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The word “render” isn’t unique to the vocabulary of computer graphics. We can talk about a “watercolor rendering,” a “musical rendering” or a “poetic rendering.” In each of these, there is a transformation from one domain to another: from the landscape before the painter to color on paper, from musical notation to sound, from the associations in a poet’s mind to a book of poetry.
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(2008). Introduction. In: Writing mental ray® Shaders. mental ray® Handbooks, vol 3. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-48965-9_1
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