Motion Media

Supported Operating Systems
NukeX 6 is supported on Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" and 10.6 "Snow Leopard" (32-bit only), Windows XP SP2, XP64 and Linux CentOS 4.5 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows and Linux

550 MHZ Pentium III or newer processor.
Windows XP (with Service Pack 2 or later) or Linux CentOS 4.5.
5GB disk space available for caching and temporary files.
512MB RAM (minimum requirement).
Workstation-class graphics card, such as NVIDIA Quadro series or ATI FireGL series, or newer.
Display with 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution and 24-bit colour.
Three-button mouse.

Mac OS X

Intel or PPC. Mac OS X
5 GB of disk space available for caching and temporary files.
512MB of RAM (minimum requirement).
AGP or PCI Express graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory.
Display with 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution and 24-bit colour.
Three-button mouse.

Differences between NUKEX and NUKE

NUKEX combines the feature-set of NUKE with the following additional capabilities
3D Camera Tracker

• Integrates directly into NUKE's 2D/3D image processing environment, providing live and in-context access to NUKE's powerful pre- and post-processing tools.
• Analyze 2D image sequences, and automatically solve to reconstruct the 3D camera with unknown, approximate or known, constant or varying constraints
• Control automatic track selection and distribution, and add user generated track data
• Automatic 3D point cloud and camera creation native to NUKE's 3D environment. Create reference geometry and cards positioned at tracked points in the 3D scene

Camera Lens Distortion Tools

• Integrates directly into NUKE's 2D image processing environment
• Unwarp and warp image sequences using a parametric lens model
• Lens modelling through automatic analysis or manual feature identification

FURNACECORE

NUKEX comes with FURNACECORE, the core plug-ins from The Foundry's Academy Award©-winning FURNACE toolset, which have undergone many enhancements.

Features shared with NUKE

3D Compositing
NUKE's powerful 3D workspace supports OBJ import, projection mapping, geometry modifiers, and more. This true 3D environment creates powerful workflows and exciting new ways to approach compositing.

Stereoscopic Support
NUKE 5 has included support for working with stereoscopic and multi-view projects.

Multi-channel, High Dynamic Range Support
NUKE delivers the industry's broadest support for EXR images. Read, process and write over a thousand channels per stream, improving data management and workflow.

Keying
NUKEâ™s exclusive Image Based Keyer (IBK) gives artists powerful tools for dealing with uneven backings. Primatte and Keylight are built-in.

Flexible User Interface
Savable layouts, dockable panels, GUI customization capabilities and features like the 'bullseye' and 'input' buttons make managing large, complex composites easier than ever.

Fast Rendering
Even when processing high resolution footage at 32-bit floating point precision on modest hardware, NUKE's multi-threaded, scanline-based rendering engine gives rapid feedback.

Scripting
NUKE offers an extremely open architecture. Both its node graph and user interface are accessible through the Python and TCL scripting languages, making it possible to customize NUKE in innumerable ways. If you really want to drill down, NUKE supports the industry standard OFX plug-in API as well as a native developers' kit (NDK) for creating your own tightly integrated plug-ins.

Plug-ins
All of The Foundry's OpenFX™ (OFX) plug-ins are fully compatible with NUKE. Plug-ins are available from The Foundry and third party plug-in vendors.