First, Pixar remains committed to the ongoing development of PRMan.
We're in the process of releasing version 10 (3.10). The feature set is
significant and can be viewed off our web site:
http://www.pixar.com/renderman/artist_tools/news/prman10.html. You can
also infer our commitment on the basis that we're committed to using
PRMan for the production of our upcoming movies.
Second, we're actively working on Release 11. This is going to be a
major release and we'll be releasing details about the feature set and
pricing in the next three months. We're extremely excited about the
features and believe that our customers will be as well. This release
will include the Deep Shadow feature invented at Pixar for "hairy
problems" as well as many other enhancements for the rendering of hair,
fuzz, etc. We're working on a number of additional cool features but
aren't yet prepared to talk about them.
Thanks for your attention,
Dana Batali
RenderMan Products
Pixar Animation Studios
We're in the process of releasing version 10 (3.10). The feature set is
significant and can be viewed off our web site:
http://www.pixar.com/renderman/artist_tools/news/prman10.html. You can
also infer our commitment on the basis that we're committed to using
PRMan for the production of our upcoming movies.
Second, we're actively working on Release 11. This is going to be a
major release and we'll be releasing details about the feature set and
pricing in the next three months. We're extremely excited about the
features and believe that our customers will be as well. This release
will include the Deep Shadow feature invented at Pixar for "hairy
problems" as well as many other enhancements for the rendering of hair,
fuzz, etc. We're working on a number of additional cool features but
aren't yet prepared to talk about them.
Thanks for your attention,
Dana Batali
RenderMan Products
Pixar Animation Studios