What's New?

Innovations in interactive denoising and major updates to RenderMan XPU highlight this release

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What's New

RenderMan® version 26 delivers advancements in interactivity and scalability for feature film animation and VFX

 
 

Interactive Denoiser

Now available interactively in Katana and Blender when using RIS, the RenderMan Denoiser uses machine learning to deliver state-of-the-art results

Elemental © Disney/Pixar

 


Fast and Accurate


The Interactive denoiser is capable of removing noise on images with very low average sample counts and is predictive of the full offline denoiser.

Almost Magic

Thanks to machine learning powered by production data, the AI Denoiser stands out in preserving complex, intricate details that could otherwise be lost, even with very low average samples, making it ideal for demanding applications like feature animation and VFX.

The Denoiser is so accurate, it significantly reduces rendering times while maintaining high fidelity, and has been occasionally called “magic” by industry veterans.

 


Fast and Accurate


The Interactive denoiser is capable of removing noise on images with very low average sample counts and is predictive of the full offline denoiser.

Almost Magic

Thanks to machine learning powered by production data, the AI Denoiser stands out in preserving complex, intricate details that could otherwise be lost, even with very low average samples, making it ideal for demanding applications like feature animation and VFX.

The Denoiser is so accurate, it significantly reduces rendering times while maintaining high fidelity, and has been occasionally called “magic” by industry veterans.

“Since the Interactive Denoiser has been rolled out in production, most of our lighters have turned it on by default, and some say they’ll never go back again and they can’t live without this."

-  Renee Tam, Global Technology Supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios

 



XPU Advancements

RenderMan XPU expands its use in production pipelines with a series of feature enhancements and core updates.

More Than Look Development

Pixar’s GPU + CPU hybrid renderer receives major updates. Highlights include improvements in sampling, an expanded lighting and camera toolset, as well as light selection, significantly speeding up rendering in a wider range of production use cases.

Production Lighting

XPU now provides a comprehensive shot lighting toolset thanks to support for all analytic light types and light filters, as well as light linking, and more.

Nimona © Netflix

 


XPU, Better and Faster!



With adaptive sampling and light selection, XPU reaches another milestone in the road to full production rendering.

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Better Performance


Significant updates to RenderMan's core give XPU and RIS greatly improved performance when
creating and editing scenes with many instances and textures.

The Mandalorian © Lucasfilm

 

Easier Stylization


Updates to the Stylized Looks toolset give artists new ways to express line work, hatching, and toon effects, as well as a new Canvas layer, which simplifies an important step in the stylization process.

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More Features

  • Better Camera – Expanded XPU support for Pixar camera features, including tilt-shift, lens aberrations, split diopter, shutter controls, and more.
  • Bridge Updates – Support for Houdini 20, Katana 6.5, Maya 2024, and Blender 4.1
  • Faster Textures – Texture read parallelism has been dramatically improved, resulting in significantly faster time to first pixel in complex scenes.
  • Advancements in USD – Houdini’s Solaris receives several improvements including mesh lights and light handles, as well as new artist centric workflows to manage light filters.
  • Progressive Pixels – Fractional iterations in XPU can now be dialed in for greater control.
  • VFX Reference Platform – Updated to the 2023 standard.


  • For more see the Release Notes








 
 

Non-Commercial RenderMan XPU™

Pixar's next gen renderer is now available with non-commercial RenderMan!

 
 
 
 

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