Pixar Puts Out Free, Non-Commercial Spin Of RenderMan

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Pixar Puts Out Free, Non-Commercial Spin Of RenderMan

Written by Michael Larabel in Free Software on 24 March 2015 at 07:59 AM EDT. 15 Comments

Pixar has made a free, non-commercial version of its RenderMan software available to the public.

RenderMan is the photorealistic 3D rendering software produced by Pixar and is used within all of their 3D animated moves. This high-end software that's been used in films from The Lord of the Rings to Star Wars can now be used by anyone for non-commercial use whether it be education, research, personal projects, etc.

This proprietary software is available for 64-bit Linux with GCC 4.4.5+ and Glibc 2.12+. There's also builds for OS X and Windows.

More details on this exciting new, non-commercial/free version of RenderMan can be found via Pixar.com.

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