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RenderMan XPU: Development Update

Max Liani, Senior Lead Engineer at Pixar, will present a RenderMan XPU project update during GTC 2018 in San Jose. RenderMan XPU is addressing the challenge of rendering Pixar-scale production assets on systems with a mix of CPU and GPU capabilities.

RenderMan at Mac Guff

Founded in 1986, Mac Guff is one of the leading visual effects studios in Europe. For their latest project: Gaston Lagaffe, Mac Guff has chosen to trust RenderMan for the delivery of over 150 visual effects shots, including photorealistic animals.

2nd RenderMan Challenge Final Results

Congratulations to the top 3 winners of RenderMan's “ Rolling Teapot ” art challenge! As always, seeing the work week after week was an amazing adventure, so thanks to all the challengers for making it a memorable one!  A big thanks to Pluralsight and Allegorithmic for co-sponsoring the challenge with great prizes!

RenderMan "Rolling Teapot" Art Challenge

In this “Rolling Teapot” art challenge, you’ll get to work with a fantastic scene developed by Brice Laville and designed by Tom Robinson, providing you with a production-quality scene to showcase your shading, lighting, rendering and compositing skills for the possibility of winning great prizes!

RenderMan Art & Science Fair 2017 - Presentations

Watch the full recap from Pixar's RenderMan Art & Science Fair 2017! Highlights include talks by Pixar and ILM, new RenderMan 21.5 features, and a look forward to RenderMan 22 and even a sneak peek at RenderMan XPU!

New Rendering Technologies at SIGGRAPH 2017

Special Previews of Live Rendering and a CPU + GPU Solution Accompany the Announcement of RenderMan 21.5