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Whereas D2 Software had previously only ever had a workstation at other companies’ Siggraph stands, the company presented itself with its own stand for the first time this year. This may be connected with the fact that director Michael Bay recently bought Digital Domain – and thus D2 Software as well. Since then, a fresh wind has been blowing, and more resources for development and marketing are apparently available again.
The information about the new Nuke 4.6 version, which D2 Software wants to release “this year”, is still somewhat diffuse at the moment, however: There is to be a new and improved tracker, and the new version of the Primatte keyer “Optical Flow Retiming” promises flawless slow motion from film footage in which the keyer creates genuine new images on the basis of the analysed existing images. Nuke 4.6 will also support several better-known file formats such as Quicktime, HDR and CRW. The new version is also to include the new Framecycler Professional 2006 from Iridas. Framecycler is used in Nuke’s viewers to play back high-resolution material in real time and offers several tools for image analysis.
Anyone who wants to test Nuke can do so from August 31: A demo version is then to be available for download on the homepage that is fully functional and merely has a watermark in the rendering.
The new version is to cost approximately 5,000 dollars; a network licence is to cost 750 dollars.
Further information and contact details can be found on the manufacturer’s website.
Further Links:
- D2 Software
