Renderman and gaffer

Stefan Andersson

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Jan 31, 2018, 4:45:27 AM1/31/18

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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has started a Renderman implementation? I know 3Delight used to be supported at least, but I haven't seen anything regarding Renderman. I'm not a coder more of a scripter so I have no idea on where to even start doing a implementation like this.

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John Haddon

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Jan 31, 2018, 10:40:25 AM1/31/18

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Hi Stefan,

I'm not aware of anyone having started a RenderMan (by which I assume you mean PRMan) implementation. We still support 3Delight out of the box, but this is now via their shiny new NSI API, which supports threading and interactive edits much better than the RenderMan API did. A PRMan implementation would have to start pretty much from scratch now I think...

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Stefan Andersson

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Jan 31, 2018, 2:55:04 PM1/31/18

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Hello John!

Yes it was PRMan I was wondering about. Thanks for the answer.

regards

stefan

William Eguienta

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Aug 21, 2018, 6:53:34 AM8/21/18

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Hello
Having renderman in Gaffer, combined with the USD could be great !

I was in talk with renderman' seller that explain me the new API is more accessible than before

full doc is available here : https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN22/RenderMan+API

not sure if it help or not as my knowledge on programming are very low but, yes, would love to see renderman in gaffer

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John Haddon

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Aug 21, 2018, 12:12:33 PM8/21/18

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Hi William,

I have been experimenting with RenderMan support via the new API in RenderMan 22. No promises as to when I might be able to release something - it's purely a spare time effort at this point...

Cheers...

John

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William Eguienta

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Aug 22, 2018, 10:37:39 AM8/22/18

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hi

thanks for taking the time to look at it !

best

Le mardi 21 août 2018 18:12:33 UTC+2, John Haddon a écrit :

Hi William,
I have been experimenting with RenderMan support via the new API in RenderMan 22. No promises as to when I might be able to release something - it's purely a spare time effort at this point...
Cheers...
John

On 21 August 2018 at 03:53, William Eguienta <kaiz3...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello
Having renderman in Gaffer, combined with the USD could be great !

I was in talk with renderman' seller that explain me the new API is more accessible than before
full doc is available here : https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN22/RenderMan+API
not sure if it help or not as my knowledge on programming are very low but, yes, would love to see renderman in gaffer

regards

Le mercredi 31 janvier 2018 10:45:27 UTC+1, Stefan Andersson a écrit :
Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has started a Renderman implementation? I know 3Delight used to be supported at least, but I haven't seen anything regarding Renderman. I'm not a coder more of a scripter so I have no idea on where to even start doing a implementation like this.

best regards
stefan

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William Eguienta

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Dec 10, 2018, 11:57:22 AM12/10/18

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does anyone made a step forward on this ?

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John Haddon

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Dec 11, 2018, 4:06:02 AM12/11/18

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I've put my prototype on hold for now, partly due to lack of time, and partly due to the new RenderMan API still not being publicly available...

William Eguienta

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Dec 15, 2018, 2:59:45 AM12/15/18

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I have contacted pixar about public API, they still working on, no release date for now...

thank you John

Stefan Andersson

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Jun 10, 2019, 6:56:25 AM6/10/19

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Hello,

Checking in again on this old thread :) https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN22/RenderMan+API

I really wish I was able to code, but I'm not... so I'll just keep my fingers crossed that someone might be able to pick it up.

regards

stefan

Alex Fuller

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Jun 16, 2019, 7:14:01 PM6/16/19

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Stefan the API will change by 23, I got a reply tweet about it here:

https://twitter.com/pixarsrenderman/status/1103722719416221697

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Stefan Andersson

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On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 1:14 AM Alex Fuller <bobe...@gmail.com> wrote:

Stefan the API will change by 23, I got a reply tweet about it here:
https://twitter.com/pixarsrenderman/status/1103722719416221697

Ah, everything is always better in the future! :) Oh well, Thanks for the heads up. Must have missed that tweet.

regards

stefan

William Eguienta

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Dec 4, 2019, 6:04:36 AM12/4/19

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hi, I revive this thread as renderman 23 is out now, with the new API

The new USD support looks amazing, it can offer good possibilities to gaffer I guess

release note

https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN23/RenderMan+23.0

api wiki

https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN23/RenderMan+API

best

John Haddon

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Dec 4, 2019, 6:46:09 AM12/4/19

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It's probably time to confess : a while back I rewrote my prototype to use the Riley API, and actually got it to a fairly functional state. My branch is here :

https://github.com/johnhaddon/gaffer/tree/riley

I believe there are some minor API changes in RenderMan 23 that will need to be addressed, but nothing major. I'm not sure when I'll find time to work on this further though, so if anyone would like to push it forwards themselves, please get in touch...

Cheers...

John

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Just to awaken an old thread :) I know you are busy with other things but wondering if anyone has tested or done anything with this branch?

happy friday!

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stefan

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