Resources

Slides

• Nuke Reminders
• 00 Brief History of Special and Visual Effects
• 01 Survey of Optical Effects
• 02 Visual Properties

Software, Tools, and Documentation

• Nuke
• DaVinci Resolve

Optional Reference Books

• Some cool stuff people worked really hard to do.

Shaders, Shading Languages, and Reflectance

• The Book of Shaders by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo and Jen Lowe.
• OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
• Open Shading Language.
• Disney’s BRDF Explorer

General Graphics

• The Graphics Codex by Morgan McGuire.
• Scratchapixel is an excellent introduction to many topics.

Rendering

• The Art of Rendering
• The State of the Art of Rendering, Part I
• The State of the Art of Rendering, Part II
• RenderMan Turns 25

Allegorithmic Substance Painter and Designer

• PBR Guide Volumes 1 & 2

• Painter Docs

• Painter Tutorials

• Designer Docs

• Designer Tutorials

• Substance B2M Docs
• Substance B2M Tutorials

Unreal Engine

• Unreal Engine
• UE Docs
• UE Videos

MARI

• Mari User Guide
• Mari Tutorials at The Foundry

RenderMan

• RenderMan 20 Developer’s Guide
• Writing Patterns
• Writing Bxdfs
• Writing Integrators
• PxrOSL

Arnold

• Arnold Documentation
• Solid Angle Research