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<span style="color: #808284">Lightyear © Disney/Pixar</span>

Below are useful tools and utilities that ship with RenderMan and its plugins.

Each section contains examples and explanations for usage and best practices. Everything from rendering using a terminal to viewing and manipulating images is possible out of the box!  
  
  


- [Image Tool](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN25/pages/20415618) – View, store, and manipulate images for better iterative processes!
- [txmake](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN25/pages/20416314) – Use txmake to prepare textures for rendering as a high-efficiency format designed to improve quality and reduce memory usage.