RenderMan® Bridge Tools
Production Proven Tools for Artists
RenderMan now supports more 3D applications than ever before, allowing you to get creative with your favorite tools.
Lightyear © Disney/Pixar
RenderMan now supports more 3D applications than ever before, allowing you to get creative with your favorite tools.
MaterialX and Solaris
RenderMan is capable of rendering native MaterialX networks via openUSD, making material exchange easy and predictable.
The Open Chess Set (authored by Moeen and Mujtaba Sayed, contributed to MaterialX by SideFX)
Preset Browser
Access an extensive out-of-the-box library of materials and lighting presets with every RenderMan bridge product or make your own and share them between apps.
Next Gen Rendering
Look develop with XPU and transition seamlessly to RIS for final shot production in all bridge products.
Every RenderMan bridge product has access to RIS, Pixar's flagship production CPU renderer, as well as XPU, Pixar's next generation renderer, which uses GPU + CPU hybrid technology for blazing fast speeds.
XPU has many new advancements in version 25, including support for volumes, LPEs, Thin Shadows, and more, which allows you to speed up your look development workflows even further down the pipeline.
Live Statistics
Watch your rendering resource usage live, thanks to a completely redesigned statistics system focused on interactivity and extensibility.
- Dennis Rettkowski | Co-Founder & VFX Supervisor, Lumatic
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Machine Learning Denoiser | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
RenderMan XPU™ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
MaterialX Lama / Layered Materials | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Stylized Looks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Bump Roughness | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
OpenColorIO - ACES | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Native USD Support | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
Viewport Rendering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Light and Pattern Baking | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Offline and Optix Denoiser | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Image Checkpointing | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
SIMD Hardware Accelerated OSL | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
MNEE & Manifold Walk | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Pixar Surface Material System | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
OpenVDB Support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
RIB & Alembic Archives | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
RiProcedural Plug-ins | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Particles | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Fur and Hair | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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