The RenderMan Shading Language Guide

Part 1 - RSL Fundamentals Chapter 1 - Introduction to RSL and RenderMan Chapter 2 - RSL Details Chapter 3 - Shader Writing Process Part 2 - Shader Development Chapter 4 - Setting Up a Developing Environment Chapter 5 - Math for Shader Writers Chapter 6 - Shader Design Methodology Part 3 - Basic Shading Chapter 7 - Displacement and Surface Shaders Chapter 8 - Light Shaders Chapter 9 - Volume Shaders Chapter 10 - Imager Shaders Part 4 - Intermediate Shading Chapter 11 - Illumination loops - BRDFs Chapter 12 - Procedural Patterns Chapter 13 - Texture Mapping Chapter 14 - Raytracing Part 5 - Advanced Shading Chapter 15 - Global Illumination Chapter 16 -Beyond RSL: DSO Shadeops Chapter 17 - Anti-aliasing Index

Cortes, Don" Rudy"
Don" Rudy Cortes was born and raised in Ecuador. He has been
working in the 3D animation industry for the past 7 years. He
started his career in Kansas City, Missouri, as a generalist and
demo artist for a local 3D software distributor and following that
worked as a 3D visualization specialist for one of the countrys
leading architectural and engineering firms. Rudy initially wanted
to be an animator until a good friend introduced him to a small
rendering program named BMRT. From that point on, he dedicated
himself to learning RenderMan and all the techniques required to
run a production with RenderMan. His film credits include The
Day After Tomorrow, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow as
a lighting and vfx TD, The Ant Bully as a RenderMan shader
writer and TD, and the latest Disney movie Meet the Robinsons."

Raghavachary, Saty
Saty Raghavachary is a Senior Trainer and Curriculum Manager
in the Training Department at DreamWorks Feature Animation,
where he also wrote graphics production software for 11 years. On
a part-time basis, he teaches an introductory CG course at USC,
and classes on Maya (MEL/Python), RenderMan, and visual math
at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. His movie credits include
Bee Movie, Shrek the Third, Flushed Away, Over the Hedge,
Madagascar, Shark Tale, Sinbad, Spirit, The Road to El Dorado,
and The Prince of Egypt. He was previously Software Manager at
MetroLight Studios. Saty was awarded three M.S. degrees and a
Ph.D. at The Ohio State University and also did postdoctoral
research there. He is also the author of Rendering for Beginners:
Image Synthesis Using RenderMan.