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Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 for Maya

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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KARLSRUHE, Germany, Aug. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Maya , the latest version of its Academy Award/Emmy-winning production renderer.

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  • KARLSRUHE, Germany, Aug. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Maya , the latest version of its Academy Award/Emmy-winning production renderer.
  • Chaos Cloud Collaboration For project reviews, V-Ray 6 for Maya adds push-button cloud collaboration, making it easy to share renders through Chaos Cloud via the V-Ray Frame Buffer (VFB).
  • Background Cloud Submissions Users now have uninterrupted access to Maya whenever they submit to Chaos Cloud Rendering, preserving their iterative cycle.
  • New Chaos Cosmos Assets In recent months, Chaos Cosmos has exploded across the VFX world for the way it fast tracks previz work.

NVIDIA Announces Major Release of Omniverse With New USD Connectors and Tools, Simulation Technologies and Developer Frameworks

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022
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NVIDIA Omniverse closes the gap between the physical and virtual worlds, and these new tools, technologies and collaborations make it possible to leap into the 3D internet today.

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  • NVIDIA Omniverse closes the gap between the physical and virtual worlds, and these new tools, technologies and collaborations make it possible to leap into the 3D internet today.
  • These bring the total number of Connectors to the Omniverse USD ecosystem to 112.
  • NVIDIA also released major updates to the core simulation technologies that represent materials, physics and light in metaverse worlds.
  • NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

Academy Software Foundation Launches Digital Production Example Library as Newest Project to House Production-Grade Content

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Monday, August 8, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 newest hosted project.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 newest hosted project.
  • Providing a vendor-neutral platform along with a uniform license agreement will help make it easier for studios to contribute content.
  • "The Digital Production Example Library is one of the first projects to come out of our Foundation Working Groups, and I am very much looking forward to seeing DPEL expand and diversify into all types of production content."
  • The Academy Software Foundation is home to DPEL, MaterialX, OpenVDB, OpenColorIO, OpenEXR, OpenCue, OpenTimelineIO, Open Shading Language, rawtoaces and Rez.

Academy Software Foundation Adds OpenFX Image Processing Standard as Newest Hosted Project

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 a popular open source plugin standard that allows interoperability between image processing tools in the VFX industry.
  • By creating an interoperable ecosystem of plugins, OpenFX has become the reference standard for visual effects and video processing software creators.
  • We are very happy to welcome them to the Foundation," shared David Morin, Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation.

Academy Software Foundation's OpenVDB Adds GPU Support with NanoVDB; OpenVDB Version 7.1 Now Available

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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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Developed at NVIDIA by OpenVDB inventor Ken Museth, NanoVDB will be maintained by the OpenVDB community going forward.

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  • Developed at NVIDIA by OpenVDB inventor Ken Museth, NanoVDB will be maintained by the OpenVDB community going forward.
  • NanoVDB allows for GPU acceleration of OpenVDB workflows such as ray tracing, filtering and collision detection, while maintaining compatibility with the core OpenVDB data structure and existing pipelines.
  • The OpenVDB TSC will share more details about NanoVDB and the OpenVDB roadmap later today during Open Source Days , a free, virtual event hosted by the Academy Software Foundation.
  • The Academy Software Foundation is home to OpenVDB , OpenColorIO , OpenEXR , OpenCue , OpenTimelineIO , and Open Shading Language .

Open Shading Language Becomes Sixth Academy Software Foundation Project

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Open Shading Language, Computer animation, Shading language, Sony Pictures Imageworks, OpenVDB, Imageworks, OSL, Special effects, 3D graphics software, Animation, 3D computer graphics

LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) , a collaborative effort to advance open source software development in the motion picture and media industries, announced that Open Shading Language (OSL) has been approved as the Foundation's sixth hosted project.

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  • LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) , a collaborative effort to advance open source software development in the motion picture and media industries, announced that Open Shading Language (OSL) has been approved as the Foundation's sixth hosted project.
  • Initially developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks , Open Shading Language is the de facto standard shading language for VFX and animation and was recognized with an Academy Scientific and Technical Award in 2017.
  • "We have seen firsthand how other projects have grown as part of the Academy Software Foundation, and we believe that joining the Foundation is the next step to help us expand the Open Shading Language community," said Larry Gritz, Software Engineering Architect at Sony Pictures Imageworks and Open Shading Language founder and chief architect.
  • The Academy Software Foundation is home to OpenVDB , OpenColorIO , OpenEXR , OpenCue , OpenTimelineIO , and Open Shading Language .

Academy Scientific and Technical Award Winning OpenColorIO Joins Academy Software Foundation

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Friday, February 8, 2019
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Initially developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks , OCIO is an Academy Scientific and Technical Award winning color management solution for creating and displaying consistent images across multiple content creation applications during visual effects and animation production.

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  • Initially developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks , OCIO is an Academy Scientific and Technical Award winning color management solution for creating and displaying consistent images across multiple content creation applications during visual effects and animation production.
  • "We want to contribute OpenColorIO back to the community that relies on it, and the Academy Software Foundation is the natural fit.
  • The Foundation is also home to OpenVDB , an Academy Scientific and Technical Award winning industry standard developed by DreamWorks Animation for creating more detailed and realistic volumetric images.
  • The Academy Software Foundation will maintain and further develop the project with oversight provided by a technical steering committee.