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+======RhinoMan======
+RhinoMan is a Rhino rendering plug-in that provides a graphical user interface for several RenderMan compliant rendering applications. You can render directly from Rhino without exporting to another application. RenderMan is a modeler-renderer communication standard developed by Pixar which renderer developers can use. Pixar sells its own RenderMan compliant rendering application called //Photorealistic Renderman// (PrMan). PrMan is the application used to generate all their animated films. PrMan is also used heavily in the movie industry by many other different special effects houses.
+There are many RenderMan compliant rendering applications developed by different vendors. Some are free and some are not and all have different capabilities.
+RhinoMan currently supports:
+. PrMan - http://www.pixar.com
+. AIR - http://www.sitexgraphics.com (non-free commercial renderer, many great features)
+. 3Delight - http://www.3Delight.com (free commerical renderer, slow global illumination)
+. Aqsis - http://www.aqsis.org (opensource renderer, no raytracing)
+. Pixie - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pixie/
+. RenderDotC- http://www.dotcsw.com/rdc.html (not free, no raytracing)
+The big advantage of a RenderMan compliant application is that, inside Rhino, you get access to the same rendering technology used in professional studios. The renderers are also customizable using a programmable shading language if you have that need. A renderer like AIR is inexpensive and you get features like global illumination, caustics, toon shading.
+The Rhino 3 version has been available for a couple of years and the Rhino 4 version will be available soon.
+-Brian

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