RenderMan

You can get the high quality rendering with Pixar's RenderMan in this command.

About support RenderMan

The following software is necessary to use a bridge for RenderMan.

RenderMan 21:
  • RenderMan Pro Server
RenderMan 19/20:
  • RenderMan Pro Server (19/20)
  • RenderMan Studio for Maya
Please install RenderMan Studio for Maya even if you do not have Maya. "It" tool in the software is required to show a preview of a rendering result.
*In the initial state, it does not appear in the installer of RenderMan. Locate it and install.

Locate it and install. In addition, you must have Visual Studio 2012 runtime to install.

Shaders for RenderMan

You can set the following shaders for RenderMan on [Material setting].

If you want to know more information on each parameter, please refer to the Pixar's Renderman documentation. (*Open an external site)

Light

Shape Light
It is to place the following shape of the light.
  • Rectangle light
  • Disk light
  • Sphere light
  • Cylinder light (*This item is abolished since version 21.)
  • Spot light
Exposure
Setting the intensity of the light.
Color
Setting the color of the light.
Diffuse
Setting the color of the portion to be illuminated in this light.
Specular
Setting the color of the reflected light of this light.
Shadow
Setting the color of the shadow caused by this light.
For example of setting
Place a rectangle light as shown in the figure below and set the color of [Diffuse], [Specular], [Shadow].
When you run [Rendering], you can get the following result.
The following parameters are only in [Spotlight].
Cone angle
It is to set the angle of the apex of the cone of [Spotlight].
Penumbra angle
It is to set the blur of penumbra. Blur is strongly when you increase the numerical value.
Penumbra exp.
It is to set the strength of the penumbra. Boundary of light becomes clear when you increase the numerical value.
 
Penumbra angle: 0.1;
Penumbra exp.: 0.0		  
Penumbra angle: 10.0;
Penumbra exp.: 0.0		 Penumbra angle: 10.0;
Penumbra exp.: 10.0
Distant light
The light source is located in the distance. Regardless of the location, it raises light parallel to the direction of the arrow.
Highlight angle
It sets the angle of the highlights.
Geometric light
An object that is currently selected in [Object panel] is set as a light source with an arbitrary shape.
Environment map
It is to set the image as a light source. Ambient light is expressed using the HDR image (.exr, .hdr, .tif, .tiff).
Show background
When you checked it, the image set is displayed as the background in rendering.
*If the background image is rough, adjust the following points.
Day light
A simulated sun is placed as a light source.
Haziness
It is to adjust the degree haze of the color of the sky. The lower limit (the most clear sky) is 1.7. The upper limit is 10.00.
Sky color
It is to set the color of the sky.
Sun color
It is to set the color of the sun.
Sun size
It is to set the size of the sun.
Direction
It is to set the direction with the sun.
Altitude
It is to set the altitude of the sun.

From the list on the right, you can select and edit a light that you have created.

Move
It is to move the selected light.
Scale
It is to scale the selected light.
Rotate
It is to rotate the selected light.
Copy
It is to duplicate the selected light.
Delete
It is to deletes the selected light.
Delete all
It is to delete all of the light.
Rendering
When you click, rendering will start.
Quick preview
If you check it, you can preview the effects of light.

Camera

Depth of field
If you check it, you can set on the camera.
  • F-stop - It is the setting of the F-stop of the camera. If the value is small, when rendering, blur is larger. Conversely, when you increase the value, the blur is less.
  • Focal distance - It is to set the distance to the object from the camera. If you check [Synchronize view], it synchronized with the 3D view.
Lens aperture (Bokeh)
When checked it, you can set the light when you use the out-of-focus effect.
  • N sides - The shape of the reflected light is the n-gon.
  • Rotation angle - It is to set the angle of the reflected light.
  • Roundness - It is to round polygon of the reflected light.
  • Density - It is to adjust the density of the reflected light.
N sides: 5, Rotation angle: 0, Roundness: -0.30, Density: 0.00

Rendering setting

Resolution
It is setting the resolution of an image to be output in [Rendering].
When you click [Preset], often used image resolution is can be selected.
There is a limit to the resolution in Metasequoia 4 Standard.
Trace
  • Forward - It is suitable for a simple scene because it ignores the refraction of light. Rendering time is short.
  • Bidirectional - It is effective in a scene where light is more reflective. But it takes time to render. If [max samples] is small, noise is likely to occur.
Caustics
(*Only if [Trace] is [Forward]) When checked it, the place where light is collected will be focus on output.
Forward Bidirectional
 
Forward with Caustics  
Max samples
It is to adjust the rendering of accuracy. The larger [Max samples] produces more clear rendering image. However, it takes longer time to render.
ShadingRate
When you have set the Environment map in [Light] and shown the background image, you can adjust the resolution of the background image. If the background image is rough, the image quality will be improved by reducing this value. But it takes longer time to render.
ShadingRate: 1.0 ShadingRate: 0.1
Use subdivision
When this item is checked, the number of divisions for [Patch Catmull-Clark] or [OpenSubdiv] is not used, and the faces are rendered as limit surfaces.
Denoise
A renderd image is processed reducing noise when you checked this.
Denoise Off Denoise On
*It is necessary to install RenderMan 20 or later if you want to use this function.
*If you checked it, [Output] is to file only. You cannot check precess of rendering on realtime by [It].
Output
It is to set the output location of the rendered image.
  • File - Directly, to output the image as a file. (BMP, PNG, JPG, TIFF)
  • With It - When rendering, launch the It tool. You can check the progress of rendering. If you want to save the rendering result of the tool to a file, select [File > Export file...] on the tool.
RenderMan version
The version number of installed RenderMan is displayed.