The Foundry Preview Nuke
5 at IBC 2007
September 17, 2007
Source: The Foundry
Leading
visual effects software developer The Foundry is delighted
to announce that it will be offering visitors to IBC 2007
a sneak preview of the next major release of its powerful
compositing application, Nuke. Visitors to booth 7.528 will
be able to catch a glimpse of the eagerly awaited Nuke 5,
which will include improvements to the user interface, the
addition of Python for scripting, and support for stereoscopic
workflow.
Since taking on the development of Nuke
The Foundry’s goal has been to remain true to the original
concept of developing a comprehensive compositing solution
that is ‘designed by artists for artists’. With
user requirements as the driver, The Foundry has concentrated
on enriching and refining the product, building on its already
strong foundations and focussing development efforts on areas
that required renovation. Nuke 5 is the first major step towards
this goal.
"We’d been looking at Nuke for
months and always thought of it as a very forward-thinking
piece of software. When we considered all of the options that
could be the foundation of our pipeline for the future, we
chose Nuke. More than any compositing package we considered,
Nuke seems to embody the best grasp of where things are going."
Robin Hackl, Managing Director, Image-Engine Design Inc
Applying over a decade of software development
experience and close collaboration with the growing Nuke community,
The Foundry has reworked Nuke’s UI to improve the user
experience and make it more approachable for a broader range
of artists. In addition to augmenting the existing floating
window layouts with a flexible panes and panels system, Nuke
5 will feature per-node inputs, and expanded LUT support for
file I/O colourspace conversion.
Since its inception, Nuke’s extensive scripting capabilities
have been a key feature for many of its adopters, and The
Foundry is taking this to the next level by adding support
for the Python scripting language for the next release.
The Foundry’s product development has
long-benefited from close working relationships with some
of the industry’s leading post production facilities.
The latest challenge facing these cutting edge artists is
the dramatic increase in volumes of stereoscopic projects.
The Foundry has responded by laying the groundwork for efficient
multi-view compositing in Nuke 5.
“With the latest Nuke developments
we are reinforcing our commitment to deliver first-class products
that assist creativity, workflow and productivity, no matter
how demanding the pipeline,” said Dr Bill Collis, CEO,
The Foundry. “Close relationships with our Nuke and plug-in
customers are fundamental to our work – we listen to
what they say they need for their pipelines today and tomorrow
and this drives our R&D.”
Available on Linux, Windows, and Mac platforms
Nuke delivers unparalleled speed, an extensible 64-channel
architecture, and powerful feature set unrivalled in the desktop
market. Nuke 5 will be available towards the end of the year.
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