Off Topic / Pixar to give away 'Toy Story' 3D RenderMan software

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MadLad Designs
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2014 13:49
Quote: "The 3D rendering software behind films such as Toy Story, Monsters Inc and Harry Potter is to be given away free for non-commercial use."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27677712

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tomjscott
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2014 22:56
Awesome news! Thanks for the heads up. I registered to get my copy.

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Posted: 23rd Jun 2014 22:09
free for non commercial use does not just mean you can not sell it in a game but you an not even use it in anything commercial free or paid. personal use is personal use. You will get away with using Poser in games before this one.

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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 06:28
More open source is good but what advantages does this software have over competing programs?
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tomjscott
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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 15:00
Quote: "More open source is good but what advantages does this software have over competing programs?"


It's the best rendering engine in the industry.

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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 18:58
Don't mean squat, in direct x.
How it looks in the Rendering software and how it looks in the game engine are two different situations.

It is how the textures are handles in the shader, that will make the model look good in game. Everything looks fantastic in 3d max, but as soon as you get it to the engine, then you better have some good textures to go with a decent shader to make them look even remotely as good.

Models made in a free program can look just as good as an expensive ones, with a great texture.

But more important is they say you cant do anything but play with the program. So it is just a novelty, and not conducive to game making in this engine or any other.

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tomjscott
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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 19:05
I don't think some of you are understanding what Pixar's Renderman is. It's not a game engine or even for a game engine. It is a plugin to various high-end 3D animation packages such as Max and Maya for the purposes of rendering out frames of animation for film and TV. You could use those rendered movies as videos in a video game, but Renderman isn't something you use in a game engine or on 3D models for a game engine.

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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 23:32
Ah ok. So unless you already own one of the high end industry programs like maya this is effectively useless. Ok, nothing to see here.
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Posted: 1st Jul 2014 15:24
Cant use the out put because it is for personal use only. So you can only play with it and learn. Even for cut scenes.

But yes it is a very powerful render product.

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