Nuke (software)

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Nuke
Developer(s)
Stable release
15.0
Written in C++, [1] Python
Operating system Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Type Compositing software
License Proprietary
Website NUKE

Nuke is a node-based digital compositing and visual effects application first developed by Digital Domain and used for television and film post-production. Nuke is available for Windows, macOS (up to Monterey natively), and RHEL/CentOS. [2] Foundry has further developed the software since Nuke was sold in 2007.

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Nuke's users include Digital Domain, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Blizzard Entertainment, [3] DreamWorks Animation, [4] Illumination Mac Guff, [5] Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Animation, Light Chaser Animation Studios, Framestore, [6] Weta Digital, [7] Double Negative, [8] and Industrial Light & Magic. [9]

History

Nuke (the name deriving from 'New compositor') [10] was originally developed by software engineer Phil Beffrey and later Bill Spitzak for in-house use at Digital Domain beginning in 1993. In addition to standard compositing, Nuke was used to render higher-resolution versions of composites from Autodesk Flame. [11]

Nuke version 2 introduced a GUI in 1994, built with FLTK – an in-house GUI toolkit developed at Digital Domain. FLTK was subsequently released under the GNU LGPL in 1998. [12]

Nuke won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2001. [13]

In 2002, Nuke was publicly released by D2 Software. [14] [15] In 2005, Nuke 4.5 [16] introduced a new 3D subsystem developed by Jonathan Egstad. [17]

In 2007, The Foundry, a London-based plug-in development company, took over development and marketing of Nuke from D2. [18] The Foundry released Nuke 4.7 in June 2007, [19] and Nuke 5 was released in early 2008, which replaced the interface with Qt and added Python scripting, and support for a stereoscopic workflow. [20] In 2015, The Foundry released Nuke Non-commercial with some basic limitations. [21] Nuke supports use of The Foundry plug-ins via its support for the OpenFX standard (several built-in nodes such as Keylight are OpenFX plugins).

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References

  1. ↑ "Information for NUKE developers". The Foundry. Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  2. ↑ "System Requirements | Nuke | Foundry". Foundry. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "BlizzCon 2015 World of Warcraft Cinematics: The Road to Legion panel transcript". 8 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Blur Studio use Nuke on Deadpool". Foundry.
  5. ↑ Moltenbrey, Karen (13 December 2018). "Spoiler Alert". In Focus. Computer Graphics World.
  6. ↑ "NUKE helps Framestore make history on Oscar winning Lincoln". The Foundry. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11.
  7. ↑ "Weta Digital Purchases Site License Of Nuke". 6 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "Double Negative Procures Nuke Site License". AWN.
  9. ↑ "Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) Purchases Nuke Site Licence". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13.
  10. ↑ "D2 Software: Company Profile". Computer Graphics World. August 1, 2004.
  11. ↑ "Interview Bill Spitzak".
  12. ↑ Spitzak, Bill (January 19, 1998). "fltk-0.98 (C++ gui toolkit)".
  13. ↑ "2001 Scientific and Technical Awards". March 2002. Archived from the original on 2008-01-13.
  14. ↑ "Digital Domain Nukes market". Hollywood Reporter. July 12, 2002.[ dead link ]
  15. ↑ "Digital Domain launches software unit". AllBusiness.com. 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  16. ↑ "D2 ships Nuke v4.5 Compositor with image-based Keyer and new Interface". December 1, 2005. Archived from the original on June 7, 2007.
  17. ↑ "Interview Jonathan Egstad". Nukepedia.
  18. ↑ "D2 Software's Nuke Acquired by The Foundry". March 10, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Nuke Version 4.7 Released". fxguide.com. October 4, 2007.
  20. ↑ "3D stereo workflow, new UI & Python scripting are the highlights". Digital Producer Magazine. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011.
  21. ↑ "The Foundry releases NUKE Non-commercial". Evermotion. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2016.


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