CineMan - the CINEMA 4D Connection to Renderman

Pixar's RenderMan has become the standard in the motion picture industry not just for its use on films but also as a format for exchanging rendering data. With Release 11, the Advanced Render 3 module includes support for the RIB format so you can render your CINEMA 4D projects using Pixar's RenderMan Pro Server, or other RenderMan-compliant engines including 3Delight from dna research and AIR by SiTex Graphics.

: CineMan Example Movie
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CineMan translates the entire CINEMA 4D scene, including lights and materials to a RenderMan-complaint RIB file. CINEMA 4D shaders are immediately available in RenderMan, and RenderMan shaders can even be used within CINEMA 4D as long as a compatible render engine is selected. Best of all, third-party render engines integrate seamlessly into CINEMA 4D, providing editor rendering and material previews.

CineMan offers the flexibility to allow power users to leverage everything that the RenderMan standard has to offer, making it easy to fit CINEMA 4D into any professional pipeline.

Cineman supports the following RenderMan engines:

"We are pleased that MAXON has created the CineMan connection to Pixar's RenderMan directly from within CINEMA 4D. Now MAXON customers can benefit from Pixar's Academy Award-winning rendering technology featured in "Ratatouille", "The Incredibles" and many others."

Chris Ford, business director - RenderMan at Pixar