Description
Render man 26 is out, released on April 12 by Pixar.
The price is € 595 for the purchase of the perpetual RenderMan license plus € 250 for annual maintenance. (Maintenance is also available separately).
RenderMan version 26 offers a sequence exceptional tools for advancing look development workflows for feature film animation en VFX. First comes the debut of Pixar's highly anticipated RenderMan XPU™, which allows artists to harness the power of the GPU to create incredibly intuitive content. Next, the collaboration with Industrial Light & Magic brings a new modular shading technology for creating photo-realistic surfaces of the highest quality. In addition, RenderMan Stylized Looks™ makes it possible to create completely new looks, including illustration and anime. Finally, version 26 delivers many more features, making it one of the most significant releases of RenderMan to date.
RenderMan 26 has a range of new and improved features that we believe will be very valuable to our users. These upgrades include the new Denoiser, XPU improvements and tools for creating stylized looks and materials. This is an excellent opportunity to reconnect with your customers and prospects.
The Sales Kit contains several materials you can use to promote RenderMan 26 to your customers, including social media hashtags, keynotes, product images, videos, and sample scene files.
Renderman 26 release highlights:
Progressive pixels – Improved image feedback with XPU, especially for resource-intensive models or large datasets.
Advanced Texture Cache – Improved GPU performance in scenarios where texture cache is overloaded or memory is limited.
Camera Controls – XPU now offers extensive controls for Pixar Camera, including depth of field and lens distortion.
USD improvements – Houdini Solaris integration has been improved with improvements to MaterialX, camera manipulation, motion blur, and more.
New patterns – Expand your visual development capabilities with new color and bump nodes.
Improved convergence – XPU now supports Russian Roulette, Ray Depth and other features to improve convergence.
Bridge updates – Houdini 19.5 and Katana 6 are now compatible and supported.
Deformation Motion Blur – XPU now enables full deformation motion blur, allowing studios to generate fast, high-quality control results.
MaterialX Lama improvements – ILM's material layering system gets a new iridescent material response and improved physical accuracy.
Browser presets – Native QT support implemented in Blender.
New presets – Introducing new collections for fur, hair, styling, various skins and more.
Light Baking – Global exposure bins improved to 2x, with additional resolution management controls.
VFX Reference Platform – Updated to meet the 2021 standard.
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