System Requirements

All: RenderMan now requires CPUs capable of running the full SSE4.2 instruction set. A minimum of 4GB of RAM You can find similar requirements in the 2018 VFX Reference Platformis recommended.

Linux: CentOS/RHEL 7.2+

Windows: Compatible with Windows 10 and 8.1

macOS: Compatible with 10.12 (Sierra) or higher (13 and 10.14 (we do not support 10.15 not yet supported)

Maya: Compatible with 2019, 2018 Update 3+ (we do not support 2018.1 or 2018.2 due to Autodesk changes)

Katana: Compatible with 3.0+, 3.1, 3.2, and 3.5 (beta)

Houdini: Compatible with 17.0, 17.5, and 18.0 (beta) versions (Indie available on the recent release of 17.5 and 18 Houdini)

Plugins for RenderMan: Custom RenderMan plugins can utilize now require C++14 in order to be compiled and must be compiled with gcc 6.3 3 / Visual Studio 2015 / Xcode 10

You can find similar requirements in the 2018 VFX Reference Platform.

The Download Menu. Choose the main installer highlighted here at the top. Versions below are useful for sys admins creating deployments.

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