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A 3D animated character with large green eyes and red hair wearing a yellow shirt, smiling. The text overlay reads "RENDER THE SAME PIXELS ON BOTH CPU & GPU." The character has a playful expression against a gray background.

6 min

Pixar’s RenderMan 27.0

Pixar’s RenderMan 27.0 lands with final-frame XPU rendering, multi-GPU scaling, deep compositing, and a production-ready Stylized Looks suite.

14.11.2025

A colorful group of animated characters including a large robot in metallic armor and four whimsical, fantastical creatures with flowing shapes and vibrant colors, arranged in a friendly pose.

2 min

RenderMan 27: XPU graduates, RIS retires

Pixar ships RenderMan 27: XPU is ready for final frames, RIS is being phased out, MaterialX joins the toolset, and Stylized Looks evolve.

Jürgen Firsching

01.10.2025