Renderman24 for Blender - Shading

Reference Renderman 24 For Blender Doc Shading Materials and shading networks in RenderMan for Blender are built up pretty much the same way as Blender’s built-in renderers, using the Shader Editor. However, there are some shortcuts and UI widget differences. Attaching a Material You can attach materials (bxdf’s) to selected objects using the shortcuts in the Object Context Menu: This will attach the selected material to the selected objects in the outliner. ...

January 21, 2022 · 7 min · alexchen

Renderman24 for Blender - Geometry

Reference Renderman 24 For Blender Doc Renderman 20 Doc Geometry Archives in Blender Export to RIB Archive To export a geometry or a group of geometry to a RIB archive, select the objects, go to the object properties , and under the RenderMan Geometry panel, select Export and then Export Object as Archive You can also select whether or not you want the materials that are assigned to the geometry to be exported and whether or not you want to archive all of the frames. ...

January 18, 2022 · 11 min · alexchen

Renderman24 for Blender - USER INTERFACE

Reference Renderman 24 For Blender Doc User Interface Preset Browser in Blender The Preset Browser in Blender allows you to save and re-use assets such as materials, light rigs, and environment maps (HDR images). RenderMan already comes with a library of pre-made assets. More assets can also be downloaded from the RenderMan website, in the Resources section. Starting the Preset Browser To bring up the Preset Browser, press ’n’ in the viewport to bring up the side panel, click the Renderman tab, and you should see a RenderMan Presets panel. Clicking on the Preset Browser button will bring up the UI. ...

January 18, 2022 · 10 min · alexchen

2021 Violin Gift

Subject Today I received a violin made by Piotr Pielaszek for the XVI Triennale Italian Luthier Competition 2021, and I recorded the unboxing photos as a souvenir.

November 18, 2021 · 1 min · alexchen

Piotr Pielaszek Violin 2021

I recently received photos of Piotr Pielaszek’s silver medal winning violin work from the Italian Triennale 2021, which will arrive in China by air in the next few days, and I hope the whole process goes smoothly. Youtube Piotr Pielaszek Project ‘Il Triennale’

November 3, 2021 · 1 min · alexchen