Outside Nuke itself, Foundry has launched Cattery, an online library of open-source third-party machine learning models converted to Cop圜at. Training a network using the Cop圜at node is now “20% faster” on Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs, and it is no longer necessary to wait for kernel compilation when running the tools for the first time.Ĭop圜at also gets a new checkpoint targeting human matting, speeding up the process of training a network to isolate a person from the background of shot by “up to 10 times”. The 14.0 updates also further extend AIR, Nuke’s machine learning framework, intended to enable users to train their own neural networks to automate repetive tasks like roto and marker removal. NukeX, Nuke Studio and Nuke Indie 14.0: workflow and performance improvements in AIR The initial release has over 40 nodes – roughly 80% of the total in the Classic system – including those for creating and modifying geometry, adding lights and cameras, and generating point clouds and depth data. The new 3D system is currently in beta, and is provided in parallel with the existing ‘Classic’ 3D system.

The material system includes a new PreviewSurface node, based on UsdPreviewSurface, which Foundry describes as “the first step into Nuke fully supporting USD material networks”. Other key features include a new USD-native material system and USD lights, meaning that imported USD files with their own materials, looks and lights should display immediately inside Nuke. There are also new ways to control which objects in a scene are affected by any node that modifies geometry, in the shape of new Path and Masking knobs on those nodes. It’s built around a USD scene graph, with a dedicated Scene Graph panel to make it easier to view, navigate and organise large production scenes. The main change in Nuke 14.0 is the new USD-based 3D compositing system, intended to help Nuke play nicely in modern VFX and animation pipelines based around the Universal Scene Description format. Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio and Nuke Indie 14.0: new USD-based 3D system

In related news, Foundry has launched Cattery, a free online library of machine-learning models for Nuke. The release introduces a complete new USD-based 3D system, available in beta in all four of the commercial editions of the software: Nuke 14.0, NukeX 14.0, Nuke Studio 14.0 and Nuke Indie 14.0.īoth NukeX and Nuke Studio also get updates to UnrealReader, Nuke’s live link to Unreal Engine – now officially out of beta in this release – and to AIR, Nuke’s machine-learning toolset. Foundry has released Nuke 14.0, a major update to its node-based compositing software.

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