<s>
Nuke	B-Language
is	O
a	O
node-based	O
digital	O
compositing	O
and	O
visual	O
effects	O
application	B-Application
first	O
developed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Domain	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
for	O
television	O
and	O
film	O
post-production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuke	B-Language
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Windows	I-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.9	I-Operating_System
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
5	O
,	O
and	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
these	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foundry	O
has	O
further	O
developed	O
the	O
software	O
since	O
Nuke	B-Language
was	O
sold	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuke	B-Language
's	O
users	O
include	O
Digital	O
Domain	O
,	O
Walt	O
Disney	O
Animation	O
Studios	O
,	O
Blizzard	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
DreamWorks	O
Animation	O
,	O
Illumination	O
Mac	O
Guff	O
,	O
Sony	O
Pictures	O
Imageworks	O
,	O
Sony	O
Pictures	O
Animation	O
,	O
Framestore	O
,	O
Weta	O
Digital	O
,	O
Double	O
Negative	O
,	O
and	O
Industrial	O
Light	O
&	O
Magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuke	B-Language
(	O
the	O
name	O
deriving	O
from	O
'	O
New	O
compositor	O
 '	O
)	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
software	O
engineer	O
Phil	O
Beffrey	O
and	O
later	O
Bill	O
Spitzak	O
for	O
in-house	O
use	O
at	O
Digital	O
Domain	O
beginning	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
standard	O
compositing	O
,	O
Nuke	B-Language
was	O
used	O
to	O
render	O
higher-resolution	O
versions	O
of	O
composites	O
from	O
Autodesk	O
Flame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuke	B-Language
version	O
2	O
introduced	O
a	O
GUI	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
built	O
with	O
FLTK	B-Language
–	O
an	O
in-house	O
GUI	O
toolkit	O
developed	O
at	O
Digital	O
Domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FLTK	B-Language
was	O
subsequently	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
LGPL	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuke	B-Language
won	O
an	O
Academy	O
Award	O
for	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Nuke	B-Language
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
by	O
D2	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Nuke	B-Language
4.5	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
3D	O
subsystem	O
developed	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Egstad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
The	O
Foundry	O
,	O
a	O
London-based	O
plug-in	O
development	O
company	O
,	O
took	O
over	O
development	O
and	O
marketing	O
of	O
Nuke	B-Language
from	O
D2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Foundry	O
released	O
Nuke	B-Language
4.7	O
in	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
Nuke	B-Language
5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
2008	O
,	O
which	O
replaced	O
the	O
interface	O
with	O
Qt	B-Language
and	O
added	O
Python	B-Language
scripting	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
stereoscopic	B-Algorithm
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
The	O
Foundry	O
released	O
Nuke	B-Language
Non-commercial	O
with	O
some	O
basic	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuke	B-Language
supports	O
use	O
of	O
The	O
Foundry	O
plug-ins	O
via	O
its	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
OpenFX	B-Application
standard	O
(	O
several	O
built-in	O
nodes	O
such	O
as	O
Keylight	O
are	O
OpenFX	B-Application
plugins	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
intended	O
for	O
compositing	O
,	O
the	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
Blender	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
limited	O
node-based	O
compositing	O
feature	O
which	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
basic	O
keying	O
and	O
blurring	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
