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Releases RenderMan Studio 1.0 & RenderMan for Maya 2.0 |
EMERYVILLE,
CA ¡ª (June 26th, 2007) Pixar Animation Studios (NYSE: DIS),
today announced two major releases of its Academy Award®
winning RenderMan software, RenderMan Studio 1.0 and RenderMan
for Maya 2.0, together with a new licensing policy delivering
major performance increases on multi-core computers.
RenderMan Studio is a major expansion of Pixar's next generation
render tool suite for the advanced professional, including a
"pro" version of the RenderMan for Maya plug-in, major
enhancements to the Slim graphical RenderMan shader editor,
the Alfred dispatcher for managing network rendering, the "it"
image compositing tool, and unrestricted RIB generation. RenderMan
Studio 1.0 directly interfaces with Pixar's RenderMan Pro Server
13.0, and an optional floating internal RenderMan Embedded Renderer
is also available for either render preview or final output.
In a major upgrade, RenderMan for Maya 2.0, Pixar's advanced
rendering plug-in for Maya, introduces powerful multi-threading,
substantial increases in ray-tracing performance, improved fur,
new camera effects, caustics, point based global illumination,
and compatibility with Maya 8.5.
Additionally, both RenderMan Studio 1.0 and RenderMan for Maya
2.0 incorporate a new licensing policy permitting up to 4 threads
or 4 parallel renders per host machine, potentially quadrupling
performance or more on a per frame basis.
"While developing RenderMan Studio the Pixar team was highly
responsive to our requests" said Alain Xerri, Head of R&D
at Sparx-FX, "Fur especially is so much more memory efficient
and flexible. If you need to customize RenderMan Studio to accommodate
your special needs there are no limits for your development
skills."
"One of the things that blew me away about RenderMan for
Maya 2.0 is the massively increased speed" said Ryan Bird
of Bluebird Digital LLC, "In fact, it was so much faster
that I thought something was broken. After carefully looking
over my final rendered image and seeing all that great quality
my excitement jumped through the roof."
Together with RenderMan Pro Server, RenderMan for Maya and RenderMan
Studio complete a family of RenderMan products built on a common
technology base providing entry points and upgrade paths suitable
for every level of user. |
Pricing
and Availability
RenderMan for Maya 2.0 is available on Windows XP and Mac OS
X for US $995 per license. Pricing for RenderMan Studio 1.0
starts at US $2,000 per license and is available on Windows
XP, Mac OS X, and Linux. Upgrades from RenderMan Artist Tools
6.5 to RenderMan Studio 1.0 are free to all RenderMan Artist
Tools customers on current maintenance. For additional information
regarding upgrades and optional components visit www.pixar.com
or contact RenderManSales@pixar.com. |
About
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt
Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio
with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities
in the art of computer animation. Creator of some of the most
successful and beloved animated films of all time, including
Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Cars, the Northern
California studio has won 20 Academy Awards® and its seven
films have grossed more than $3.7 billion at the worldwide box
office to date. The next film releases from Disney.Pixar
are Ratatouille (June 29, 2007) and WALL.E
(June 27, 2008). |
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