News: August 2006 Archives
Today, the Nuke demo comes out! While the D2Software site hasn't been updated to reflect that, make sure you check in periodically! I'm not sure if there will be a registered direct download from the site, or if anyone can get it without registering their email. Stay tuned. Here are some specs to whey your appetite. I'll update this post with an actual link when I get it.
Experience 64 Channels OpenEXR workflow
Nuke delivers the industry's broadest support for EXR. Read, processes and write up to 64 channels of EXR image data, improving data management and workflow.
Power up your keying
Nuke's new image based keyer (IBK) gives artists the ability to manipulate color channels in a completely new way; working on each color channel individually. Now artists have the power to truly fine-tune keying images.
Have it your way
New savable layouts, GUI customization capabilities
and feature enhancements such as the 'bullseye' and 'input' buttons and TCL-based node labeling make navigating large scripts easier than ever.
Fulfill your need for speed
Even when processing high resolution footage on modest hardware with 32-bit floating point precision, NUKE's multi-threaded, scan-line based computation gives rapid feedback. And when it's time for the final render, NUKE is, bar none, the fastest in its class.
Satisfy your inner nerd
NUKE supports an extremely open architecture. Both its scripts and user interface are based on the TCL scripting language, which makes it possible to customize NUKE in innumerable ways. If you want to go even deeper, NUKE offers a full-fledged software developers kit (SDK) for creating your own C++-based plugins.
Use your favorite plugins
All of The Foundry's OpenFX™ (OFX) plugins are fully compatible with NUKE. Currently, the Keylight keyer, the Tinder collection (which includes lens flares, warpers, and lens blurs), and the Furnace collection (which includes motion vector retiming, wire removal, clean plate creation, grain, and texture tools) are available in the OFX format, with more collections added all the time.
Work on your platform of choice
NUKE is available on Windows™, Linux™, OSX™, and Irix™ platforms – all at equal cost. Licenses float seamlessly between all operating systems on the network, so every artist can work where they are most comfortable and creative.
Last night I had the fortunate opportunity to visit Zoic Studios in Culver City for their annual SummerFest gathering. A number of artists from the surrounding areas converged into this concrete and mortar behemoth on the outskirts of Culver City. Overall at it's peak, it looked like close to 100 people were milling about the interior of the facility. Inside, the architecture was very nice.. Large beams of wood were strewn about the place and were key members holding up the building, giving it a futuristic log cabin feel.
There was plentiful food and drink and music, and they had their reels on a projection loop in the main lobby. I met several people from Zoic, and managed to tour the facility and see their Flame and production suites. Overall it seemed like a very cool place to hang out and work. Nice people, nice work on the commercial and film side, and also some great TV work. Posters from Battlestar Galactica and Firefly adorn the walls. I also met an artist that works in Santa Monica that didn't know anyone there, like myself, so we chatted and discussed the state of the industry until the wee hours of the morning. When we finally left at around 9:30pm there were still a number of people milling about and chatting. I'm not a huge crowd person, and usually like a small gathering of close friends than a huge number of acquaintances, but it was good regardless of the amount of people I didn't know. :)
Finally.. In a little bit of downtime I quickly added email whitelisting for comments. If you've commented lately or frequently I've whitelisted your email so it won't have to go through moderation. It makes my life a little simpler, and everyone will be able to read your comment right away. Just make sure you comment with the same email every time! Give it a try.
