MachStudio Pro adds path to Pixar Renderman for high-end ray tracing

Another SIGGRAPH press release, but this one from one of my favorites, StudioGPU, announcing the ability to do final renders from MachStudio Pro direct to Pixar Renderman.  MachStudio Pro if you don’t recall, is real-time non-linear 3D shot finaling and compositing software that runs completely on the ATI FirePro V8880 GPU.  From the press release:

With a direct path to RenderMan, MachStudio Pro artists can easily choose between the software’s fast high-quality built-in GPU renderer to produce previews or view final results, or utilize the unsurpassed quality of the CPU-driven RenderMan renderer to create beauty shots and/or specific render passes. Artists also have the flexibility to use the MachStudio Pro and the RenderMan render engines simultaneously, combining the different passes from the two robust render engines to create almost any desired look.

All shaders shipped with MachStudio Pro will have RenderMan Shader Language (RSL) equivalents. MachStudio Pro will also offer artists the ability to import, edit and create custom complied RSL shaders, parameters and attributes from directly within the application.