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  1. adiwan adiwan

    Pixar's RenderMan will be soon be free for a short time http://renderman.pixar.com/view/registration http://renderman.pixar.com/view/DP25846

    Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 21:26:35 UTC from Choqok
    1. MetalTao MetalTao

      @broniebrown Sounded like a game to me showing of rendering distance...

      Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 21:35:29 UTC from web
      1. adiwan adiwan

        @metaltao In my opinion that's better than every game combined. It is basically the accumulation of all knowledge of computer graphics forged into a piece of software.

        Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 21:41:45 UTC from Choqok
        1. MetalTao MetalTao

          @broniebrown A game is an artwork of the unity of programming, art, stroytelling, and fun all in one! I can see where you got this opinion from! :D

          Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 21:43:54 UTC from web
          1. adiwan adiwan

            @metaltao With RenderMan people at Disney/Pixar create non-interactive stories that they bring to the silver screen. I'm just very excited that they release it for free. I've seen so many cool scientific papers from Disney/Pixar about computer graphics that I cannot hold myself.

            Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 21:48:25 UTC from Choqok
            1. MetalTao MetalTao

              @broniebrown The fact that it is free could give them little reason to lie about it for money... still... take it with a grain of salt would you? I personally don't know much about rendering (next to nothing to be honest) but I can feel your excitement and it is slightly contagious! It must be good.

              Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 21:50:40 UTC from web
              1. adiwan adiwan

                @metaltao If you have seen any Pixar movie in the past you'll know what it is capable of. RenderMan is the quasi indstry standard for CGI. Also this is only available for a short time during the biggest computer graphics conference (SIGGRAPH). I'll guess they'll put some limitations on the free version to convince the people to get the full version.

                Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 21:58:37 UTC from Choqok
                1. Matt Matt

                  @broniebrown The free version will be fully featured, the only thing being that you can't use it for commercial purposes.

                  Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 22:06:54 UTC from web
                  1. adiwan adiwan

                    @mrmattimation The better!

                    Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 22:11:17 UTC from Choqok
                2. MetalTao MetalTao

                  @broniebrown Perhaps...

                  Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 22:18:06 UTC from web
        2. Narwhal Narwhal

          @broniebrown Except games aren't just about nice textures, creativity and design philosophy are just as important.

          Tuesday, 03-Jun-14 21:46:02 UTC from web