Nuke Indie

Making awesome, affordable

Discover the power of node-based compositing and access a fully three-dimensional space.

Scale your projects, seamlessly

Gain visibility and control over your shots with Nuke Studio’s timeline.

Join the Nuke compositing community

From award-winning feature films to Netflix Originals, be part of a body of amazing content creators.

Why Nuke Indie

Advance your artistry

Bring your creative vision to life using industry-leading, node-based compositing and take on any scale of project with confidence. Advance your VFX with the power, flexibility and robust toolset of NukeX, which includes all the core compositing tools you need plus advanced motion vector-based toolsets that take the manual work out of clean up and corrections. Discover Smart Vectors, 360 video stitching and much more.

Gain visibility and control

Benefit from the power of Nuke Studio in Nuke Indie: the creative hub for all your projects. Gain increased control and transparency with its integrated editorial, conform and review environment. Organise any 2D and 3D media related to your project, and easily add, tag, organise and search any shots in a project, so you never lose sight of them again.

Create award-winning work

Use the same tool and techniques as the industry’s leading VFX studios on academy-award winning projects—from blockbusters to boxsets. Share your creative know-how with the global community of Nuke artists and explore, excel, empower—together.

Kick-start your creativity

Combining node-based compositing with speed, power and flexibility, Nuke Indie is the ultimate tool for solo artists wanting to create high-quality visual effects, at an accessible price.

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Dive deeper

Everything you need to know to get started.

Christy Anzelmo and Chris Andrewartha, Director of Product and Assistant Product Manager - Compositing & Finishing, answer your burning Nuke Indie questions in this exclusive Q&A.

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Expert Insight.

Nuke Indie offers the same professional experience as Nuke, with just a few limitations. We caught up with Ben McEwan, one of the industry’s top compositing artists, to discuss how Nuke helps him deliver excellence and create something incredible—every single time.

Get inspired

El Ranchito grew from a small group of friends to a renowned VFX studio working on internationally acclaimed projects. Check out their stunning work on Game of Thrones—and discover how Nuke helped them put Spain on the map for VFX.

In the News

Nuke Indie combines the standard node-based compositing toolset of NukeX with the conform, editorial and review capabilities found in Nuke Studio, making Nuke Indie a great option for a number of different types of projects. - fxguide

The announcement from Foundry comes after many years of independent or freelance artists looking for that option. - befores&afters

Indie does open up access for the people it’s intended for, the individual creators with big visions. - Graphic Speak

FAQ

What is Nuke Indie?

Nuke Indie is a functionally restricted version of Nuke Studio for eligible solo artists earning less than $100k per year that can be used on commercial projects.

Nuke Indie is an annual subscription payable in full upfront that uses log-in based licensing.

Who is eligible?

- Your annual gross revenue must be less than USD$100,000/year (or local equivalent)
- Only one license can be used per user or organisation
- Cannot be used in a pipeline with other Nuke commercial or Nuke Indie licenses

For further details on eligibility, please see this page

Can I trial Nuke Indie?

There is no trial of Nuke Indie. Nuke Indie features the same experience you get in Nuke Studio and NukeX, with certain functional restrictions. You can start your Nuke Studio trial here. Nuke scripts and Hiero project files you create during this trial can be read into Nuke Indie (note H.264 encoded files cannot be read in Nuke Indie).

Create excellence

Amplify your artistry with Nuke Indie.

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