Nuke (software)

Nuke
Developer(s)
Stable release
15.0
Written inC++,[1] Python
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
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.[2] Foundry has further developed the software since Nuke was sold in 2007.

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]

  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.