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We are always looking for developers, engineers, end users, and others who may be interested in participating in our projects. There are many levels of contribution – both technical and non-technical. If you are interested in helping support the industry’s open source community, and want to join a diverse and inclusive community, we encourage you to get involved.
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How the Academy Software Foundation Creates Shared Value
The Academy Software Foundation was created four years ago by a group of like-minded technology executives and software developers who saw a need for a neutral place, a common ground, where studios and vendors could come together to write open source software that would benefit everyone.
A lot has happened in this short period of time. This document tells the story of the Foundation: where it came from, what it has achieved so far, and where it aims to go next.
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American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Contributes StEM3-VP Project to the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) Digital Production Example Library (DPEL)
New StEM3-VP digital assets help cinematographers stress-test and evaluate LED volumes for virtual production SUMMARY ASC's StEM3-VP, the third generation of its Standard Evaluation Material, is now available for download through the ASWF's Digital Production Example Library (DPEL) Developed for testing virtual production screens, StEM3-VP includes multiple pre-built Unreal Engine…
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Academy Software Foundation Welcomes CIQ, Evercast, and Rochester Institute of Technology as New Members
The ASWF welcomes CIQ, Evercast and Rochester Institute of Technology as new members.
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DreamWorks and Canonical Develop Snap Installer for MoonRay
Curves, Copyright 2026 DreamWorks Animation. All rights reserved. Rendered with MoonRay. Fresh on the heels of MoonRay joining the Academy Software Foundation as a hosted project, two of the Foundation’s member companies – DreamWorks and Canonical – have collaborated to introduce a new Snap installer for MoonRay, which makes MoonRay…
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Academy Software Foundation Launches New Wayland for Artists Working Group
screen shot of a “Wayland VFX Desktop” running Blender and OpenRV The Academy Software Foundation, in conjunction with the Visual Effects Society’s Technology Committee, today announced its new Wayland for Artists Working Group. Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux that replaces its legacy X Window System (X11)…
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ASWF Open Source Days 2026 Schedule is Live!
Bill Ballew, CTO of DreamWorks Animation, to Keynote Every summer, we host Open Source Days to bring together technical leaders, software engineers, developers, pipeline supervisors, technical directors and anyone else who touches open source software, for two days of presentations, collaboration and networking. This year’s Open Source Days takes place…
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