Latest RenderMan Technology Revealed at SIGGRAPH 06

VFXWorld reports that Pixar Animation Studios will reveal the next stage in RenderMan development at the SIGGRAPH 2006 conference in Boston, where the studio will demonstrate the latest upcoming RenderMan products, including version 2.0 of its popular RenderMan for Maya plug-in, the latest RenderMan Artist Tools 7.0 and the debut of its next generation successor RenderMan Studio, available later in 2006.

“Pixar is investing heavily in both the core RenderMan renderer and its supporting software for artists and tds. RenderMan Studio in particular brings all our artist tools together in one comprehensive solution,” said Dana Batali, development director for RenderMan at Pixar Animation Studios. “RenderMan Studio also unifies the RenderMan product family by providing a natural upgrade path from RenderMan for Maya.”

RenderMan is the recognized industry standard for CG feature animation and visual effects rendering and has been used in each of the last 30 movies nominated for a Visual Effects Oscar by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.