ILM Purchases Nuke
8 June 2009, leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, today announced that Industrial Light & Magic has purchased a site license of Nuke.
"ILM has a history in providing breakthrough imagery for production and to do that, our artists need to be equipped with the best possible tools. We believe Nuke is a forerunner in the compositing field. The Foundry’s investment in research and development and customer-focused approach has produced a flexible, artist-focused tool set. We are excited to work with The Foundry and see where these new possibilities will take our work." commented Richard Kerris, CTO, Lucasfilm. Read the full press release
The Foundry talks Python at the EuroPython Conference
Goncalo Carvalho, Senior Software Engineer on the Nuke team at The Foundry, is presenting at the EuroPython conference on Tuesday 30 June 2009. EuroPython is a conference all about the Python programming language aimed a users and programmers of all skill levels.
The use of Python in Nuke allowed us to provide an interface suitable to integration within film pipelines within studios worldwide. Goncalo’s talk discusses the design decisions and uses examples to describe how an application built around TCL was successfully converted into Python (as a scripting language) while maintaining backwards compatibility and at the same time enhancing its appeal and lifetime.
For more information about EuroPython or to register see www.europython.eu
BBC Wales choose Nuke for Sarah Jane Adventures
"I immediately recommended Nuke. It had just been released on V5 and was looking really strong. The Foundry had done a great job in making it far more user-friendly, especially for people already familiar with node-based compositing. We hit the ground running.” Howard Jones, VFX Artist. Read the case study
The Sarah Jane Adventures © BBC Wales.
Ocula Helps DD Tackle the Superbowl
© 2009 PepsiCo. Image courtesy of Digital Domain.
The Foundry Congratulate Customer Award Wins
Visual Effects Software Company, The Foundry, is delighted to congratulate its customers on their fantastic success during Awards season. Over the weekend, Digital Domain added a plethora of VES Awards – including Outstanding Compositing – and an OSCAR® for Visual Effects to their BAFTA for Special Effects awarded earlier this month for their work on 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'. Although, Digital Domain came out on top, several other key customers were also nominated. At the VES, Framestore's compositing team was nominated for their work on 'Quantum of Solace' – their first full project using Nuke – and The Orphanage for their work on 'Iron Man'. At the OSCARS, shots from five of the seven shortlisted films vying for 'Best Visual Effects' were composited in Nuke: 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'The Dark Knight', 'Iron Man', 'Australia' and 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'.
Bill Collis, CEO at The Foundry, comments, "We are thrilled at the success our customers have enjoyed this year. Seeing our software used to create visual effects of such a high standard is incredibly rewarding. We offer them all our congratulations and look forward to seeing what they produce next."
Nuke & the Emperor's New (but Muddy) Clothes
© Universal. Image courtesy of Digital Domain.
People work with UVs, and project on to 3D geometry all the time, but this may be the first time these techniques have been combined on a human form. Read the case study or watch the FX Guide TV demo to find out how Digital Domain's Justin Van der Lek used Nuke's UV space in a unique way to complete shots on 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'.
Demystifying Nuke's Image Based Keyer
Steve Wright, senior visual effects artist, trainer and author, has put together a keying tutorial for Nuke's Image Based Keyer (IBK). If, like me, you've struggled to understand the IBK, you'll find this friendly and informative guide invaluable.
IBK Keyer Tutorial (Quicktime)
There are also some accompanying image files you can download from our Nuke Training page.
Nuke Hits the Blot on Watchmen at Intelligent Creatures
Read why Intelligent Creatures switched their pipeline to Nuke and the experiences they've had working on productions like Watchmen.
Read the case study.
© 2009 Warner Bros. Images courtesy of Intelligent Creatures
You can also watch Greg Astles' Watchmen demo from our stand at NAB here detailing the work that went into Rorshcach's mask.
Making the Logical Switch to Nuke
As far as film-compositing-tools-with-a-future go Lindsay Adams, Lead Compositor at Animal Logic believes, “There really is Nuke and nothing else. Other products out there are either dying or don’t have a future. With The Foundry, Nuke has a solid, responsive and committed development team that listens to its users, and it’s an application that you can use to get shots finished today. Nuke is really moving forward in a changing industry.” Read the case study to find out why.
Australia © 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Image courtesy of Animal Logic.
The Foundry MBO
The Foundry announces a management buyout led by Advent Venture Partners. For more information, please read the Press Release.
The Foundry on YouTube
We have started a youtube channel. We want to showcase your work. If you've got something you'd like to share that demonstrates Tinder, Tinderbox, Keylight, Furnace, Ocula or Nuke, please email a link and short description to marketing@thefoundry.co.uk. You can also subscribe to receive notification when new videos are uploaded.
What is NukeX? Your questions answered here.
Quantum of Solace
Framestore to use Nuke on all major upcoming projects after a huge success with Quantum of Solace... Read more.
Australia
"Nuke was the obvious choice for us. Besides the 3D integration, we knew our artists would adapt to it quickly and easily." Tom Proctor, Rising Sun Pictures. Read how RSP used Nuke on Australia.
© 2007 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved. Image courtesy of Rising Sun Pictures.
Nuke Master Class - Sessions & Materials
The first ever Nuke Master Class took place on 29 Jan at The Curzon in Soho, London.
Over 200 artists gathered for sessions by Roy Stelzer (Double Negative), Matt Leonard (FX PHD & Sphere VFX), Tahl Niran (FX PHD), Frank Rueter (OHU FX) and some home grown Foundry talent.
Some fantastic techniques, tips and tricks were shown on topics from 2.5D Re-Lighting to Maya integration. Download the scripts, assets or filmed sessions from the Master Class.
Killer Tools for Sweeney Todd
"Keylight and Furnace plug-ins are very valuable to us in our day-to-day work," says Marian Mavrovic, Compositing Supervisor at MPC. “They are standard tools we use to tackle all sorts of challenges that come to us in the compositing department and they helped us a great deal on Sweeney Todd". Read the Sweeney Todd case study.
© DreamWorks, Paramount and Warner Bros. Images courtesy of MPC.
Nuke 5.1 Now Shipping
Nuke 5.1 has been released. It includes a personal learning edition (PLE), runs natively on Linux 64 and Windows 64 and has support for the FBX standard for 3D interchange. More...
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- May 2009, Tinder, Keylight and Furnace sparks are being tested on Flame 2010.
- 21 April 2009, Nuke 5.1v5 has been released.
- 3 April 2009, Nuke 5.1v4 has been released.
- 4 Feb 2009, Supporting files (scripts, images, gizmos, models) for the Nuke Master Class have been released.
- 23 Jan 2009, Nuke 5.1v3 has been released.
- 9 Jan 2009, maintenance releases of Furnace, Keylight and Ocula for Nuke available to download.
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