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Tag: RenderMan

Podcasts

VFX Futures: How this new RenderMan Walking Teapot short film pays homage to an animated classic

Posted onJuly 20, 2022July 30, 2022

We talk to Pixar’s Dylan Sisson about ‘Teapot Meets Potzilla’, a homage to Marv Newland’s ‘Bambi Meets Godzilla’ made with RenderMan’s Stylized Looks.

Articles

Tech Weeklies: RenderMan 24, Penzil, 3D Coat 2021, Dynamixyz acquired

Posted onJuly 2, 2021

Here’s what got released in VFX and animation tools this week.

Articles

RenderMan 24…so, what are Stylized Looks?

Posted onJune 30, 2021

Behind this particular framework in the latest release of Pixar’s RenderMan.

Articles

Did you see ‘Soul’? Now read about the tech behind it

Posted onJanuary 4, 2021

A number of technical Pixar papers and videos have been published.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: ‘Children of Men’

Posted onOctober 14, 2020October 15, 2020

How Framestore made a baby.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: King Kong’s giant fur challenges

Posted onSeptember 1, 2020

‘wmFur’, the Marschner Model and more.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: ILM’s stunning Davy Jones

Posted onAugust 19, 2020

The rendering advancements made for the extremely memorable character.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: shading on ‘Finding Nemo’

Posted onJuly 31, 2020August 1, 2020

How RenderMan was used for the film’s coral reef.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: shading food for ‘Ratatouille’

Posted onJuly 22, 2020July 23, 2020

How Pixar made cheese and bread and grapes look good enough to eat.

Articles

See Pixar’s Dylan Sisson in a new PreVIEW of VIEW Conference (and RenderMan!)

Posted onJuly 17, 2020July 17, 2020

I’ll be joining him for a chat about the latest RenderMan tech, including NPR.

Retro

Retro Renderman: Reflections in ‘Ratatouille’

Posted onJuly 8, 2020July 13, 2020

A look back at brick maps and radiance caches.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: The hair and fur of ‘Ratatouille’

Posted onJuly 1, 2020July 2, 2020

The star of the film had 1,150,070 hairs (and it wasn’t Linguini).

Articles

‘Parasite’ VFX breakdown: you have to watch this

Posted onMarch 17, 2020May 12, 2020

Watch the video and read the RenderMan story.

Articles

USD: what it is and why it matters

Posted onDecember 11, 2019May 13, 2020

Pixar’s Bob Moyer explains what all the fuss is about.

Articles

Pixar has launched RenderMan 23

Posted onDecember 4, 2019May 14, 2020

Duke Caboom shows you what’s new.

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Behind that GOT/Monsters, Inc. mash-up from Pixar to demo latest RenderMan release

Posted onMay 10, 2019May 18, 2020

Sulley will never be the same again.

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