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.

Production Technology

RenderMan bridge tools are used and tested by the biggest VFX and animation studios in the world.

Fine Tuned and Battle Tested

RenderMan Bridge Tools are custom made for every application and made in collaboration with the application's developers, making the most efficient use of the applications interface.

They are used to create some of the most ambitious VFX and animation shots in the business, creating an ecosystem for incredibly demanding app development, which leads to cutting edge technology and stability depended upon by the biggest blockbusters.

Blender

Completely rewritten and officially supported to take advantage of the full RenderMan 24 toolset, including XPU and Stylized Looks.

Made for Creatives

From the biggest studios in the world to the single artist, each RenderMan bridge tool is made with artists in mind, giving your creative ambitions direct access to Pixar's toolbox.

Pixar Tools

RenderMan includes the same tools used at Pixar productions, including materials, lights, and integrators, for the most cutting-edge images.

RenderMan Art Challenges

Check out the amazing work done by single artists on our Art Challenges.

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"This is a fantastic release that introduces a whole new degree of customization. It's not only the most consistent renderer engine I ever used, it's now the most versatile one."

-Fabio Sciedlarczyk, Look Development Artist, Mikros

Highlights

RenderMan XPU™
MaterialX Lama, Layerable Materials
Stylized Looks for non-photorealistic rendering
Live statistics
Run RenderMan Inside the Viewport
Interactive Shading, Lighting, and Geometry Edits
Interactive editing of AOVs and LPEs
Interactive Displacement Edits
Light and Pattern Baking
Pixar Surface Material approximation for Mari
Plugin Support (Shave and Haircut, Yeti, Golaem, Realflow...)
Image Checkpointing
Advanced Pixar Patterns
Self-configuring installation with multi-version support
Dynamic Shader Binding
Easy Deep Data Output
OpenSubdiv
Precompiled and Fast Shading
Arbitrary Variables via Tokens
Comprehensive Python API
For more see the Release Notes

	Maya	Houdini	Katana	Blender
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	✅	✅	❌	✅

Featured Artists

Check out what artists around the world are doing with RenderMan