RenderMan: The Latest and Greatest from Pixar | Pixar | FMX HIVE 2024

Join Pixar’s Leif Pedersen, for a dive into the latest advances in RenderMan, from RenderMan XPU, to denoising, to major upgrades for Stylized Looks. With the latest release of version 26, RenderMan delivers powerful enhancements to Houdini, with a focus on Solaris, with improved UX and outstanding performance gains. On top of that, learn about how to join the next RenderMan Art Challenge and its community of artists. Leif Pedersen, a CG Generalist with over a decade of experience in VFX, joined the Pixar RenderMan team in 2016. At Pixar, he applies his diverse skills to improve Pixar’s core rendering technology, RenderMan, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of artists and studios globally. Additionally, Leif actively engages with the RenderMan Community through social media and the RenderMan Challenges, showcasing the most artistic and technical aspects of the renderer.