Built entirely by DreamWorks, the production renderer has now arrived. But what are the benefits, and how do you use it?
Whether you’re a budget creative working on your own VFX or you’re a seasoned veteran hopping from post house to post house, MoonRay from DreamWorks is now available for filmmakers. The best part is that it is completely free.
Released under an open-source license, the Hollywood animation renderer was made to be efficient and scalable.
MoonRay isn’t just an app you open on your computer. The software is still being used by Dreamworks, so how would creatives at large even begin to use it?
Source Code, Open Source
Currently, MoonRay hasn’t been released as a standalone application but as a source code. This means filmmakers and creatives will need to jump through some hoops to get it all working.
For many studios like Dreamworks (and Pixar and Imagination), most, if not all, of their tools are custom-built. MoonRay, for example, is one such custom tool, but it also runs on custom hardware that runs alternate operating systems like Linux.
Author: Yaroslav Altunin
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
