Nuke (software)
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| Developed by | The Foundry |
| Latest release | 5.0v2 |
| OS | Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
| Genre | Compositing software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Nuke |
Nuke is a node-based compositor produced by The Foundry, and used for film and television post-production. Nuke is cross-platform, and is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (both ppc and intel), and Linux. Nuke's users include Digital Domain, Mr X, Weta Digital and has been used on productions like King Kong, I, Robot and Resident Evil: Extinction.
[edit] History
Nuke (the name deriving from 'new compositor')[1] was originally developed by Bill Spitzak of Digital Domain for in-house use from 1993. Nuke used the FLTK toolkit, which was developed in-house at DD for Nuke, and 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 third parties under the banner of D2 Software.[4] The first public version was 2002. Nuke 4.5, released in December 2005[5], 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.[6] The Foundry released Nuke 4.7 in June 2007[7], and Nuke 5 is planned for early 2008, which will replace interface with Qt and introduce Python scripting, and support for a stereoscopic workflow.[8] Nuke supports use of The Foundry plug-ins via its support for the OpenFX standard.
[edit] References
- ^ D2 Software: Company Profile.
- ^ Spitzak, Bill (January 19, 1998). fltk-0.98 (C++ gui toolkit).
- ^ 2001 Scientific and Technical Awards (March 2002).
- ^ "Digital Domain Nukes market", Hollywood Reporter, July 12, 2002.
- ^ "D2 ships Nuke v4.5 Compositor with image-based Keyer and new Interface.", December 1, 2005.
- ^ "D2 Software's Nuke Acquired by The Foundry", March 10, 2007.
- ^ "Nuke Version 4.7 Released", fxguide.com, October 4, 2007.
- ^ "3D stereo workflow, new U/I & Python scripting are the highlights", Digital Producer Magazine, 14 September, 2007.
