RenderMan Stories

Pixar's USD Pipeline

Boasting worlds which surpass 1 trillion polygons, Toy Story 4 is Pixar’s most complex movie to date. Pixar’s Universal Scene Description is at the forefront of these workflows and has transformed the film production pipeline into what it is today.

RenderMan Artist Series: Steve Emerson

In our second RenderMan Artist Series, we chat with visual effects supervisor Steve Emerson, about mixing traditional media and digital technology and the role it plays at Laika, including their latest film: Missing Link.