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• XPU™ – Switch to XPU for doing Look Development from within PrmanGlobalStatements and via the "renderman" menu in the Katana Preferences.  XPU is Pixar’s hybrid CPU + GPU rendering technology is a next-generation rendering engine, rewritten for speed and efficiency on film production assets. This first phase of XPU is focused on accelerating look development for shading artists
  
  
• MaterialX Lama – Use RenderMan 24's new Layered Materials developed at Industrial Light and Magic.  It introduces a modular approach for building materials.
  
  
• Stylized Looks™ – Move beyond physically based shading and lighting into a world where you can easily create a variety of styles for your projects.  You can non-destructively control outlines, create sketch patterns, and develop a wide range of unique looks.  Use the PrmanStylizedLooks macro to create the necessary AOVs, display filters, and pattern required to enable stylized rendering.
  
  
• OpenColorIO – Robust support for the industry standard ACES color management system and other color spaces
  
  
• Live Statistics – Watch your rendering resource usage live, thanks to a completely redesigned statistics system that prioritizes interactivity and extensibility
  
  

• OSL Patterns – We have converted the great majority of C++ patterns to OSL. This conversion allows the sharing of code between RIS and XPU, which provides confidence that the renders from RenderMan XPU are representative of what you will see in RenderMan RIS. C++ patterns are still supported, but they will only work in RIS
  
  

• And more!

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