Nuke (software)
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| Developer(s) | The Foundry |
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| Stable release | 6.3v6 |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
| Type | Compositing software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | NUKE |
NUKE is a node-based compositor produced and distributed by The Foundry, and used for film and television post-production. NUKE is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. NUKE's users include Digital Domain, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Animation, Framestore, Weta Digital and Industrial Light & Magic. NUKE has been used on productions such as Avatar, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, King Kong, Jumper, I, Robot, Resident Evil: Extinction, Tron: Legacy and Black Swan.[citation needed]
[edit] History
NUKE (the name deriving from 'new compositor')[1] was originally developed by software engineer Bill Spitzak for in-house use at Digital Domain beginning in 1993. NUKE used the FLTK toolkit, which was developed in-house at Digital Domain and was subsequently released under the GNU LGPL in 1998.[2]
NUKE won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2001.[3]
In 2002, NUKE was made available to the public for the first time under the banner of D2 Software.[4][5] In December 2005, D2 Software released NUKE 4.5,[6] which introduced a new 3D subsystem.
In 2007, The Foundry, a London-based plug-in development house, took over development and marketing of NUKE from D2.[7] The Foundry released NUKE 4.7 in June 2007,[8] and NUKE 5 was released in early 2008, which replaced the interface with Qt and added Python scripting, and support for a stereoscopic workflow.[9] NUKE supports use of The Foundry plug-ins via its support for the OpenFX standard.
[edit] References
- ^ "D2 Software: Company Profile". Computer Graphics World. August 1, 2004. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-12897444.html.
- ^ Spitzak, Bill (January 19, 1998). "fltk-0.98 (C++ gui toolkit)". http://groups.google.com/group/comp.windows.x.announce/msg/f092644cb0af5e7a?dmode=source.
- ^ "2001 Scientific and Technical Awards". March 2002. http://www.oscars.org/scitech/2001/winners.html.
- ^ "Digital Domain Nukes market". Hollywood Reporter. July 12, 2002. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1540884.[dead link]
- ^ ""Digital Domain launches software unit"". AllBusiness.com. 2002-10-10. http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4862009-1.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ "D2 ships Nuke v4.5 Compositor with image-based Keyer and new Interface.". December 1, 2005. http://features.cgsociety.org/story.php?story_id=3271.
- ^ "D2 Software's Nuke Acquired by The Foundry". March 10, 2007. http://www.fxguide.com/article407.html.
- ^ "Nuke Version 4.7 Released". fxguide.com. October 4, 2007. http://www.fxguide.com/qt/49/nuke-version-47-released.
- ^ "3D stereo workflow, new U/I & Python scripting are the highlights". Digital Producer Magazine. 14 September, 2007. http://digitalproducer.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=183309.
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