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# Frequently asked questions

Want to learn new techniques or start using new features?

This is a library of our top 'how tos' to help you enhance your creations further, make the process easier and smoother and generally make everything awesome.

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# Learn or Brush up.

Try out something new, find out about features you've never used or enhance your creations further.

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### **Rendering Clouds**

Tips on how to adjust the look of your clouds

[Oh Yeah!](https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN/Rendering+Clouds+with+Aggregate+Volumes)

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### **Creating Metals with LAMA**

Make real world metals and conductive materials

[Show me](https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN/Lama+Metals)

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### **Mesh lights in Solaris**

Learn about creating mesh lights.

[Bring it..](https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/RFH/Mesh+Lights+in+Solaris)

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### **Denoising in Blender**

How to use our two different denoisers.

[Learn me that](https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/RFB/Denoiser+in+Blender)

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### **Using PxrHair**

Create realistic and art directed hair and feathers.

[Create it](https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN/PxrHairColor)

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### **Interactive Denoiser in Katana**

New for R26!

[That sounds great!](https://rmanwiki-27.pixar.com/space/RFK27/546179198/Interactive+Denoiser)

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### **Discover RenderMan's Image Tool**

Learn about the benefits of 'IT' and how to use it.

[Fantastic](https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN/Image+Tool)

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### **RenderMan for Adobe Painter**

There a great benefits to using the plugin with Adobe.

[Take me there](https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/REN/RenderMan+for+Adobe+Painter)

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### **Using RenderMan's Preset Browser**

Find out about the benefits to the UI.

[Wind the frog](https://rmanwiki.pixar.com/display/RFM/Preset+Browser+in+Maya)