Pixar open-sources its Universal Scene Description
Updated: New 'super Alembic' system for exchanging VFX scene data released officially. Plugins for Maya and Katana.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
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Pixar ships RenderMan 21
Major update to the heavyweight production renderer adds Pixar's own in-house shaders and lights, removes Reyes rendering and RSL.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
Pixar unveils RenderMan 21
'Game-changing' update to renderer will feature GPU-accelerated Denoise, OSL support, new materials and lighting workflows.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
VIEW Conference unveils 2015 speaker line-up
Star-studded line-up for leading European CG festival to include sneak peek at Kung Fu Panda 3.
Tuesday, September 15th, 2015
Eye candy: the 2015 Houdini demo reel
See the world's best new work created using the software, from Inside Out to Japanese animation.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
Features planned for VPaint 1.5
See a list of new features planned for version 1.5 of the open-source app that creates vector animations that mimic 3D forms.
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Download PRMan for Blender
Free alpha plugin headed up by Pixar's Brian Savery lets Blender users render using RenderMan 20.
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Pixar ships RenderMan 20
Latest update adds Denoise option for raytraced renders, new Visualizer view for debugging complex scenes.
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Pixar and DreamWorks announce OpenSubdiv 3.0
Big update to open-source subdivision surfaces libraries boosts CPU performance 10 times.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
Pixar makes RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Use for tools development is fine too. Ships with Maya and Katana plugins; Houdini and C4D to come.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
Pixar ships RenderMan 19
Featuring the new RIS raytracing architecture and costing just $495. Free version now due early 2015.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Animate like Pixar artists with F.A.S.T. for 3ds Max
Clovis Gay's new plugin provides a fast, intuitive rigging workflow inspired by Pixar's Presto software,
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Download a free 8K HDRI of Pixar's campus
Light your scenes with a 32-bit HDR of Pixar's Emeryville HQ - complete with its giant model of Luxo Jr.
Thursday, May 29th, 2014