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Bolt Graphics, CoreWeave, and OTOY Join the Academy Software Foundation

The Academy Software Foundation is pleased to welcome three new members: Bolt Graphics, CoreWeave, and OTOY. The companies each offer complementary solutions to accelerate content creation in visual effects workflows and beyond. This news comes ahead of the Foundation’s annual Open Source Days event, taking place in-person and virtually on…

Academy Software FoundationJuly 6, 2023

Blog OpenVDB

ACM SIGGRAPH Recognizes Ken Museth for OpenVDB

Ken Museth, founder of OpenVDB and Chair of the OpenVDB Technical Steering Committee, has been recognized with the ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award for the creation and continued development of OpenVDB!

Academy Software FoundationJune 20, 2023

Blog Diversity & Inclusion

Academy Software Foundation Kicks off 2023 Summer Learning Program

We’re thrilled to officially kick off our third annual Summer Learning Program! Organized by the Diversity & Inclusion Working Group, this fast-growing program aims to provide practical skills and mentorship to underrepresented students and young people looking to explore technical careers in the animation and VFX industries. This year’s program…

Academy Software FoundationJune 7, 2023

Blog Members Other

Member Interview: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

In July of 2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) joined the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) as a premier level member and has been an active participant ever since, helping execute on the Foundation's mission to promote open source projects across the motion picture industry, improving the quality and quantity of those…

Academy Software FoundationMay 2, 2023

Blog MaterialX

Academy Software Foundation Deep Dive: MaterialX Origin Story

An open standard for representing rich material and look development content in computer graphics, MaterialX enables artists to describe materials in a common, networked form, providing assets with a consistent look across renderers and platforms. Originally developed at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), it was first deployed in production on…

Academy Software FoundationApril 25, 2023

ASWF Projects Blog MaterialX

Latest MaterialX Release now Available; New USD Release Enables MaterialX Support by Default

New MaterialX release adds Graph Editor and Support for the Metal Shading Language; latest USD release enables MaterialX support by default.

Academy Software FoundationApril 21, 2023

Blog Diversity & Inclusion

Reflections on the Summer Learning Program from Irina Wang

One of the Academy Software Foundation’s fastest-growing initiatives has been the annual Summer Learning Program. Spearheaded by the Diversity & Inclusion Working Group, the program aims to provide practical skills and mentorship to underrepresented students and young people looking to explore technical careers in the animation and VFX industries. In…

Academy Software FoundationApril 5, 2023