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For over 30 years RenderMan has been at the forefront of the visual effects revolution, and today RenderMan is a high-performance renderer built to tackle the most complicated 3D scenes imaginable. RenderMan version 25 provides a next-level AI denoiser that allows you to substantially reduce render times, new MaterialX Lama features from ILM , and new features in Stylized Looks.  RenderMan XPU™ brings support for LPEs and a new texture cache that provides faster render times on machines low on GPU memory.

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Stylized Looks improvements — RenderMan’s toolset for generating non-photorealistic images receives various updates, including numerous enhancements to give artists more control over Toon shading, Illustrative lighting through hatching & watercolor, and Linework.

Lookdev improvements in RenderMan XPU™ — These features make XPU renders an even closer match to RIS in on a wider broader variety of look development scenarios by providing support for features such as LPEs and trace groups.

Enhanced Cameras in RenderMan XPU™ — Use interactive rendering for dialing dialling in the depth of field, vignetting, and other camera effects.

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