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production renderer

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Thursday, December 26th, 2024

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.

Thursday, December 19th, 2024

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Croods: A New Age.

Sunday, March 3rd, 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

Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Now available: ray tracing renderer used on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has been released under an Apache 2.0 licence.

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

Open source plugin now converts Substances to RenderMan's new Lama materials, for use in Blender, Houdini or Maya.

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Updated: Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users can now run the renderer on Macs with M1 processors as well as AMD GPUs.

Friday, April 30th, 2021

New trial edition lets you test this major update to the GPU renderer, even if you aren't an existing user.

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019

Heavyweight renderer to get new live link to compatible DCC apps, new hybrid CPU/GPU render tech.

Monday, August 7th, 2017

GPU renderer gets better sampling, firefly removal, Mac support, Cinema 4D and Katana plugins.

Thursday, August 3rd, 2017