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Welcome to the RenderMan 26 Documentation!

Here you 'll can find information on how to install, license, and use RenderMan and its various bridge products for Maya, Houdini, Blender, and Katana.

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Version 26 of RenderMan is the latest version of Pixar's flagship renderer, widely used in animation and visual effects for over 30 years.

This release features major updates to interactivity and scalability, thanks to significant advancements to Pixar’s state-of-the-art renderer, RenderMan XPU. RenderMan 26 also features an interactive version of the advanced Denoiser from Disney Research which uses machine learning to significantly accelerate the rendering process.

Improvements to the features and UX of Stylized Looks, significant speedups for instancing workflows, and support for the latest 3D applications, including an update to VFX Reference Platform 2023, round off this new release.

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Core Improvements — RenderMan XPU and RIS receive a series of core updates which dramatically speed up time to first pixel, improve subsurface scattering, and advance support for USD pipelines, and RIS receives improved subsurface scattering.

Better Stylization — Continued improvements to the Stylized Looks toolset give artists new ways to express line work, hatching, and toon effects, as well as a new Canvas layer, which simplifies an important step in the process.

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