They look great, they are a monolithic/uber shader, that means they do everything, glass, sss, metals, plastics, cloth etc. The shaders are now called PxrSurface and PxrLayerSurface. RMAN_ASSET_LIBRARY = /Users/andrewsilke/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2017/modules/RenderManAssetLibraryįull documentation is here, (scroll down)

Go to that location on your system and manually copy the folder to a new location I use… Prefs Window > Settings > Renderman > Preset BrowserĢ. Find the library location by opening the Preferences Window After installing Renderman move the library with these steps…ġ. Pixar’s “Preset Browser” is great in v21 but to install it correctly you should move it to a new location so you can save your own settings. You should also upgrade these shaders if you need future compatibility. In simple scenes upgrading lights isn’t much of a problem and the intensity settings on new lights matches pretty well.Īlthough you cannot make old pxr shaders in v21 the old shaders are still supported. Then copy settings like intensity and if spot lights create pxrDiskLights and match those instead then find the cone angle and softness settings and match those. So you should create new lights and match them for translation rotation and scale. The old lights are still found in the scene but will not work. To upgrade a old Renderman scene you must simply remake all lights as they’ve completely changed. This page is in no particular order, it is a dump of notes and things to look out for in Renderman.

Most of this page is for v19/v20, but with the changes in v21 many things will be similar but might have changed slightly. **Note: Be careful installing the new version as you cannot install the old version with the non commercial installer!! Renderman has just had a huge makeover in v21 released in Nov 2016, and much of the renderer has changed. Windows > Settings And Preferences > Plugin Manager > (scroll down) > Renderman_For_Maya > check both on Open the Plugin Manager, Turn On Renderman Go To The Non Commercial Renderman Page And Follow Promptsĥ.

Fundamentals of arnold for maya