Nuke is a powerful compositing application that delivers unparalleled speed, an efficient multi-channel scanline rendering engine, and a first-class feature set that is unrivalled in the desktop market. If you are in the business of creating high-quality digital images Nuke is a production proven visual effects tool that brings speed, functionality and flexibility to your VFX pipeline.

Nuke 6.0 incorporates a a completely new shape rotoscope and paint toolset based on a rewritten core curve library and new RotoPaint node. This release introduces a flexible, non-destructive, layer based paint hierarchy integrated with Nuke’s animation and tracking capabilities and supporting per-object attributes such as blending modes and motion blur. As an additional benefit, The Foundry’s highly acclaimed Keylight keyer is now a standard feature included with Nuke 6.0.

NukeX

NukeX 6.0 has all the features of Nuke 6.0, including the brand new roto and paint tools and the Foundry's acclaimed keyer, Keylight, as standard. In addition, it has an integrated 3D camera tracker, depth generator, tools for automatic lens distortion correction and also includes FurnaceCore, the nucleus of the Foundry's Academy Award®-winning Furnace tool set.

For detailed information about NukeX, read NukeX: What and Why?

Evaluating Nuke

To begin evaluating Nuke right away, just download it and run it without a license key. It will start up as a Personal Learning Edition (PLE), which provides all of the major functionality of Nuke with the exception of watermarked output, limited support for plug-ins and exporting of project files. This version is free to use, is valid for one year from release date and does not require you to install a license key.

Alternatively, if you would like to obtain a fully functional 30-day evaluation license of Nuke or NukeX, please contact the Sales team at sales@thefoundry.co.uk with your request. So that we can set you up with an evaluation account, please ensure that you supply your full contact information (Phone, fax and email; contact address and company name - if applicable), as well as the System ID and Operating System(s) of the machine(s) that you will be using for your evaluation. For information on how to obtain your System ID please click here.

You can always call us in London on +44 (0)20 7434 0449 or Los Angeles on +1 (310) 399 4555 to discuss your requirements in more detail.

Nuke Pricing

Nuke licenses can be purchased for £2,300/$3,500. Render licenses are priced at £165/$250 per license. In addition, a support contract must be purchased for the first year. The yearly cost of support is £650/$1,000 per GUI license and £100/$150 for each render license. Support provides you access to the latest product releases and technical support by email or phone.

NukeX Pricing

NukeX licenses can be purchased for £4,000/$6,000. Render licenses are priced at £165/$250 per license. In addition, a support contract must be purchased for the first year. The yearly cost of support is £800/$1,200 per GUI license and £100/$150 for each render license. Support provides you access to the latest product releases and technical support by email or phone.

To request a quote, email our sales team or phone us on +44 (0)20 7434 0449 or +1 (310) 399 4555.

Nuke History

Nuke began as the in-house compositing and effects application at Digital Domain, where its development team were awarded a Technical Achievement Award® from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science®. It is an application focused on solving real issues faced by post production facilities all over the world and has been tried and tested on over 55 feature films and hundreds of commercials and music videos, including Speed Racer, The Golden Compass and King Kong.

In March 2007 Nuke 4.6 became part of The Foundry’s portfolio of visual effects products. In February 2008 Nuke 5 was released with an entirely new user interface, support for stereoscopic images and python scripting.

Ending Support for Mac OS X PPC

As of November 2009, Nuke and its respective Foundry OFX plug-ins (Furnace, Tinderbox, Keylight and Ocula) will no longer be supported or actively developed on Mac OS X PPC. We will, of course, continue to support Mac OS X (Intel). If you have valid maintenance for Nuke which you specifically purchased for Mac OS X PPC then we will support Nuke until that present maintenance expires. Nuke 6 will not be compatible with Mac OS X PPC. We still support Mac OS X PPC for our other plug-in hosts (eg FCP, After Effects). Please contact our sales team or alternatively contact support@thefoundry.co.uk if you have any questions.