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Applications Open for ASWF’s 2025 Summer Learning Program BlogDiversity & InclusionMembers

Applications Open for ASWF’s 2025 Summer Learning Program

Applications are open now through April 11, 2025 for this year’s Summer Learning Program! Now in its fifth year, the Academy Software Foundation’s Summer Learning Program is organized by our Diversity & Inclusion Working Group and aims to provide a mix of practical skills, professional mentorship, and a community of…
Academy Software Foundation Launches new Zero Trust Working Group AnnouncementsASWF ProjectsBlogMembers

Academy Software Foundation Launches new Zero Trust Working Group

The Academy Software Foundation – the motion picture industry’s premier organization for advancing open source software development across image creation, visual effects, animation, and sound technologies – today announced the formation of a new Zero Trust Working Group. The Zero Trust Working Group will develop standards and best practices for…
Academy Software Foundation Adopts OpenAPV as a Hosted Project, Led by New Premier Member Samsung Electronics AnnouncementsASWF ProjectsBlogMembers

Academy Software Foundation Adopts OpenAPV as a Hosted Project, Led by New Premier Member Samsung Electronics

OpenAPV is a royalty-free, open source video codec providing professional-grade video capturing and post-production capabilities for mobile devices and cloud-based tools Los Angeles, CA (October 31, 2024) – The Academy Software Foundation, the motion picture industry’s premier organization for advancing open source software development, today announced OpenAPV as its newest…
Wrapping Up Another Successful Summer Learning Program BlogDiversity & InclusionMembers

Wrapping Up Another Successful Summer Learning Program

Some Summer Learning Program participants attending SIGGRAPH 2024 We recently wrapped up the Academy Software Foundation’s fourth annual Summer Learning Program, with 20 student participants from around the world joining us to learn more about coding and potential technical career paths within visual effects and animation. This year’s Program ran…
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September 10, 2024
Academy Software Foundation Announces Schedule for Open Source Days 2024 AnnouncementsASWF ProjectsBlogMembersOpen Source Days

Academy Software Foundation Announces Schedule for Open Source Days 2024

The Academy Software Foundation has announced the schedule for its upcoming Open Source Days event, taking place both virtually and in-person in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday, July 28.  This year’s keynote will be delivered by Darin Grant, CTO of Animal Logic, with additional speakers including executives from Adobe, Amazon Web…
Open Source Projects Help to Empower Artists for a Memorable Hollywood Awards Season ASWF ProjectsBlogMembers

Open Source Projects Help to Empower Artists for a Memorable Hollywood Awards Season

This year’s industry awards, from the Oscars to the Emmys to the BAFTAs and beyond, have recognized a range of eye-popping VFX-driven and animated stories. In film, some of the nominated projects include the futuristic sci-fi battles of The Creator, the multi-colored multiverses of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the death-defying…