What's New
RenderMan® version 25 delivers a state-of-the-art denoiser and XPU advancements for feature film animation and VFX
Elemental © Disney/ Pixar
RenderMan® version 25 delivers a state-of-the-art denoiser and XPU advancements for feature film animation and VFX
Game Changer
The denoiser is capable of removing noise on images with significantly lower average sample counts and excels with animation and motion blur.
Lightyear © Disney/ Pixar
Thanks to machine learning powered by production data, the AI Denoiser stands out in preserving complex, intricate details that could otherwise be lost, even with very low average samples, making it ideal for demanding applications like feature animation and VFX.
The Denoiser is so accurate, it significantly reduces rendering times while maintaining high fidelity, and has been occasionally called “magic” by industry veterans.
- Will Earl, Head of Optimization at MPC
Pixar’s next generation rendering engine receives significant updates to interactivity and exciting new features such as volume support.
Pixar's XPU technology reaches significant milestones in version 25, including support for volumes, secondary passes, trace groups, thin shadows, progressive pixels, and many enhancements for look development, lighting, and interactivity. These milestones represent a major evolution of Pixar’s next generation renderer, XPU.
XPU, Better and Faster!
XPU convergence and interactivity have been greatly improved, marking another great step towards full production rendering.
XPU Outputs
Full support for LPEs and arbitrary AOVs gives artists the control they need to produce high-quality output for compositing and a variety of production scenarios.
Taraji © Alejandro Alvarez
Improved Stylization
The Stylized Looks toolset offers more creative controls for artists to create non-photorealistic images.
Updates include improved Toon shading, hatching, line distortion, and UX.
Pixar's next gen renderer is now available with non-commercial RenderMan!