Nukepedia just reached their 10,000th registered user last week and still they’re pouring in.

Thanks to You, the Nukepedia community is thriving which simply means more cool tools and tutorials for everyone.
But an extra special thanks needs to go out to the people that have taken the time to contribute their tools and knowledge! Without them, Nukepedia wouldn’t be this great.

To celebrate, they wish to reward YOUR favourite contributor with a NUKEX license incl. 1 year maintenance and one of our cool new Nukepedia bags. The runner ups will also receive a bag.

Please vote for your favourite contributors at: http://www.nukepedia.com/site/poll-top-site-contributors/

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OCULA 3.0 is our most significant upgrade to date – faster to setup, able to solve more live action stereo problems and capable of producing higher quality results than ever before.

OCULA is the leading live action, stereo-3D correction and integration toolset available to compositors.  Designed for artists, OCULA 3.0 provides a set of nodes for NUKE andNUKEX 6.3 that assist with the integration of elements and help correct common stereo-3D defects.

Refined in production on ground breaking live action stereo projects including Avatar, TRON: Legacy, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, OCULA 3.0 includes an all new disparity engine, and tools to:

> Fix mis-focused camera pairs
> Perform stereo retimes
> Speed up day to day stereo compositing tasks

Want to see how OCULA has been used on live projects? Check out our Avatar and TRON:Legacy case studies.

Marquis Broadcast, specialist in content workflows and media integration software, has appointed Intraware Australia as a new business partner for its Media Highway Technology product line. Through the newly formed partnership Intraware will offer Marquis Broadcast’s range of utilities that create elegant file based workflows and efficiencies by overcoming compatibility, storage and workflow complexities.

Sequence Parking, Project Parking and Bridging each provide specific functionality to solve workflow issues within Broadcast and Post Production.

Sequence Parking is a cost-effective utility for creating re-editable archives or transferring sequences between different edit locations which is particularly relevant for HD and 3D production where the larger file sizes impact significantly on limited edit resources.

Sequence Parking provides a powerful and cost effective ‘one click’ method for moving both edit sequences and media in a single background operation. Sequence media is consolidated with definable handles, automatically creating a reduced version to allow deletion of excess rushes whilst maximising the throughput of the edit environment. The portable nature of parked sequences makes them ideal candidates to support disaster recovery, business continuity and inter-site workflows.

Project Parking extends the ‘parking’ concept to allow editors or Resource Managers to safely archive and restore complete Avid Projects. Users can copy Avid Projects quickly and easily to low cost storage, then restore either back to the local Avid Projects or to a different network location.

Finally, Marquis Broadcast’s Bridging, a sequence converter for Avid and Apple FCP editors, is an automatic background utility that enables editors to exchange sequences for cross platform collaboration and workflow migration. Aimed at multiple users of both Avid and Apple FCP Bridging enables facility managers to benefit from improved flexibility when organising projects and allocating resources so Avid and Apple systems can be easily integrated into a single workflow.

“We are delighted to be representing such an innovative software vendor in this region. The Parking software, in particular, enables editors to use data tape as if it was video tape … being able to archive your sequence or project from either the Avid of Final Cut timelines and have all the video assets collected and archived automatically is just wonderful functionality” said Steve Baird, Intraware Australia, Channel Manager.

“Intraware has a strong presence in Australia and New Zealand and will provide an invaluable resource for us as we expand our customer base in Australasia,” said Chris Steele, Product Manager, Marquis Broadcast. “We are delighted to be working alongside them.”

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Intraware Australia, established in 1995, represents the following brands locally: Quantum, The Foundry, Atempo, Cache-A, SGI, JLCooper and Sonnet Technologies. For Enquiries please call +61 2 9439 0244 or visit www.intraware.com.au

Founded in 1998, Marquis Broadcast provides a range of media integration products designed for the data-intensive and challenging requirements of today’s fast-paced broadcasting environments, enabling broadcasters and other users of digital media to achieve maximum efficiencies from their workflow processes.

Sonnet’s DiO™ Pro CompactFlash^® and SDXC™ USB 3.0 Media Reader Adds Greater Speed for Pro Media Transfers IRVINE, Calif. — Oct. 6, 2011 —

Introducing Quantum’s DXi4000, the Industry’s First Capacity-on-Demand Deduplication Appliance
Easy to Install and Scale Plus Twice the Performance at Half the Price

Quantum’s DXi4000 backup appliances provide an affordable, easy alternative that includes the industry’s first capacity-on-demand deduplication. With up to twice the performance of competitors and as little as half the cost, the DXi4000 series deduplication appliances keep backup and restore performance high while delivering industry leading value for fast return on investment. Designed for small to medium businesses or branch offices, DXi4000 appliances can be deployed seamlessly with all leading backup software, including those designed specifically for virtual servers.

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So, what is HIERO?

HIERO is a desktop application for collaborative VFX workflow – a scriptable timeline tool that conforms edit decision lists and parcels out VFX shots to artists, allows progress to be viewed in context, and liberates your finishing systems and artists for more creative tasks.

HIERO has been built to work ‘out of the box’ with NUKE, and can also be custom-scripted to work with other applications in your facility.

Because HIERO is open and scriptable via the Python programming language, it is an editorial tool that fits naturally into any VFX pipeline

Increase Output

Put more jobs through your facility. Easily offload VFX heavy shots from your finishing system to NUKE, and review and version the resultant VFX shots within the context of the edit.

Use your finishing system to do just that. Deliver your reconformed timeline and completed shots to your tool of choice.

Be More Efficient

Significantly reduce the maintenance required to keep your VFX team up and running with pain free distribution, reviewing and shot management.

Track and manage shots & NUKE scripts on your SAN/NAS without pain, saving disk space in the process.

Create per shot NUKE scripts for easy shot allocation and result management.

Conform on a tool built for the job. Fix common issues across multiple shots with ease using HIERO’s session-wide spreadsheet view.

Customise

HIERO is an open platform, which can be customised and integrated into your pipeline via templating and industry standard scripting support.

Work Your Way

HIERO can deliver baked timelines in your preferred formats, EDLs/XMLs referencing a mixture of completed VFX footage and source material, plus footage selects and transcodes.

Copy/sym linking of per shot assets into your facility structure.

Check out a video preview of HIERO together with FXGuide

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“We love that The Foundry are developing a product as sophisticated as HIERO. The flexibility, ease of use and integration into our pipeline will increase our output, allowing even more jobs to pass through our facility. The Foundry has yet again come up with a solution that will benefit the post production community.”

Tony Lawrence, Head of 2D, Smoke and Mirrors

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When will HIERO be available?

HIERO is planned for BETA testing in October, after which it will be released.

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Unbeatable NUKEX Summer offers, now extended until 30th September.

Have you been eyeing up all the extra tools in NUKEX?

Do you already have NUKE, but really need NUKEX?

Do you do a lot of projection work and want to add MARI‘s paint tools to your arsenal?

If you answered yes to any of the above, you’ll be happy to hear we’ve extended our NUKEX summer sale offers until 5pm FRIDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER. Please note: We will honour these offers until 5pm at local time.

OFFER 1 – THE NUKEX UPGRADE $3522* (40% off RRP)

Upgrade your NUKE to NUKEX and get MARI all for the upgrade price. Your NUKEX maintenance renewal date will be aligned with your existing NUKE contract.

You’ll get: NUKEX UPGRADE + MARI (including 1 year MARI maintenance)

OFFER 2 – THE WORKS $9852* (50% off RRP)

This bundle provides the works: NUKEX, MARI + full FURNACE + 2 NUKE RENDER NODES (including 1 year of maintenance for all licenses)

* Price quoted is ex GST and may change subject to exchange rate