Some key features in 5.0v1 include:

•UI overhaul: The independent floating windows have been replaced with dockable panels within one main application window. The main window is divided into three panes, which you can customize or float in various ways to suit your preferences.

• Added support for working with stereoscopic and multi-view projects. Set up multiple views in the project settings, compare the different views in the viewer, and manipulate the views using the nodes in the Stereo menu of the Toolbar

•Added support for Python scripting language in addition to TCL.

•Some of the colour, filter, channel, and merge nodes have a mask input connector you can attach your matte image to.

•Nuke's proxy scale system allows you to define a proxy format or scale in order to work with your comp at some fraction of the input elements’ resolution. There are three interconnected parts of the proxy system: the project settings, the input/output nodes, and the Viewer.

•Some of the Transform nodes have three new motion blur controls: motionblur, shutter, and shutteroffset.

•Exposure and gamma on the viewer are now applied in the GPU when possible for faster feedback.

•Added support for 1023 channels instead of 64. Like before, channels that are not used have no effect on speed

•Unlimited number of new user definable global lookup tables (LUTs).

•Added interactive lighting tools in the 3D compositing workspace, with support for four types of lights: direct, point, spotlight, and environment light. Direct, point, and spotlight are standard 3D lighting objects.

•Added a combined 3D BasicMaterial node for diffuse, specular, and emission materials.

For a full list of features, improvements, and fixed bugs in this version please download the Nuke 5.0v1 Release Notes.

Nuke 5.0v1 is available to all customers with current support contracts and anyone with a valid evaluation license. You will not need a new license key to run Nuke 5.0v1. If your support contract has run out and you would like to renew to take advantage of this upgrade please contact our sales team at sales@thefoundry.co.uk.

Nuke users of Furnace, Tinder, or Keylight plug-ins will also need to upgrade their plug-ins to be compatible with Nuke 5.0v1. Furnace, Tinder, or Keylight are currently in beta and can be found at:

http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/beta/beta5
login: fbeta_five
password: rendition

If you already have a valid Furnace, Tinder, or Keylight license, you will not need a new license.