Non-Commercial RenderMan

Check out the changes coming in the 'most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight renderer for animation and VFX.

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

Check out the new features in the heavyweight production renderer, including new compositing modes in the Stylized Looks NPR toolset.

Friday, June 30th, 2023

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Now includes RenderMan XPU.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Get the latest Non-Commercial edition of Pixar's renderer for personal use and plugin creation.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Latest News

Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.

Friday, October 17th, 2025

Check out the specs for the fifth-gen Apple Silicon processor, and how it performs in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

See our pick of the features in the next version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

You can download popular Maya rig creator Truong CG Artist's handy anatomy reference software free while it's in early access.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2025

Big update to the UE5 product and portfolio rendering plugin also lets you generate virtual scan data for use in 3D Gaussian Splatting apps.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2025