PhotoRealistic RenderMan

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PhotoRealistic RenderMan, or PRMan for short, is a proprietary photorealistic RenderMan-compliant renderer.

It primarily uses the REYES algorithm but is also fully capable of doing ray tracing and global illumination.

PRMan is produced by Pixar Animation Studios and used to render all of their in-house 3D animated movie productions. It is also available as a commercial product licensed to third parties. Sold as part of a bundle called RenderMan Pro Server: A RenderMan-compliant rendering software system developed by Pixar based on their own interface specification.

RenderMan for Maya is a full version of PRMan that is designed to be completely integrated with the Maya high-end 3D computer graphics software package; however, it is still in its infancy and is not yet capable of the things Maya can currently accomplish.

[edit] Version Release History

RenderMan Pro Server 13.0: May, 2006
RenderMan Pro Server 12.5: April, 2005
RenderMan Pro Server 12.0: October, 2004
RenderMan Pro Server 11.5: September, 2003
RenderMan Toolkit 11.0: November, 2002
RenderMan Toolkit 10.0: March, 2002
RenderMan Toolkit 3.9: February, 2000
RenderMan Toolkit 3.8: 1998
RenderMan Toolkit 3.7: 1997
RenderMan Toolkit 3.6: 1996
RenderMan Toolkit 3.5: 1994
RenderMan Toolkit 3.4: 1993
RenderMan Toolkit 3.3: 1992
RenderMan Toolkit 3.2: 1991
RenderMan Toolkit 3.1: 1990
RenderMan Toolkit 3.0: 1989

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