How Animated Blockbuster ‘The Wild Robot’ Utilized Open Source
DreamWorks Animation utilized multiple open source tools in the making of the animated blockbuster "The Wild Robot."
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ASWF Open Source Forum 2025: Open Source and New Technologies Impacting Studios
Join us for the ASWF Open Source Forum on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, CA. The the theme for the Forum is "Open Source and New Technologies Impacting Studios."
Academy Software Foundation Launches new Zero Trust Working Group
The Academy Software Foundation – the motion picture industry’s premier organization for advancing open source software development across image creation, visual effects, animation, and sound technologies – today announced the formation of a new Zero Trust Working Group. The Zero Trust Working Group will develop standards and best practices for...
Announcing the Winners of the USDZ Bake Off 2025
We are excited to announce the winners of the second annual USDZ Bake Off, hosted by the ASWF USD Working Group!
MaterialX v1.39.2 Now Publicly Available
The Academy Software Foundation is excited to announce the release of MaterialX v1.39.2, introducing support for the Chiang Hair BSDF, Disney Principled shading model, generic color ramps, improved Worley noise, shader generation optimizations, and much more. The new Chiang Hair BSDF, contributed to the MaterialX project by NVIDIA and seen...
Join the USDZ Bake Off – Scan Your Cake and Eat it Too!
Join us for the 2025 USDZ Bake Off, hosted by the ASWF USD Working Group!
Academy Software Foundation Adopts OpenAPV as a Hosted Project, Led by New Premier Member Samsung Electronics
OpenAPV is a royalty-free, open source video codec providing professional-grade video capturing and post-production capabilities for mobile devices and cloud-based tools Los Angeles, CA (October 31, 2024) – The Academy Software Foundation, the motion picture industry’s premier organization for advancing open source software development, today announced OpenAPV as its newest...
Recapping Open Source Days 2024, Our Biggest Event Yet!
The Academy Software Foundation recently wrapped up its annual Open Source Days event, bringing together the VFX and animation community to hear the latest news and developments from the Foundation and other open source initiatives. This year’s event was our biggest yet with 370 in-person attendees in Denver CO, and...
Wrapping Up Another Successful Summer Learning Program
We recently wrapped up the Academy Software Foundation’s fourth annual Summer Learning Program, with 20 student participants from around the world joining us to learn more about coding and potential technical career paths within visual effects and animation. This year’s Program ran from June 16 through August 9, 2024. Organized...
Join us for Dev Days 2024 Next Month!
Developers of all experience levels are invited to participate in Dev Days, our virtual hackathon on Sept. 26-27, which helps individuals to make their first contribution to a project.