RenderMan Bridge Tools
Production Proven Tools for Artists
RenderMan bridge tools are more modern and faster than ever, giving you new creative possibilities at every step of the way
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker © and ™ Lucasfilm, Ltd. All Rights Reserved
RenderMan bridge tools are more modern and faster than ever, giving you new creative possibilities at every step of the way
The interface for your favorite 3D application has been redesigned for interactivity so you can focus more on the creative process
RenderMan 23 supports the new Houdini 18 native USD “Solaris” workflows
Mari Shader
Get a better preview of your work inside Mari with a GLSL approximation for Pixar Surface Material
RenderMan was designed with interactivity in mind...and we'll let our friends at Rock Star tell you all about it!
- Chris Rydalch, Production Technology Technical Director, Blue Sky Studios
© Disney/Pixar
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Seamless Integration | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Latest RenderMan Features | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Native USD Support | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ |
Unlimited Multi-Threaded Rendering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Viewport Rendering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Interactive Refinement | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Support for Multiple Integrators | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Advanced Denoiser Technology | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Interactive Shading, Lighting & Geo Edits | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Interactive Editing of Secondary Passes | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Interactive Displacement Edits | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Image Checkpointing | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
SIMD Hardware Accelerated OSL | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Path Traced Subsurface Scattering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
MNEE & Manifold Walk | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Pixar Surface Material System | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
OpenVDB 5.2 Support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
RIB & Alembic Archives | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
RiProcedural Plug-ins | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Particles | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Fur and Hair | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Maya Paint FX | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
Native Curve Rendering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Native NURBS Rendering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Advanced Pixar Patterns | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Dynamic Shader Binding | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
Interactive Hair Grooming | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Interactive UV Editing | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Check out what artists around the world are doing with RenderMan