AI rendering is inevitable

Andrew PriceOct 30, 2026

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AI rendering is inevitable

When 80% of our time is spent on the final 5% of details, there’s no question that AI rendering will become widely adopted. We already know the problem it solves, the only question is when it will be controllable enough.

Edenlive is the latest innovation in the space - an open source model from the team behind Tripo, that runs locally on your own GPU.

It doesn’t look very controllable, though. So in the future, I suspect a more customizable solution like DLSS will be more common in all renderers. Most projects will start with AI intensity set to high (like this), then as the look is more locked down, assets are “realized” and sliders are dropped. Until it’s finally just adding high frequency details to selected properties at 1%. But by 2030, I expect that using a renderer without AI will be as odd as not using a denoiser is today.

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Disney releases interactive 'Making of a feature' blog

A great reminder of how much care and attention go into Disney films. Great one to bookmark the next time you wonder how Disney movies look so good.

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Andrew Price

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