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RenderMan is a high performance renderer built to tackle the most complicated 3D imaginable.

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RenderMan is a high performance renderer built to tackle the most complicated 3D imaginable.


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Mats T.
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Mats T.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Pixar RenderMan is one of the best choices for cinematic rendering"
Pixar's support team is excellent. RenderMan is still available as a perpetual license with optional maintenance. Bridge tools supplied for DCCs su...
Rishav R.
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Rishav R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Render man For Hair and fur Lighting is the best one"
Light presets and the controls over light attribute Is much better and easy than Arnold light presets
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4.0 out of 5
"good for rendering animation projects, but slow"
usability and built-in presets shayders and lights
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What do you like best about RenderMan?

Texture editing tools, color corrector, and Light sources. Also PxrSurface shader Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

IT is not integrated into Maya, It takes much more time for rendering, compares with other renders. maybe it works for big companies, but for the individual artist, I think it's not gonna work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have got more realistic and "sweet" render. The Gi worked pretty well. In Maya Renderman was stable and there were no crashes or bugs. There is a nice community where you can ask and get your answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RenderMan?

I love the response of the shader, the way the lights looks and the immediate feedback in maya from the viewport. It’s pretty good during an environment lighting and shaders management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

For personal project it tooks a lot of time to render pretty heavy scenes like trees scattering or places with a lot of geos on little machines (like redshift and vray) but this means only that the materials look better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RenderMan:

Think using it as a complete tool to reach complex levels of realism. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it mainly when I need to get great result with glass and all the refractive/sub-surfaces materials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prudhvi Krishna M.
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What do you like best about RenderMan?

GPU render is the best one and wser friendly Shaders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

We can't see through selected lights with Renderman lights in Maya viewport. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

Giving the best quality of output. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RenderMan?

usability and built-in presets shayders and lights Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

Speed, some other renders are faster, and still few good tutorials Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RenderMan:

good render software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it mainly when I need to get great result with glass and all the refractive/sub-surfaces materials. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RenderMan?

The outcome is very amazing. The lights, reflection, and refraction are very well done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

Just like other software/plugin that does a lot, it takes some time to actually know this RenderMan well. If your career depends on this, awesome keep going! But f you just need something quickly for a random project, there are easier/quicker options out there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RenderMan:

Even though I'm not currently using this renderer but I think RenderMan is very good for 3D artists. Especially those who need a lot of freedom on manipulating all kinds of rendering options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

RenderMan gives users a lot of freedom to adjust all the details. At the same time, users need to put in some effort to learn it. It'll take a longer time to set up a scene if I use Renderman but the outcome is worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RenderMan?

I love rendering with pxr materials and applying basic shaders. The output is always great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

It is a pretty slow renderer compared to other renderers I've seen Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm not really solving any problems, but the benefits of renderman is that if I do run into problems there are community forums and discussions on problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RenderMan?

High Poly render output using low poly model Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

Not user friendly as other default renderer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

Decrease in poly count while rendering Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RenderMan?

Render man is crazy fast and constantly improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

The learning curve is a bit hard to follow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RenderMan:

If you want to be in the front of the industry train - render man is for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

Short animations and simple projects for now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about RenderMan?

The quality of render and timing, the render delivered was as per my expectations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

nothing specific, it met my expectations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

My render time and noise is better now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simone G.
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What do you like best about RenderMan?

It's powerful, the lights quality is astonishing, materials have many attributes that allow you to tweak every little aspect of the image. Render speed is good, the quality options are very detailed and let you adjust only the noisy components of the image. The denoiser is based on optix and can use gpu and is very fast, denoise quality is good. Excellent real time viewport integration with Maya. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about RenderMan?

Aov setup is a bit confusing, it looks simple but when denoise kicks in I never get a clue of what aovs will be rendered, sometimes all the aovs are saved on different files for both variance and denoised images but sometimes are not. Not the best for architectural, achieving photorealism is very difficult. Not the best engine if you use render farms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering RenderMan:

Very good engine, excellent for cartoon animation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is RenderMan solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's simple to set up basic scenes, lights work perfectly and let you understand the final quality of the renders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.