenderDotCSetup
  • RenderManShaders
• MentalRay
  • MentalRaySetup
  • MentalRayShaders
• Rendering i3d files using i3dgen
• MantraRenderManMappings - information on how RSL can be converted to VEX

[edit] Render Export Pipeline

• Soho : Houdini 9.0+'s python export interface for rendering.

[edit] Recording

• RenderingForWeb
• RenderingForVideo
• RenderingForHighDef
• RenderingForFilm

[edit] Tutorials and Links

• RendererDirectory - a list of renderers big and small
• Writing Mantra And PrMan Shaders In VOPs
• Happy Rendering With VEX - many VEX routines for pattern generation

[edit] Rendering Geometry

Houdini supports the rendering of geometry to disk in formats other than images. Please see ExportingGeometry for some tips.

[edit] Render Queues / Render Farm Resources

• RenderQueues - various rendering queues to send out your renders to the farm
• RenderingHardware