MoonRay, DreamWorks Animation's Open Source Production Renderer
MoonRay, an open source path-tracing renderer developed by DreamWorks Animation, has joined the Academy Software Foundation as a hosted project. It has been utilized in every DreamWorks feature film since 2019, enabling a wide range of artistic styles. The project aims to foster collaboration and innovation within the global community of developers and filmmakers.
- ▪MoonRay has been used in films such as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and The Bad Guys 2.
- ▪The renderer is designed for efficiency and scalability, supporting both photorealistic and stylized looks.
- ▪Bill Ballew, CTO of DreamWorks Animation, will keynote the ASWF Open Source Days in July 2026.
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© DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved. MoonRay is an open source path-tracing renderer that has been used on every DreamWorks Animation feature film since 2019 including most recently The Wild Robot and The Bad Guys 2 At-a-Glance: The Academy Software Foundation welcomes MoonRay, developed by DreamWorks Animation, as its newest hosted project. MoonRay is an open source path-tracing renderer used for visual effects and animation — released under the Apache 2.0 license and developed in C++ with a USD Hydra render delegate. MoonRay joins 20+ existing ASWF projects, including OpenColorIO, OpenEXR, OpenVDB, OpenTimelineIO, and Open Shading Language. Bill Ballew, CTO of DreamWorks Animation, will keynote ASWF Open Source Days, July 19-20 in Los Angeles.
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