Announcements

Announcements Blog DPEL Open Source Days

American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Contributes StEM3-VP Project to the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) Digital Production Example Library (DPEL)

The ASC has contributed StEM3-VP, a suite of Unreal Engine environments, 2D plates, and test elements for evaluating LED volumes, to the ASWF Digital Production Example Library.

Academy Software FoundationJuly 19, 2026

Announcements

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.

Academy Software FoundationJuly 17, 2026

Announcements MoonRay Open Source Days

MoonRay, DreamWorks Animation’s Open Source Production Renderer, Joins the Academy Software Foundation

MoonRay, developed by DreamWorks Animation, becomes the newest ASWF hosted project.

Academy Software FoundationMay 19, 2026

Announcements ASWF Projects Blog

OpenPGL Becomes an Academy Software Foundation Project

OpenPGL, the Open Path Guiding Library originally developed by Intel, joins the Academy Software Foundation as a sandbox project to bring production-ready path guiding to renderers.

Academy Software FoundationApril 8, 2026

Announcements Members

Academy Software Foundation Welcomes New Members: Miris, O3DE, and Texas A&M

The Academy Software Foundation welcomes three new members: Miris as a general member, and Open 3D Engine (O3DE) and Texas A&M's College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts as associate members.

Academy Software FoundationFebruary 23, 2026

Announcements OpenQMC

OpenQMC Becomes an Academy Software Foundation Project

Contributed by Framestore, OpenQMC is a C++ library of quasi-Monte Carlo samplers that improves render quality and speed, and it is now an Academy Software Foundation project.

Academy Software FoundationOctober 7, 2025

Announcements Dailies Notes Assistant Machine Learning WG Rongotai Model Train Club

Academy Software Foundation Launches New Open Source Machine Learning Projects

Academy Software Foundation Launches New Open Source Machine Learning Projects: Rongotai Model Train Club (RMTC) and Dailies Notes Assistant, emerging from the Foundation's new Machine Learning Working Group.

Academy Software FoundationAugust 10, 2025