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Tag: RenderMan

Magazine

The story behind RenderMan 25’s machine learning Denoiser

How the new denoiser works.

Podcasts

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

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

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

Articles

RenderMan 24…so, what are Stylized Looks?

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

Articles

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

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

Retro

Retro RenderMan: ‘Children of Men’

How Framestore made a baby.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: King Kong’s giant fur challenges

‘wmFur’, the Marschner Model and more.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: ILM’s stunning Davy Jones

The rendering advancements made for the extremely memorable character.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: shading on ‘Finding Nemo’

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

Retro

Retro RenderMan: shading food for ‘Ratatouille’

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!)

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

Retro

Retro Renderman: Reflections in ‘Ratatouille’

A look back at brick maps and radiance caches.

Retro

Retro RenderMan: The hair and fur of ‘Ratatouille’

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

Articles

‘Parasite’ VFX breakdown: you have to watch this

Watch the video and read the RenderMan story.

Articles

USD: what it is and why it matters

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

Articles

Pixar has launched RenderMan 23

Duke Caboom shows you what’s new.

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Articles

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

Sulley will never be the same again.

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