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- Reporting Bugs
- Copyrights & Trademarks
- Licensing Arrangement

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Introduction

The Blue Moon Rendering Tools (BMRT) are a collection of programs that render 3-D scene models. BMRT uses some APIs that are very similar to those described in the published RenderMan Interface Specification. However, BMRT is not associated with Pixar, and no claims are made that BMRT is in any way a compatible replacement for RenderMan. Those who want a licensed implementaion of RenderMan should contact Pixar directly. Despite these technical/legal terms, you may find that most applications, scene files, and shaders written to conform to the RenderMan Interface can also use BMRT without modification. This document is intended for the reader who is familiar with the concepts of computer graphics and already is fluent in both the RenderMan procedural interface and the RIB archival format (due to BMRT's similarities to that published specification). For more detailed information about the RenderMan standard, we recommend Advanced RenderMan: Creating CGI for Motion Pictures by Anthony Apodaca and Larry Gritz, The RenderMan Companion by Steve Upstill, or the official RenderMan Interface Specification, available from Pixar. All of these texts are fully detailed and clearly written, and no attempt will be made here to duplicate the information in these references. The parts of BMRT you'll most likely use are outlined below: rgl A previewer for RIB files which runs on top of OpenGL. Primitives display as lines or Gouraud-shaded polygons. rendrib A high quality renderer which uses some of the latest techniques of radiosity and ray tracing to produce near photorealistic images. slc A compiler for shaders, allowing you to write your own procedures for defining the appearance of surfaces, lights, displacements, volume attenuation, and pixel operations. mkmip A program to pre-process texture, shadow, and environment map files for more efficient access during rendering. libribout A library of `C' language bindings for procedures that result in an archival record that can be rendered at a later time. slctell A utility that prints out the arguments and their defaults for a particular compiled shader. libslc A library allowing you to query the argument names and defaults of a compiled shader. # Reporting Bugs If you come across a bug in the renderer, or if you think you've come across a bug in the renderer, please submit a bug report. However, please double check the documentation, both in this file and in `Win32README.html`, if appropriate, to ensure that you're using the program correctly, before submitting a report. However, if the renderer is dumping core or reporting a Windows application error, you have certainly found a bug, regardless of how you were using the renderer. The Exluna bug report e-mail address is `bugs@exluna.com`. Please include as much information as possible in bug reports, including: The version of BMRT you're using (run `rendrib -` to see the version number). The operating system you're using. The exact error message printed, if any. RIB files, shaders, and a precise description of how to trigger the bug using them. Thanks for taking the time to report those bugs-it all leads to a better renderer for everyone in the end. # Copyrights & Trademarks The Blue Moon Rendering Tools (BMRT), all of the programs contained therein, and their documentation are: ©Copyright 1990-2000 Exluna, Inc. and Larry Gritz. All Rights Reserved. The TIFF I/O library used by BMRT is: Copyright ©1988-1997 Sam Leffler, Copyright ©1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc. This library may be freely distributed, and is available from: www.libtiff.org The JPEG I/O library used by BMRT is from the Independent JPEG Group and is copyright ©1991-1998, Thomas G. Lane. The software is available for free from: http://www.ijg.org/ On some platforms, the implementations of rendrib and rgl may make use of the Mesa library, by Brian Paul. This excellent software is available in source form from www.mesa3d.org RenderMan (R) is a registered trademark of Pixar. OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics. # Licensing Arrangement BMRT release 2.6 is what's known as ``freeware.'' This means that there is no charge to download and run it. However, you may not redistribute it in any way without a written agreement from Exluna, Inc. This software is not in the public domain. These license terms apply to the BMRT 2.6 software (and minor revisions thereof, e.g. 2.6.1). They do not apply to any other releases and may change significantly and without notice in the future. EXLUNA, INC. BLUE MOON RENDERING TOOLS END-USER SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT - READ BEFORE COPYING, INSTALLING OR USING. Do not use or load Blue Moon Rendering Tools ("BMRT") and any associated materials (collectively, the "Software") until you have carefully read the following End-User Software License Agreement ("Agreement"). 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