The CDROM included as part of Writing mental ray shaders
contains a fully functional version of mental ray (3.6.54).
Images produced using this license are not limited in resolution nor
are they “watermarked.” The only difference between this version and
a commercial one is that requesting a license locks it for use on that
computer only. For more information, see the
Evaluation Software User Agreement and Software License Terms
included on the CDROM as file EULA.pdf in PDF format.
Installing the mental ray software
In a browser, open the file
mentalray/install.html on the CDROM for the installation
procedure. The page will look something like this:
Clicking on the first link will take you to this page:
Click on the appropriate operating system and follow the
instructions to install mental ray.
The installation process will ask you to enter the license code
included with the CDROM. The envelope in the back of the book that
contains the CDROM also includes the license code printed on a piece
of paper that looks like this:
Contents of the CDROM
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to the production efforts of the CDROM team at mental
images: Lisa Fentner, Gus Grubba, Jochen Kornitzky, and Runa Loeber.
4 September 2008 16:57:00
