Nuke (software)

Nuke
Developers
Stable release
16.0
Written inC++, Python
Operating systemLinux, Microsoft Windows, macOS
TypeCompositing software
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteNUKE

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. Foundry has further developed the software since Nuke was sold in 2007.

Nuke's users include Digital Domain, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Blizzard Entertainment, DreamWorks Animation, Illumination Mac Guff, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Animation, Light Chaser Animation Studios, Framestore, Weta Digital, Double Negative, and Industrial Light & Magic.

History

Nuke (the name deriving from 'New compositor') 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.

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.

Nuke won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2001.

In 2002, Nuke was publicly released by D2 Software. In 2005, Nuke 4.5 introduced a new 3D subsystem developed by Jonathan Egstad.

In 2007, The Foundry, a London-based plug-in development company, took over development and marketing of Nuke from D2. The Foundry released Nuke 4.7 in June 2007, and Nuke 5 was released in early 2008, which replaced the interface with Qt and added Python scripting, and support for a stereoscopic workflow. In 2015, The Foundry released Nuke Non-commercial with some basic limitations. 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).

References

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  10. ↑ "D2 Software: Company Profile". Computer Graphics World. August 1, 2004. Retrieved October 4, 2007.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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  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]
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  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. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  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. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved 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.