Todd Manus

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About Me

EXPERTISE
VFX Artist
INDUSTRY
Film/TV

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LOCATION
Stafford, TX, United States

Houdini Skills

INTERMEDIATE
Procedural Modeling  | Environments  | Digital Assets  | Lighting
BEGINNER
Solaris  | Pyro FX  | Fluids

Availability

I am available for Full Time Work

Recent Forum Posts

Yikes! Slower than a snail. July 2, 2026, 7:02 p.m.

I had Rocky Linux 10, and made the same move you did, went back to Rocky Linux 9. It was the best move I could ever make professionally. SideFX did tell us that it doesn't support Wayland... and I should have listened, instead of fight the facts :-). I wasted so much time, but I am back in business and better than ever :-).

Houdini Linux Wayland Support? June 7, 2026, 8:19 p.m.

I had to downgrade my Linux distro from Rocky 10.1 to Rocky 9.8 to better support Renderman 27.3, best move I could make, it is so much more stable in the Hydra, UI, ML Interactive Denoiser.

Rocky Linux 9.8 - X11
KDE
Nvidia 610.43.02 ---Yes you can use latest drivers, no pauses
Houdini 21.0.729
Renderman 27.3 Daily Build

I have never been more stable with Solaris. I can only speak for myself, but I will not be going to any OS that is not part of the VFX Platform or "What the DCCs tell us they support..." lesson learned :-)

PR_RenderMan for Houdini 21.0.671 April 20, 2026, 9:40 a.m.

Hey Lesouf,

My name is Todd Manus, I don't have a Mac, but I'll see if I can help. With Linux and Windows 11, you can simple copy of a JSON file over from where Renderman got installed, to a folder called packages that is usually in your "houdini21.0" home folder
See the packages installation section here: https://rmanwiki-27.pixar.com/space/RFH27/544640398/Installation+of+RenderMan+for+Houdini [rmanwiki-27.pixar.com]

If you have question, I can try and help. You can reach me on Pixar's Renderman Discord server.

BTW, I have never seen the Renderman plugin in the Labs/Packages section ever, so I don't think you have to worry to much about the fact that it doesn't show up there.