# RenderMan

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The name '''''RenderMan''''' has been used to refer to various technologies and projects related to work initially done by [Pixar Animation Studios](/source/Pixar_Animation_Studios):

* [RenderMan Interface Specification](/source/RenderMan_Interface_Specification) (RISpec), an open [API](/source/Application_programming_interface) (technical specification) developed by Pixar for a standard communications protocol (or interface) between 3D computer graphics programs and [rendering](/source/rendering_(computer_graphics)) programs to describe three-dimensional scenes and turn them into digital [photorealistic](/source/Photorealism) images
** [RenderMan Shading Language](/source/RenderMan_Shading_Language), a component of the RISpec used to define shaders
* [Pixar RenderMan](/source/Pixar_RenderMan), a RISpec-compliant rendering software system developed by Pixar based on their own interface specification
* ''RenderMan'', commonly used to refer to other renderers compliant with the RISpec

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