The same 3D tools as Pixar uses, RenderMan 25 remains an eye-catching draw.
Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.RenderMan 25 is the latest edition of Pixar's rendering tools, available to everyone. RenderMan has always been a bit of an enigma in my experience. The fact that it’s been used to render some of the biggest, and most high-profile, animated feature films only contributes to this mystery.
RenderMan, now at version 25, is a powerhouse, owing its developmental success largely to the fact that it has been used in such big-budget films. With each film providing new technical challenges and directors desiring to push the boundaries even further, its developers have regularly been encouraged and pushed to add new features and refine existing ones.
Denoising, as a post-production effect, has been increasingly finding its way into render tools, but I haven’t seen one anywhere near as good as that which ships with RenderMan. Pixar has been using it sinceIt was developed by Disney Research and produces incredible results, even under the most testing of scenarios such as motion blur and animation.
In reality, XPU is still a long way off delivering the quality required for films and animations, but it is becoming an ideal tool for look dev work, especially as it becomes increasingly feature rich. RenderMan 25 sees the addition of Volumes such as smoke, fire and explosions. XPU can also now handle camera effects such as depth of field and lens aberrations. Being able to see a near-final result in a fraction of the time will help studios close the gap between creativity and end results.
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