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Bridge Tools

RenderMan is available for the top VFX and animation applications

Soul © Disney/Pixar

RenderMan Bridge Tools

Production Proven Tools for Artists

RenderMan now supports more 3D applications than ever before, allowing you to get creative with your favorite tools.
Maya Houdini Katana Blender

Production Technology

RenderMan bridge tools are used and tested by the biggest VFX and animation studios in the world.

Monster Hunter © Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Soul ©Disney/Pixar

Blender

Completely rewritten and officially supported to take advantage of the full RenderMan 24 toolset, including XPU and Stylized Looks.

Made for Creatives

From the biggest studios in the world to the single artist, each RenderMan bridge tool is made with artists in mind, giving your creative ambitions direct access to Pixar’s toolbox.

Artwork by Chris Wallis. Mathilda model by Xiong Lin and rig by Leon Sooi.
Pixar models by Eman Abdul-Razzaq, Grace Chang, Ethan Crossno, Siobhán Ensley, Derrick Forkel, Felege Gebru, Damian Kwiatkowski, Jeremy Paton, Leif Pedersen, Kylie Wijsmuller, and Miguel Zozaya
© Disney/Pixar – RenderMan “Magic Shop” Art Challenge

“This is a fantastic release that introduces a whole new degree of customization. It’s not only the most consistent renderer engine I ever used, it’s now the most versatile one.“

-Fabio Sciedlarczyk, Look Development Artist, Mikros

Highlights

  • RenderMan XPU™

  • MaterialX Lama, Layerable Materials

  • Stylized Looks for non-photorealistic rendering

  • Live statistics

  • Run RenderMan Inside the Viewport

  • Interactive Shading, Lighting, and Geometry Edits

  • Interactive editing of AOVs and LPEs

  • Interactive Displacement Edits

  • Light and Pattern Baking

  • Pixar Surface Material approximation for Mari

  • Plugin Support (Shave and Haircut, Yeti, Golaem, Realflow…)

  • Image Checkpointing

  • Advanced Pixar Patterns

  • Self-configuring installation with multi-version support

  • Dynamic Shader Binding

  • Easy Deep Data Output

  • OpenSubdiv

  • Precompiled and Fast Shading

  • Arbitrary Variables via Tokens

  • Comprehensive Python API

For more see the Release Notes

Soul © Disney/Pixar

Maya Houdini Katana Blender
RenderMan XPU™ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
MaterialX Lama / Layered Materials ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Stylized Looks ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Bump Roughness ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
OpenColorIO – ACES ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Native USD Support ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
Viewport Rendering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Light and Pattern Baking ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Offline and Optix Denoiser ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Image Checkpointing ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
SIMD Hardware Accelerated OSL ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
MNEE & Manifold Walk ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Pixar Surface Material System ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
OpenVDB Support ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
RIB & Alembic Archives ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
RiProcedural Plug-ins ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Particles ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Fur and Hair ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Maya Paint FX ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌
Native Curve Rendering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Native NURBS Rendering ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Advanced Pixar Patterns ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Dynamic Shader Binding ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌
Interactive Hair Grooming ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
Interactive UV Editing ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅

Soul ©Disney/Pixar

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