Zaribok: RenderMan exporter

[nemyax]

Zaribok is a plug-in for RenderMan export and rendering. It's been written from scratch and is not based on the Ribbit (aka wpc_rib) plug-in, which some of you may know.
In the Files section of the SourceForge repository you will find the binary that you can install.
The manual is in the Wiki section.
Zaribok can:

• Export all visible geometry as subdivision surfaces (not polygons), including UVs
• Export all visible light sources except area lights
• Do shadow-mapped shadows for spot, infinite and point lights
• Export hard edges as creases with configurable sharpness
• Apply user-specified light source, surface and displacement shaders
  

About that last item: yes, you can bind any of your shaders to a material or light, but the GUI for it is just two text boxes: one for the shader name and the other for the parameter string (exactly as it would appear in the RIB). Shaders for the built-in scene lights are also configurable.
The plug-in has been tested with 3Delight, which I recommend. It's good, fast, free for non-commercial use and has an awesome image viewer. However, you also might have some luck with a different renderer.
Note: If you've just installed 3Delight and Zaribok fails to launch renders, try logging off and on again, or rebooting.