Nuke Demo

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.