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Pixar giving away RenderMan CGI software for free


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Pixar giving away RenderMan CGI software for free.

 

 

 

Most studio's don't give their proprietary IP away for free, not least Disney - the owner of the Pixar CG studio that bought us 'Toy Story' and 'Finding Nemo' but the studio has moved to make the RenderMan 3D

 

rendering software, which previously sold for $495 USD, free from today for non-commercial use, available to download in 64 bit versions for PC, Mac and Linux.

 

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How good is it? When I create a project, can I simply enter the number of Academy Awards I want to win and have it produce a feature length animated film for me? 

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How good is it? When I create a project, can I simply enter the number of Academy Awards I want to win and have it produce a feature length animated film for me? 

Haha. Good laughs!

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Actually, you will also need Autodesk Maya (however, that is ALSO available in trial and non-commercial form); I'm putting the two together in 10049 Enterprise for testing.  (One rather unsurprising - if you follow planning at the municipal level - use for Maya is models of finished projects, such as commercial buildings, including shopping malls, hotels, refurbished/replaced buildings, etc.; basically, a crossover with the same audience that uses AutoCAD (architects, surveyors, planners at the local/regional level, etc.)

 

"PIXAR Renderman - it isn't just for movies any more."

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Both Maya 2015 and Renderman work fine in this build.
?Maya 2016 also works fine, but currently the Renderman plugin does not support it.

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I assume they made it free because it just wasn't worth licensing any more, there are multiple other 3D renderers out there that can match it in quality, and they're often around the same price or cheaper.

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Actually, you will also need Autodesk Maya (however, that is ALSO available in trial and non-commercial form); I'm putting the two together in 10049 Enterprise for testing.  (One rather unsurprising - if you follow planning at the municipal level - use for Maya is models of finished projects, such as commercial buildings, including shopping malls, hotels, refurbished/replaced buildings, etc.; basically, a crossover with the same audience that uses AutoCAD (architects, surveyors, planners at the local/regional level, etc.)

 

"PIXAR Renderman - it isn't just for movies any more."

 

There's renderman output plugins available for most 3D software today.

 

though in reality, the only benefit it has right now is being free. Renderman is not only very hard to set up for, it's also not that great a renderer. I mean, yeah, sure it's a great renderer, IF you have a separate guy who spends as much time setting up the renderman output file for you, whereas other renderers give the same result without needing a "renderman PhD". 

I assume they made it free because it just wasn't worth licensing any more, there are multiple other 3D renderers out there that can match it in quality, and they're often around the same price or cheaper.

 

Match, surpass and far easier to set up and usually faster to render as well. And the issue that Renderman is optimized and specialized mostly for Pixar style renders. 

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