Although there will be no watermarks or similar restrictions, the output resolution is limited to HD and the DNxHD and MPEG2 codec is missing. In addition, there will be no external monitor preview and no command line rendering. The WriteGeo and Primatte nodes are deactivated, and the free version does not allow you to work with external plug-ins. Scripting functions are also severely limited.
Furthermore, the free tools may not be used in training centres or in production pipelines where commercial Nuke versions are already in use.
Perhaps this pricing policy is a move against open source compositing tools such as Natron?
If you missed the Nuke 9 release event, you can take another look here.
The Foundry’s feature videos on Nuke 9 can be found here.
All further information about The Foundry and its non-commercial Nuke tools here.
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