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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…

Academy Software FoundationJune 24, 2024

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Academy Software Foundation Wraps up Open Source Days 2023

A recap of the Open Source Days 2023 Main Program featuring a keynote by Wenzel Jakob and a keynote panel on the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD)

Academy Software FoundationAugust 7, 2023

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Academy Software Foundation Announces OpenPBR, a New Subproject of MaterialX

Developed by Autodesk and Adobe, OpenPBR is a new shading model that provides creatives with a more artist-friendly bridge from one software to another The Academy Software Foundation today announces OpenPBR, a new subproject of MaterialX. Initially created by Autodesk and Adobe with guidance from the MaterialX Technical Steering Committee,…

Academy Software FoundationAugust 2, 2023

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Academy Software Foundation Adopts OpenImageIO as Newest Hosted Project

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) take on The Spot (Jason Schwartzman) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN™: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. Today the Academy Software Foundation – the motion picture industry’s premier organization for advancing open source software development across image creation, visual effects, animation,…

Academy Software FoundationJuly 28, 2023

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Open Source Days 2022 – That’s a Wrap!

Highlights from the Academy Software Foundation's Open Source Days event at SIGGRAPH 2022.

Emily OlinAugust 29, 2022

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Canonical and Khronos Group Join the Academy Software Foundation

Ahead of its annual Open Source Days conference dedicated to highlighting the latest in open source projects used for visual effects, animation, and image creation, the Academy Software Foundation is pleased to welcome two new members: Canonical and The Khronos Group. Launched in August 2018 by the Academy of Motion…

Academy Software FoundationAugust 5, 2022

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Open Source Days Schedule Highlights

Los Angeles, CA (July 21, 2021) – The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) has announced an exciting slate of speakers for Open Source Days, its annual free virtual conference, taking place August 4-5. Attendees will hear from top executives from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, ILM, NBCUniversal, Netflix,…

rromoffJuly 23, 2021

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Schedule live for Open Source Days 2021

The Academy Software Foundation is thrilled to share the initial Open Source Days 2021 schedule! This year’s lineup features key updates and insights from open source visual effects, animation, and content creation leaders from within the Foundations and beyond. The lineup includes keynote panel discussions, updates from members, projects from…

rromoffJune 30, 2021

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Save the Date for Open Source Days 2021

UPDATED 2021-07-28 with schedule and registration link. The Academy Software Foundation is hosting its third annual Open Source Days on August 4 and 5, 2021. The free, virtual event brings together the motion picture industry’s open source community to collaborate and learn about open source software for visual effects, animation,…

rromoffMay 21, 2021