Academy Software Foundation
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A home for open source developers in the motion picture and media industries to collaborate on image creation, visual effects, animation and sound.
Joined August 2018
We're pleased to welcome two new members to the Academy Software Foundation: Raynault VFX and @StabilityAI!
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The Wild Robot won an incredible *nine* Annie Awards this weekend. We're thrilled to share some behind the scenes details on how @Dreamworks utilized open source tools to bring this "dazzling triumph of animation" (NYT) to life!
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Just one week until the #ASWF Open Source Forum, taking place at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank! Our half day event focuses on "Open Source and New Technologies Impacting Studios." Check out the schedule and register at
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Excited to introduce our new Zero Trust Working Group! As VFX & animation workflows increasingly shift to the cloud, this WG aims to improve security & efficiency in media applications. Contributors include Adobe, AWS, Autodesk, Foundry, Google & MovieLabs
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We are excited to announce the winners of the USDZ Bake Off 2025 hosted by the ASWF USD Working Group: Russell Boorman, Cole Clifford and Felix Herbst! Find out about their entries: #aswf #usd #opensource
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The #ASWF Open Source Forum is coming up on Feb. 13, taking place at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank! Register at If you work for an ASWF member company and need the registration code, please email events@aswf.io. #opensource #vfx #animation
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MaterialX v1.39.2 is now publicly available! This release introduces support for the Chiang Hair BSDF, Disney Principled shading model, generic color ramps, improved Worley noise, shader generation optimizations, & much more. @MaterialXcg @SheriffStone
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RT @beforesmag: How the Academy Software Foundation @AcademySwf works --> Executive Director David Morin on the origins of the organizat…
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Please take a few minutes to complete the Animation & VFX Pipeline Survey by @ynput_io! Share your experiences, highlight the challenges you face, and suggest improvements you'd like to see in the tools and technologies used across the industry:
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Join us in London next week, Nov. 14, for an #ASWF Beers of a Feather mixer hosted by @TheFoundryTeam! The event is open to anyone in the technical community within #VFX and #animation. RSVP at
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Welcome to new Premier Member @samsung, and to new project OpenAPV! OpenAPV will provide a royalty-free, open source reference implementation of Samsung's APV codec, enabling professional-grade video recording and post-production w/o quality degradation.
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Calling all Londoners! Please join us on Thursday, November 14, for an #ASWF Beers of a Feather happy hour hosted by @TheFoundryTeam! Get the details and register at #opensource #vfx #animation
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Our executive director, David Morin, will speak this Friday at the @ubuntu Summit about the Academy Software Foundation and our open source mission! Attendees can find out more details here:
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Missed Open Source Days? We now have a full recap up on the blog! Check it out to get caught up on announcements from OpenFX, Open Review Initiative, DPEL, OpenVDB, and more, as well as links to recordings of all sessions on our YouTube channel!
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RT @michae1becker: .@AcademySwf 's Dev Days are coming up: A great opportunity to dive into MaterialX, OpenPBR, OCIO, OpenEXR and other OS…
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RT @Filmbot: This was great fun to be a mentor for this round of the @AcademySwf Summer SLP program. Looking forward to more awesome progra…
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GET READY...Dev Days starts Thursday!! If you've always wanted to contribute but haven't had the time, then now is your chance. Spend one day helping to maintain the open source projects that are the backbone of our industry! Register at
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Dev Days starts next week! If you're never contributed to an #ASWF project before, or if you're seasoned engineer but have been struggling to find time to contribute, then #DevDays is for you! Find out more and register at #opensource #vfx #animation
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Our next Dev Days Office Hours starts in a few minutes at 10:00 am PT! This one will cover picking an issue and GitHub related questions. Scroll to the bottom for the meeting link: #aswf #devdays #opensource
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