OpenVDB Version 10 is now available and introduces OpenVDB Link, a Mathematica interface to OpenVDB.
Academy Software FoundationNovember 9, 2022
The Academy Software Foundation today announces the Open Review Initiative, a new project led by contributions from member companies Autodesk, DNEG, and Sony Pictures Imageworks, with the mission to build a unified open source toolset for playback, review and approval of motion picture and related professional media. The Academy Software…
Academy Software FoundationAugust 8, 2022
Still from 'The Mission' - courtesy of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 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 announces the Digital Production Example Library (DPEL) as its…
Academy Software FoundationAugust 8, 2022
Ahead of its annual Open Source Days conference dedicated to highlighting the latest in open source projects used for visual effects, animation, and image creation, the Academy Software Foundation is pleased to welcome two new members: Canonical and The Khronos Group. Launched in August 2018 by the Academy of Motion…
Academy Software FoundationAugust 5, 2022
The Academy Software Foundation is pleased to announce that it has accepted OpenAssetIO as its newest hosted project, and the first project to enter the Foundation in the sandbox stage. The sandbox stage is the earliest entry point into the Foundation for young projects, to provide a framework and resources…
Academy Software FoundationAugust 3, 2022
Screen shot showing the new OpenFX overlay draw suite 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 announces OpenFX as its newest hosted project. First developed in 2004, OpenFX is…
Academy Software FoundationAugust 3, 2022
Neville Spiteri Co-Founder / CEO Wevr Tell us a bit about yourself – how did you get your start in visual effects and/or animation? What was your major in college? I started experimenting with the BASIC programming language when I was 12 years old on a ZX81 Sinclair home computer,…
Shannon DeoulJuly 19, 2022
OpenTimelineIO (OTIO) is an open source API and interchange format that facilitates the communication of editorial data and timeline information in rich and flexible workflows – filling a critical but often-overlooked gap in film production pipelines. Its API is simple to integrate with both studio tools and third-party software applications,…
Shannon DeoulJune 29, 2022
Academy Software Foundation adopts new governing board succession plan to foster inclusive representation.
Academy Software FoundationJune 22, 2022