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After a previous beta phase, Foundry has now released the new version of the Nuke product family. Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio are now available in version 11.0. The new Hiero Player is also included in this release and comes with timeline disc caching – findout more here.
What’s new in Nuke 11.0?
LiveGroup Node
The new LiveGroup system makes it possible for several users to work on the same scene at the same time. LiveGroups offer all the functions of Precomps, Groups and Gizmos. Similar to Precomps, LiveGroups can save independent open source nk files. More information on the use and workflow of LiveGroups can be found here.
Lens Distortion and Smart Vector
NukeX gets a revised LensDistortion node, with support for fisheye and wide-angle lenses, as well as better import of data from other lens packages. In addition, the Smart Vector tool introduced in Nuke 10.0 can now also calculate in the background.
Pipeline and standards
New in Nuke 11.0 is the support of the VFX Reference Platform 2017. The platform, under the direction of the Visual Effects Society, specifies tool and library versions for use in VFX software to avoid compatibility issues and promote Linux support. It includes specifications for gcc, glibc, Python and open standards such as Alembic, ACES, OpenEXR, OpenSubdiv, OpenVDB, OpenColorIO and more. An overview of Foundry’s supported third-party libaries and fonts can be found here.
Further innovations
In addition to improvements to the Denoise functions, the frame server from Nuke Studio is now also available for Nuke and NukeX. Foundry has also extended Nuke’s OpenCL support on Windows and Linux operating systems, so that various AMD GPUs are now compatible with Nuke. You can find a list here.
You can read the entire release notes, including the long bug-fix list, here.
Price and availability
The software is available in the three versions Nuke, NukeX and NukeStudio and starts at 3685 €. However, you also have the option of renting the tool quarterly from €1035. You can find an overview of the prices here. You can also download a free non-commercial version here.
