Applications are open now through April 11, 2025 for this year’s Summer Learning Program! Now in its fifth year, the Academy Software Foundation’s Summer Learning Program is organized by our Diversity & Inclusion Working Group and aims to provide a mix of practical skills, professional mentorship, and a community of...
We are excited to participate at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas, marking the first time the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) has had a presence at the show! Join us for a panel discussion on April 7 at 10:00 am featuring executives from Netflix, AWS, Foundry, and Sohonet as...
The Academy Software Foundation is pleased to welcome two new member companies: Raynault VFX and Stability AI.
The Academy Software Foundation has announced the schedule for its upcoming Open Source Days event, taking place both virtually and in-person in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday, July 28. This year’s keynote will be delivered by Darin Grant, CTO of Animal Logic, with additional speakers including executives from Adobe, Amazon Web...
This year’s industry awards, from the Oscars to the Emmys to the BAFTAs and beyond, have recognized a range of eye-popping VFX-driven and animated stories. In film, some of the nominated projects include the futuristic sci-fi battles of The Creator, the multi-colored multiverses of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the death-defying...
The Academy Software Foundation has announced the keynote speaker and full schedule details for its Open Source Forum, taking place in Los Angeles and virtually on Thursday, February 22. This annual one-day event brings together business and technical leaders to collaboratively drive the future of open source software development across...
The Academy Software Foundation is excited to welcome Mod Tech Labs as its newest general member company. A software developer based in Buffalo, New York, Mod Tech Labs utilizes machine learning to optimize creative workflows and empower digital artists, particularly those working in virtual production. “Virtual production has reshaped the...
Developed by Autodesk and Adobe, OpenPBR is a new shading model that provides creatives with a more artist-friendly bridge from one software to another The Academy Software Foundation today announces OpenPBR, a new subproject of MaterialX. Initially created by Autodesk and Adobe with guidance from the MaterialX Technical Steering Committee,...
The Academy Software Foundation is pleased to welcome three new members: Bolt Graphics, CoreWeave, and OTOY. The companies each offer complementary solutions to accelerate content creation in visual effects workflows and beyond. This news comes ahead of the Foundation’s annual Open Source Days event, taking place in-person and virtually on...
In July of 2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) joined the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) as a premier level member and has been an active participant ever since, helping execute on the Foundation’s mission to promote open source projects across the motion picture industry, improving the quality and quantity of those...
