Jupiter Jazz releases a new public beta of AtomKraft, an alternative rendering solution for Nuke Based on 3Delight rendering engine. this represents a release candidate for AtomKraft version 1.0, and for the first time is availalbe on all platforms, Linux64, OS X 64, and Windows 64 for both Nuke 6.2 and Nuke 6.3.

“Highlights for this version are support of NukeX 6.3 particlesNuke 6.3 Displacement, our Atomic Light System™ and AtomDisplacement, all with enhanced rendering capabilities unique to AtomKraft.
Finally, after having been the first real integration of a 3rd part renderer into Nuke, AtomKraft is now also the first commercial product to provideAlembic (1.0rc) support & Cortex-VFX (6.0) integration.”

Jupiter Jazz is also redefining the AtomKraft product Suites to:

  • AtomKraft Base — the drop-in replacement for Nuke’s ScanlineRender
  • AtomKraft (Pro) — the full suite of atomic tools bringing full look-development, lighting & rendering into Nuke
  • AtomKraft Studio — the special render-less version of AtomKraft Pro, for studios who already owns a large number of 3Delight rendering licenses. Minimum purchase: 5 licenses. Provides additional RIB output & advanced Cortex-VFX integration.
  • AtomKraft Give-it-a-Shot™ — the FREE-as-in-‘Beer’ version of AtomKraft Pro (2-threaded version, allowing commercial work, limited to 1 license per person/site).
  • AtomKraft Edu Bundle — 5x licenses of AtomKraft Pro at the price of 1 support license. No commercial use whatsoever.

The AtomKraft suites new pricing scheme is available on the AtomKraft Pricing page.