Academy Software Foundation, Author at ASWF

The Truth about Women and Open Source

By Nithya A. Ruff: Nithya is the Head of Comcast’s Open Source Program Office. She is responsible for Open Source strategy and growing open source culture inside of Comcast and engagement with external communities. Nithya has been director-at-large on the Linux Foundation Board for the last 3 years and was recently…

Academy Software FoundationMarch 24, 2021

Blog Diversity & Inclusion

Careers in Film + Technology Webinar Series

Several weeks ago, the ASWF Diversity and Inclusion working group kicked off its Careers in Film and Technology webinar series. This free webinar series developed by the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) provides students interested in film and technology with an inside look at careers in visual effects and animation. Developers…

Academy Software FoundationMarch 18, 2021

Announcements

Adobe and Entertainment Technology Center Join the Academy Software Foundation

Adobe has joined the Foundation as a Premier member and Entertainment Technology Center@USC (ETC) has joined as an Associate Member.

Academy Software FoundationMarch 11, 2021

Blog Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusive Language in Technology

This guest post by Barathy Rangarajan from DreamWorks Animation explores inclusive terminology in code and documentation, including general guidelines, recommendations on common terms to replace, and examples from companies like Autodesk, DreamWorks Animation, and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Academy Software FoundationFebruary 1, 2021

Announcements Diversity & Inclusion

Addressing the State of Diversity & Inclusion in Open Source VFX Communities

The Academy Software Foundation has formed a new Diversity & Inclusion Working Group to drive change within our community and across the open source ecosystem for VFX and animation. Join us!

Academy Software FoundationJune 12, 2020

ASWF Projects Blog OpenEXR

OpenEXR Project Update: One Year at ASWF!

Learn about the progress the OpenEXR community has made over the last 12 months since joining the Academy Software Foundation.

Academy Software FoundationMay 29, 2020

ASWF Projects Blog OpenCue

OpenCue Celebrates its First Anniversary

As OpenCue approaches its one year anniversary, we reflect on the progress the community has made over the last 12 months.

Academy Software FoundationMay 20, 2020

ASWF Projects Blog OpenColorIO

OpenColorIO: 2020 “State of the Project”

Guest post by Michael Dolan, OpenColorIO TSC Chair, and Doug Walker, OpenColorIO TSC Chief Architect It's been just over a year since OpenColorIO (OCIO) was accepted into the Academy Software Foundation, so it's a good time to take a moment to provide an update on the state of the project.…

Academy Software FoundationApril 1, 2020

Behind the Screens

Cary Phillips, Industrial Light & Magic

Tell us a bit about yourself - how did you get your start in visual effects and/or animation? When I was a freshman in college at Johns Hopkins University in 1982, I went to a lecture by a chemical engineering professor who showed some graphs of a 3-dimensional function describing…

Academy Software FoundationMarch 4, 2020

ASWF Projects Blog OpenColorIO OpenEXR

OpenEXR and OpenColorIO in Foundry’s Nuke and Katana

Guest post by Simon Robinson, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Foundry Foundry’s products Nuke and Katana stand as widely used, industry-standard tools, used by studios for compositing, look development and lighting, respectively. The capabilities of both in creating beautiful final images and assets as seen in feature films is in huge…

Academy Software FoundationFebruary 3, 2020