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AtomKraft

AtomKraft

AtomKraft is the complete 3D Look-Development, Lighting and Rendering solution for the high-end 2D/3D visual effects composit­ing application Nuke.


AtomKraft is the first real integration of a 3rd party production renderer into Nuke. It is also the first application to allow artists to tap into visual compos­iting of RenderMan co-shader networks, via Nuke’s graph editor. Last but not least it is the first commercial application integrating Alembic 1.0 and Cortex-VFX 6.0, and making these technologies available within Nuke.

Introduction

AtomKraft is a powerful alternative to Nuke’s built-in ScanlineRender node and, in general, to the whole Nuke’s 3D framework. It supports the complete functionality of the ScanlineRender node and adds additional features like:

  • Hybrid RayTracing/REYES rendering
  • Advanced physical-plausible materials & lights
  • Global illumination
  • Image-based HDR lighting & shadowing
  • Full support for Nuke 6.3+ particles
  • Full support for Nuke 6.3+ displacement
  • The Atomic Light System
  • Import of animated geometry RIB/OBJ/Houdini (B)GEO/Alembic (ABC) with deformation motion blur and weighted motion re-targeting
  • Import of Alembic archives, Cortex procedurals and RIB assets, with tweaking support and fine-grain material assignment
  • Import of Alembic camera sequences
  • Sub-pixel displacement
  • Fast, true, 3D motion blur with unlimited motion segments
  • Fast, true, 3D depth of field / bokeh
  • Loading of compiled shade-trees from 3Delight for Maya, 3Delight for Softimage, Houdini
  • Loading of compiled RSL custom shaders with automatic interface building
  • All components of the shading, like specular, diffuse, indirect dif­fuse, indirect specular etc. are available as separate output channels (AOVs)
  • Support of per-light output channels (light AOVs)
  • Support of per-light shadow channels (shadow AOVs)
  • Support of Nuke/Ocula image-based stereo.
  • Ink Outlines

AtomKraft ships with an extensive set of helper nodes for look development, advanced lighting and custom geometry input. It is designed to easily act as a drop-in replacement for Nuke’s ScanlineRender, enhance Nuke’s 3D framework, and easily import data from Maya, Houdini and Softimage.

AtomKraft turns Nuke into a complete look development lighting & rendering solution that enables studios to alleviate the use of 3D packages for this part of the production pipeline. It empowers compositors to make changes to renders themselves instead of relying on a lighting TD. But what’s more — it even allows them to do the work of a lighting TD — all from inside Nuke!

AtomKraft Versions

AtomKraft is available in the following versions:

  • AtomKraft/Nuke — the full suite of atomic tools bringing full look-development, lighting & rendering into Nuke
  • AtomKraft/Nuke Batch — the gui/head-less version of AtomKraft, for your renderfarm
  • AtomKraft/Nuke FREE — the FREE-as-in-‘Beer’ version of AtomKraft (2-threaded version, allowing commercial work, limited to 1 license per person/site).
  • AtomKraft Educational Bundle — 5x licenses of AtomKraft at the insane price of 1 support license. But no commercial use whatsoever.

License, Pricing and Resellers

Here you can find the relative informations:

AtomKraft is also available for FREE, yes, as in ‘beer’, with the special version: AtomKraft/Nuke — Free, so don’t forget to read the /*jupiter jazz*/ SIGGRAPH 2010 press release: A Free AtomKraft License for Everyone!.

Platforms & Architectures

Nuke Support:

  • Nuke/NukeX 6.2
  • Nuke/NukeX 6.3

Platforms:

  • GNU/Linux 64
  • Darwin/MacOSX 64
  • Windows 64

Multi threading:

  • Full multi-threading: all cores and threads are used

Under the hood

Under the hood AtomKraft interfaces with DNA Research’s 3Delight high-end, RenderMan–compliant, hybrid REYES/RAYS offline rendering engine. Used for major VFX sequences on movies like District 9, Terminator: Salvation, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and countless others, 3Delight offers the highest quality & speed. The integrated version was specifically designed in conjunction with /*jupiter jazz*/ to make AtomKraft possible.

Each AtomKraft license includes 3Delight, supporting unlimited cores/threads on a single host. This version of 3Delight works solely inside Nuke.

Screenshots/Videos

We will keep uploading new screenshots and videos in the month of August respectively through our Flickr and Vimeo accounts. Note that you can see full resolution pictures on our Flickr page.

Alembic Frog - Textured

AtomFun!

Atomic Light System

Nuke Displacement

NukeX 6.3 particles

Grading SSS

AtomKraft for Nuke volumetric light

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Yatterman courtesy OLM Digital

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EULA

AtomKraft is distributed under the Jupiter Jazz Ltd. AtomKraft End User License Agreement (EULA).

FAQ

An AtomKraft FAQ document is available for you in case of any questions not covered within this text. If you have other questions, in general, about our other products and consulting services, please don’t hesitate to contact us via software@jupiter-jazz.com

Copyrights and Trademarks

Copyright © 2009—2011 Jupiter Jazz Ltd. All rights reserved. AtomKraft, AtomKraft Studio, AtomRender, Atomizer and AtomAnimé are trademarks of Jupiter Jazz Ltd. Nuke® is a registered trademark of The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. The RenderMan API is Copyright 1989—2011 Pixar. PhotoRealistic RenderMan® is a registered trademark of Pixar Inc. 3Delight is a trademark of DNA Research. AIR is a trademark of Sitex Graphics. Maya® and Softimage® are registered trademarks of Autodesk Inc. Houdini® is a registered trademark of Side Effects Software Inc. Naiad is a trademark of Exotic Matter. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.