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[ # ] Pixar has announced RenderMan for Houdini (RfH) - the bridge between RenderMan 21 and Side Effect’s Houdini. Developed for Pixar's own feature films in technical collaboration with Side Effects, RenderMan for Houdini (RfH) is a robust plugin that now ships out-of-box with Houdini 15.5 (and beyond) at no additional cost to your Houdini license.
Key benefits include support for the advanced features in RenderMan 21 including the RIS framework, Analytic area lights and a sophisticated shader suite, including Pixar Surface, the same material used on Finding Dory. You can find detailed information for RenderMan for Houdini on our new documentation and download Houdini 15.5 from sideFX's official downloads page.
Artist Tools
RenderMan for Houdini is compatible with these Artist Tools available separately from Pixar. For commercial customers, one Tractor license is included with each RenderMan (including a year of free maintenance for Tractor).
Pixar's "IT" - RenderMan Framebuffer (available in RenderMan Pro Server)
Pixar's Tractor - Job Dispatcher (included with every RenderMan License)
Features
Seamless Houdini Integration
- Full translation of Cameras, Lights & Geometry
Support for the Latest Features of RenderMan
- Full support for the advanced features of RenderMan
Unlimited Multi-Threaded Rendering
- Utilize the maximum amount of available threads with a single license
Support for Multiple Classes of Light Transport
- Choose between Path Tracing or VCM with the flip of a switch
Advanced Denoising Technology
- The Denoiser offers speed increases for global illumination up to 10x.
Interactive Shading and Lighting
- Currently in development for a future release
Image Checkpointing
- Checkpoint batch jobs for preview purposes using the progressive renderer
Image Based Lighting
- Full support for 32 bit HDR images along with a physical sky
Ray Traced Subsurface Scattering
- Create highly realistic skin and other materials, requiring no pre-pass or bake
Ray Traced Caustics
- Fully ray traced caustics requiring no pre-pass or bake
The Advanced Material System (Pixar Surface)
- A dedicated system for creating sophisticated physically based looks
Open VDB Support
- Render volumes with a GUI dedicated to this open standard
Secondary Passes
- Create AOVs and Light Path Expressions with support for Deep Textures
RIB Archives
- Including animated sequences, for efficient rendering & referencing of assets
RiProcedural Plug-ins
- Create procedural geometry, feathers, and custom shaders
More details here!
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[ # ] Pixar has announced RenderMan for Houdini (RfH) - the bridge between RenderMan 21 and Side Effect’s Houdini. Developed for Pixar's own feature films in technical collaboration with Side Effects, RenderMan for Houdini (RfH) is a robust plugin that now ships out-of-box with Houdini 15.5 (and beyond) at no additional cost to your Houdini license.
Key benefits include support for the advanced features in RenderMan 21 including the RIS framework, Analytic area lights and a sophisticated shader suite, including Pixar Surface, the same material used on Finding Dory. You can find detailed information for RenderMan for Houdini on our new documentation and download Houdini 15.5 from sideFX's official downloads page.
Artist Tools
RenderMan for Houdini is compatible with these Artist Tools available separately from Pixar. For commercial customers, one Tractor license is included with each RenderMan (including a year of free maintenance for Tractor).
Pixar's "IT" - RenderMan Framebuffer (available in RenderMan Pro Server)
Pixar's Tractor - Job Dispatcher (included with every RenderMan License)
Features
Seamless Houdini Integration
- Full translation of Cameras, Lights & Geometry
Support for the Latest Features of RenderMan
- Full support for the advanced features of RenderMan
Unlimited Multi-Threaded Rendering
- Utilize the maximum amount of available threads with a single license
Support for Multiple Classes of Light Transport
- Choose between Path Tracing or VCM with the flip of a switch
Advanced Denoising Technology
- The Denoiser offers speed increases for global illumination up to 10x.
Interactive Shading and Lighting
- Currently in development for a future release
Image Checkpointing
- Checkpoint batch jobs for preview purposes using the progressive renderer
Image Based Lighting
- Full support for 32 bit HDR images along with a physical sky
Ray Traced Subsurface Scattering
- Create highly realistic skin and other materials, requiring no pre-pass or bake
Ray Traced Caustics
- Fully ray traced caustics requiring no pre-pass or bake
The Advanced Material System (Pixar Surface)
- A dedicated system for creating sophisticated physically based looks
Open VDB Support
- Render volumes with a GUI dedicated to this open standard
Secondary Passes
- Create AOVs and Light Path Expressions with support for Deep Textures
RIB Archives
- Including animated sequences, for efficient rendering & referencing of assets
RiProcedural Plug-ins
- Create procedural geometry, feathers, and custom shaders
More details here!
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Key benefits include support for the advanced features in RenderMan 21 including the RIS framework, Analytic area lights and a sophisticated shader suite, including Pixar Surface, the same material used on Finding Dory. You can find detailed information for RenderMan for Houdini on our new documentation and download Houdini 15.5 from sideFX's official downloads page.
Artist Tools
RenderMan for Houdini is compatible with these Artist Tools available separately from Pixar. For commercial customers, one Tractor license is included with each RenderMan (including a year of free maintenance for Tractor).
Pixar's "IT" - RenderMan Framebuffer (available in RenderMan Pro Server)
Pixar's Tractor - Job Dispatcher (included with every RenderMan License)
Features
Seamless Houdini Integration
- Full translation of Cameras, Lights & Geometry
Support for the Latest Features of RenderMan
- Full support for the advanced features of RenderMan
Unlimited Multi-Threaded Rendering
- Utilize the maximum amount of available threads with a single license
Support for Multiple Classes of Light Transport
- Choose between Path Tracing or VCM with the flip of a switch
Advanced Denoising Technology
- The Denoiser offers speed increases for global illumination up to 10x.
Interactive Shading and Lighting
- Currently in development for a future release
Image Checkpointing
- Checkpoint batch jobs for preview purposes using the progressive renderer
Image Based Lighting
- Full support for 32 bit HDR images along with a physical sky
Ray Traced Subsurface Scattering
- Create highly realistic skin and other materials, requiring no pre-pass or bake
Ray Traced Caustics
- Fully ray traced caustics requiring no pre-pass or bake
The Advanced Material System (Pixar Surface)
- A dedicated system for creating sophisticated physically based looks
Open VDB Support
- Render volumes with a GUI dedicated to this open standard
Secondary Passes
- Create AOVs and Light Path Expressions with support for Deep Textures
RIB Archives
- Including animated sequences, for efficient rendering & referencing of assets
RiProcedural Plug-ins
- Create procedural geometry, feathers, and custom shaders
More details here!
More Plugin [post_ad]
Key benefits include support for the advanced features in RenderMan 21 including the RIS framework, Analytic area lights and a sophisticated shader suite, including Pixar Surface, the same material used on Finding Dory. You can find detailed information for RenderMan for Houdini on our new documentation and download Houdini 15.5 from sideFX's official downloads page.
Artist Tools
RenderMan for Houdini is compatible with these Artist Tools available separately from Pixar. For commercial customers, one Tractor license is included with each RenderMan (including a year of free maintenance for Tractor).
Pixar's "IT" - RenderMan Framebuffer (available in RenderMan Pro Server)
Pixar's Tractor - Job Dispatcher (included with every RenderMan License)
Features
Seamless Houdini Integration
- Full translation of Cameras, Lights & Geometry
Support for the Latest Features of RenderMan
- Full support for the advanced features of RenderMan
Unlimited Multi-Threaded Rendering
- Utilize the maximum amount of available threads with a single license
Support for Multiple Classes of Light Transport
- Choose between Path Tracing or VCM with the flip of a switch
Advanced Denoising Technology
- The Denoiser offers speed increases for global illumination up to 10x.
Interactive Shading and Lighting
- Currently in development for a future release
Image Checkpointing
- Checkpoint batch jobs for preview purposes using the progressive renderer
Image Based Lighting
- Full support for 32 bit HDR images along with a physical sky
Ray Traced Subsurface Scattering
- Create highly realistic skin and other materials, requiring no pre-pass or bake
Ray Traced Caustics
- Fully ray traced caustics requiring no pre-pass or bake
The Advanced Material System (Pixar Surface)
- A dedicated system for creating sophisticated physically based looks
Open VDB Support
- Render volumes with a GUI dedicated to this open standard
Secondary Passes
- Create AOVs and Light Path Expressions with support for Deep Textures
RIB Archives
- Including animated sequences, for efficient rendering & referencing of assets
RiProcedural Plug-ins
- Create procedural geometry, feathers, and custom shaders
More details here!
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