If you’re an aspiring animator, this might be the best news you’ll hear this month: Pixar is giving away—that’s right, giving away—a version of RenderMan, its in-house rendering software. Gratis. No catch. You’ll be able to download the program some time in August.
http://gizmodo.com/you-can-grab-the-same-software-pixar-used-to-make-wall-1584470644