Foundry publishes Nuke 12.1 release

New features for Foundry’s compositing tool: Nuke 12.1 comes with improved & new tools, as well as High DPI support.

Nuke 12.1 is here: Foundry releases the new version of its compositing software. You can find an overview of all the new feature highlights here:

Nuke 12.1 Feature Highlights

In addition to a new shuffle node, Nuke now has an updated LensDistortion node, improved GPU acceleration and more. The updates include:

  • New shuffle node with node-based UI and support for 8-channel per layer
  • Lens Distortion improvement with new interface and better performance
  • Blink/Script update with GPU acceleration and ParticleBlinkScript Node
  • Cara VR: Spherical & Bilateral available in Nuke and GPU caching in Blink
  • High DPI support with Windows and Linux now for all systems
  • Grid Warp Tracker with new export options to a tracker and transform node, including selection of one or more grid points.

In addition to these enhancements, Foundry adds extended ARRI Camera support (Codex HDE .arx; ProRes MXFs and more). HieroPlayer can also be used in Nuke 12.1 as a flipbook tool in Nuke and NukeX. Nuke Studio also supports QuickTime Audio & Surround Sound. The complete list of new features can be found in the release notes.

Nuke’s new Shuffle Node

New Lens Distortion Workflow

New BlinkScript Particle Node

CaraVR GPU Performance

Further information: To the Foundry Website

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