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Foundry announces latest developments to Nuke Stage

Creative software developer Foundry has announced the latest developments on Nuke Stage. A purpose-built application for end-to-end virtual production and in-camera visual effects (ICVFX), Nuke Stage has advanced over the past twelve months, informed directly by customer feedback from the first uses in production, including the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios feature film “The Thomas Crown Affair.”

Enabling real-time playback of photoreal environments onto LED walls, the hardware-agnostic solution features enhanced metadata tracking to ensure every on-set creative decision is recorded, and now includes support for NotchLC playback and Gaussian Splat rendering.

Aligned with the updates in the recent Nuke 17.0 release, Nuke Stage takes advantage of the new 3D workflows in Nuke, allowing artists to work natively with USD in both tools. Artists can create assets in Nuke and import the USD scenes into Nuke Stage, providing them with full control to edit and override in real time.

“Our goal with Nuke Stage has always been to break down the barriers between on-set production and post-production to make it easier to refine assets across stages of production, rather than start over”, says Christy Anzelmo, Chief Product Officer. “The tremendous engagement from studios since the initial launch has been guiding the ongoing development of Nuke Stage and the wider Nuke family, creating a more iterative and interconnected pipeline.”

A key principle of Nuke Stage is the ability to run on standard hardware. Through the pipeline centric approach of Nuke Stage, VFX artists can create, refine, and deliver content that transitions seamlessly from pre-production through real-time iteration on set and into post production.

Core features include a shared color management system; support for open file formats like OpenUSD, OpenEXR, and OpenColorIO; and a Node Graph-based compositing environment that mirrors the familiar workflows and interface of Foundry’s compositing toolset, Nuke. This latest version includes an enhanced sequencer and one-click key framing, enabling virtual production operators to quickly build the story they want to tell, and respond iteratively to creative requests on-set.

Key Nuke Stage features also include live metadata capture (scene data, camera tracking, lens metadata, timecode, scene settings, and color decisions are automatically logged and preserved in the Vault, ensuring all the critical information is available in post); improved operator functionality (an enhanced Sequencer and a new Media Gallery aim to simplify show programming, while Feed Mapping functionality gives greater control of the content on screen); and expanded Python capability (external devices can hook into Nuke Stage, allowing on-set control to be given to relevant production teams).

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