Developer: Pixar
Type: Renderer
Website: Pixar - RenderMan Pro Server

RenderMan Pro Server includes all the tools required for rendering images for film and video productions. It is able to turn any server or artist desktop into a rendering machine and it includes:

Pixar’s RenderMan

Pixar’s RenderMan is Pixar's core rendering technology - the same technology used to render Pixar's own feature films. It’s a high performance renderer built to tackle the most demanding productions, with production-hardened technology that is stable, reliable, and flexible, delivering breathtaking results better, faster, and more cost-effectively than anything else you can buy. Features like RenderMan’s true 3D motion blur and depth-of-field use a patented anti-aliasing technique that have helped make RenderMan an industry standard.

Alfserver

Alfserver is the component of RenderMan Pro Server which talks to Alfred, Pixar's render management system. Alfserver communicates important information to Alfred about machine health and statistics.

Alfserver's primary role is to launch and track the remote commands sent to it by the Alfred dispatcher. These launched programs include all of the renderings, simulations, file conversions, or any other task required by your Alfred jobs.