I am going through my Computer Graphics course project these days and our instructor has asked us to use Renderman as the rendering tool for our animation. I am using Blender 3d for all my work in this project. But Blender does not come with a RIB Exporter by default. I looked around the Internet for a decent RIB Export python plugin but was not able to find something that worked with the latest Blender release.

Then I (luckily) came to know about this tool called RIB Mosaic, and I was blessed with amazing convenience. It works with the standard python modules that come with Blender (that means no additional python setup required) and it’s just the matter of putting the python (.py) file in the scripts folder. The only thing you need is a Renderman compliant renderer which can be Pixie or 3Delight or Aqsis or even PRMan if you got enough cash

I did a few test renders of my work and I must say I am so relieved now that I’ve found this easy to use tool which can export stills as well as animated ribs woohoo!

As an additional candybar, I’d like to share a link that I came across today related to computer animation. All the Industry gurus (such as Catmull and others) from the animation industry talk about how it all started. Here is the link:

http://www.computerhistory.org/events/index.php?id=1114720561