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RenderMan Art Challenge

In this “ Everything & the Kitchen Sink ” challenge, you’ll get to work with a scene developed by a Pixar artist , providing you with a production-quality scene to showcase your shading, lighting, and rendering skills for the posibility of winning great prizes! Everyone is eligible to join the fun, all you have to do is join the RenderMan Community .

SIGGRAPH 2016 Pixar Speakers

Come check out amazing Pixar talks from artists and developers at SIGGRAPH 2016!

RenderMan at SIGGRAPH 2016

Register today and join us for an evening of all things RenderMan. This is a major event where you can mingle with fellow CGI enthusiasts, industry colleagues, and the RenderMan and Pixar R&D teams. Visit various demonstration areas with presentations of upcoming tech, from new RenderMan tools, to cloud rendering, to pipeline integration, to the latest from Pixar & Disney Research.

Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan 21

Pixar Animation Studios today released version 21 of its Academy Award®-winning RenderMan software. For the first time, RenderMan includes the same shaders and lights used at Pixar, providing artists with access to the same tools for lighting and look development used on “Finding Dory” and its accompanying short film “Piper.”

RenderMan at SIGGRAPH Asia 2015

From November 3rd to the 5th, Pixar's RenderMan Team will be at Siggraph Asia showcasing the latest advancements in RenderMan's RIS technology.

RenderMan at SIGGRAPH 2015

Pixar Animation Studios will present unprecedented insights into the development of RenderMan’s advanced RIS technology at SIGGRAPH 2015.