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GMAN is a RenderMan-compatible renderer begun in 1999 and revived in 2026. Give it a RIB scene and it renders an image. Version 0.6.0 marks the revival.
The z-buffer renderer supports all seven RenderMan quadrics, convex polygons, matte/plastic/metal surface shaders, ambient/distant/point lights and TIFF, PNG, JPEG and PNM output. It builds on macOS and Linux with C++17 and CMake.
Development, releases and build instructions: https://github.com/jac18281828/gman
Start page: https://2ad.com/gman
Questions and bugs: https://github.com/jac18281828/gman/issues
Contact: info@2ad.com
GMAN implements part of the RenderMan interface. Texturing, antialiasing, motion blur and shading-language compilation remain unfinished. See the GitHub README and release notes for current capabilities. SourceForge preserves the project's early history and releases.
Features
- RIB scenes, seven quadrics and convex polygons
- C++ surface and light shader plugins; TIFF, PNG, JPEG and PNM output
- Builds on macOS and Linux with C++17 and CMake
Categories
3D RenderingLicense
GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2), GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)Follow GMAN
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