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Open Shading Language
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<h2 id="origin">Origin</h2> <p>Larry Gritz explain origin of Open Shading Language: </p> <blockquote><p>We had a renderer (<a href="/facts/Sony_Imageworks/po1azWe8">Sony Imageworks</a>'s fork of the <a href="/facts/Autodesk_Arnold/huRftsKR">Arnold</a> renderer) where shaders were implemented as <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a> plugins, and that had many problems. We desired a <a href="/facts/Shading_language/DyFraJM7">shading language</a> for the renderer, and this is the one I designed. In addition to just wanting a language, we also sought to make many improvements over previous shading languages. We explained a lot of the details about the new ideas in this SIGGRAPH 2010 talk 'Open Shading Language'.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> And apparently, the rest of the industry agreed, because it resulted in an 2017 Academy technical achievement award.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></p>— <i> email from Larry Gritz</i> (2022.06.27) </blockquote> <h2 id="movies">Movies</h2> <p>Many movies made in 2012 or later have used OSL,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> including: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Men_in_Black_3/rwkHqgmr">Men in Black 3</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(2012_film)/yyovg22F">The Amazing Spider-Man</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Hotel_Transylvania_(film)/CaWCrJR5">Hotel Transylvania</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Edge_of_Tomorrow/mRGRL2XJ">Edge of Tomorrow</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Ant-Man_(film)/S9Lc4PBP">Ant-Man</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Finding_Dory/JDscK807">Finding Dory</a></i> (2016)</li></ul> <h3>2017</h3> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/The_Lego_Batman_Movie/pGBYUs6y">The Lego Batman Movie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Great_Wall_(film)/o7HBMupf">The Great Wall</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/A_Cure_for_Wellness/3pxyf8nP">A Cure for Wellness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Logan_(film)/YtfyH8JN">Logan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Power_Rangers_(film)/5YFn4PNF">Power Rangers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Life_(2017_film)/uMSjDDDQ">Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Smurfs%3a_The_Lost_Village/0GwsCvgo">Smurfs: The Lost Village</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Fate_of_the_Furious/LM30EA4j">The Fate of the Furious</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Alien_Covenant/FNl7Kz23">Alien Covenant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_2/EPvL8dGb">Guardians of the Galaxy 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Mummy_(2017_film)/udVE5kpR">The Mummy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Wonder_Woman_(2017_film)/m0kF1cXv">Wonder Woman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Cars_3/JTlHqp5b">Cars 3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Baby_Driver/L9xDj6G3">Baby Driver</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Spider-Man%3a_Homecoming/yoNtPMpY">Spider-Man: Homecoming</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Dunkirk_(2017_film)/K7VqEMfx">Dunkirk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Emoji_Movie/42A1FPwy">The Emoji Movie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Detroit_(film)/baLQx7bl">Detroit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Kingsman%3a_The_Golden_Circle/7FCIt2tn">Kingsman: The Golden Circle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/The_Lego_Ninjago_Movie/qjHm8FXq">The Lego Ninjago Movie</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Blade_Runner_2049/3GHB8uK4">Blade Runner 2049</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Geostorm/mkaRI5j5">Geostorm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Coco_(2017_film)/26ebWRCY">Coco</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Justice_League_(film)/N6N1qdEc">Justice League</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Thor%3a_Ragnarok/DxlllftF">Thor: Ragnarok</a></i></li></ul> <h3>2018</h3> <ul><li><i>Peter Rabbit</i></li> <li><i>Black Panther</i></li> <li><i>Annihilation</i></li> <li><i>Red Sparrow</i></li> <li><i>Pacific Rim Uprising</i></li> <li><i>Avengers Infinity War</i></li> <li><i>Deadpool 2</i></li> <li><i>Incredibles 2</i></li> <li><i>Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom</i></li> <li><i>Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation</i></li> <li><i>Ant Man and the Wasp</i></li> <li><i>Skyscraper</i></li> <li><i>Mission Impossible: Fallout</i></li> <li><i>The Meg</i></li> <li><i>Kin</i></li> <li><i>Smallfoot</i></li> <li><i>Alpha</i></li> <li><i>Venom</i></li> <li><i>First Man</i></li> <li><i>Bad Times at the El Royale</i></li> <li><i>Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald</i></li> <li><i>Bohemian Rhapsody</i></li> <li><i>Holmes and Watson</i></li> <li><i>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</i></li></ul> <h3>2019</h3> <ul><li><i>The Kid Who Would Be King</i></li> <li><i>Alita: Battle Angel</i></li> <li><i>Lego Movie 2</i></li> <li><i>Lucky 13</i> (an episode of <i><a href="/facts/Love%2c_Death_%2526_Robots/JRc2kqor">Love, Death & Robots</a></i>)</li> <li><i>Captain Marvel</i></li> <li><i>Triple Frontier</i></li> <li><i>Avengers: Endgame</i></li> <li><i>Pokémon Detective Pikachu</i></li> <li><i>Godzilla: King of Monsters</i></li> <li><i>Rim of the World</i></li> <li><i>John Wick 3 Parabellum</i></li> <li><i>Men in Black International</i></li> <li><i>Toy Story 4</i></li> <li><i>Spider-Man: Far From Home</i></li> <li><i>Hobbs & Shaw</i></li> <li><i>Angry Birds 2</i></li> <li><i>The Art of Racing in the Rain</i></li> <li><i>Secret Life of Pets</i></li> <li><i>The Mandalorian (S1)</i></li> <li><i>The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance</i></li> <li><i>The King</i></li> <li><i>Jumanji: The Next Level</i></li> <li><i>Richard Jewell</i></li> <li><i>Game of Thrones (S8)</i></li> <li><i>Lost in Space (S1)</i></li> <li><i>Togo</i></li></ul> <h3>2020</h3> <ul><li><i>Underwater</i></li> <li><i>Birds of Prey</i></li> <li><i>Onward</i></li> <li><i>Bloodshot</i></li> <li><i>Greyhound</i></li> <li><i>The Old Guard</i></li> <li><i>Mulan</i></li> <li><i>Tenet</i></li> <li><i>The New Mutants</i></li> <li><i>Artemis Fowl</i></li> <li><i>The Eight Hundred</i></li> <li><i>Over the Moon</i></li> <li><i>Wonder Woman 1984</i></li> <li><i>Soul</i></li> <li><i>The Mandalorian</i> (S2)</li></ul> <h3>2021 / upcoming</h3> <ul><li><i>Chaos Walking</i></li> <li><i>Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway</i></li> <li><i>The Falcon and the Winter Soldier</i></li> <li><i>Secret Magic Control Agency</i></li> <li><i>Zack Snyder's Justice League</i></li> <li><i>The Mitchells vs the Machines</i></li> <li><i>Jupiter's Legacy</i></li> <li><i>Luca</i></li> <li><i>F9</i></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Shading_language/DyFraJM7">Shading language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/3Delight/zmbBIvej">3Delight</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Arnold_(software)/huRftsKR">Arnold Render Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Blender_(software)/yzuvB0fL">Blender</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Octane_Render/Jlf5xvN6">Octane Render</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/RenderMan_(software)/PPAGoFC0">RenderMan</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://opensource.imageworks.com/?p=osl">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"OSLin 3Delight". www.3delight.com. Retrieved 2020-01-26. <a href="https://3delight.atlassian.net/wiki/display/3DSP/OSL+in+3Delight" target="_blank">https://3delight.atlassian.net/wiki/display/3DSP/OSL+in+3Delight</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Octane Render OSL Support". home.otoy.com. Retrieved 2019-12-27. <a href="https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/features/" target="_blank">https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/features/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"V-Ray OSL Support". docs.chaosgroup.com. Retrieved 2016-09-13. <a href="https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/VRAY3MAX/OSL+Support" target="_blank">https://docs.chaosgroup.com/display/VRAY3MAX/OSL+Support</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Latest Redshift Release Features Support for OpenColorIO 2.0.1". Retrieved 2022-04-27. <a href="https://www.maxon.net/en/article/latest-redshift-release-features-support-for-opencolorio-2-0-1" target="_blank">https://www.maxon.net/en/article/latest-redshift-release-features-support-for-opencolorio-2-0-1</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Blender 2.65: Cycles". Retrieved 2020-02-09. <a href="https://archive.blender.org/wiki/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.65/Cycles/" target="_blank">https://archive.blender.org/wiki/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.65/Cycles/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"OSL Patterns". Retrieved 2025-02-16. <a href="https://rmanwiki-26.pixar.com/space/REN26/19661571/OSL+Patterns" target="_blank">https://rmanwiki-26.pixar.com/space/REN26/19661571/OSL+Patterns</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"RenderMan*: The Role of Open Shading Language (OSL) with Intel® Advan…". 12 August 2019. <a href="https://de.slideshare.net/IntelSoftware/renderman-the-role-of-open-shading-language-osl-with-intel-advanced-vector-extensions" target="_blank">https://de.slideshare.net/IntelSoftware/renderman-the-role-of-open-shading-language-osl-with-intel-advanced-vector-extensions</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Technical Articles and How-Tos". <a href="https://techdecoded.intel.io/resources/turbo-charged-open-shading-language-on-intel-xeon-processors-with-intel-advanced-vector-extensions-512/#gs.18ur7n" target="_blank">https://techdecoded.intel.io/resources/turbo-charged-open-shading-language-on-intel-xeon-processors-with-intel-advanced-vector-extensions-512/#gs.18ur7n</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Open Shading Language". GitHub. 7 April 2022. <a href="https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/blob/master/CHANGES.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage/blob/master/CHANGES.md</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>""SIGGRAPH 2010 Open Shading Language"". 2010. doi:10.1145/1837026.1837070. S2CID 27148401. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1837026.1837070" target="_blank">https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1837026.1837070</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>""2017 Sci-Tech winners"". 2017. <a href="https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/the-2017-sci-tech-oscars/" target="_blank">https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/the-2017-sci-tech-oscars/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Where OSL has been used". GitHub. Retrieved 2020-02-29. <a href="https://github.com/imageworks/OpenShadingLanguage/#user-content-where-osl-has-been-used" target="_blank">https://github.com/imageworks/OpenShadingLanguage/#user-content-where-osl-has-been-used</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>