The Foundry Visionmongers
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Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Bruno Nicoletti |
| Headquarters | London |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Alex Mahon, CEO Bill Collis, President Simon Robinson, Chief Scientist Bruno Nicoletti, Founder |
| Products | Visual Effects and 3D Software |
| Website | foundry.com |
The Foundry Visionmongers (known as Foundry) is a visual effects software development company with headquarters in London, and offices in Manchester and Austin, Texas.
Contents
1 History
2 Products
3 References
4 External links
History
Foundry was founded in 1996, by Bruno Nicoletti, with Simon Robinson
joining soon afterwards.[1] Alex Mahon was named CEO in November 2015. She superseded Bill Collis, who remains president and board member.[2]
Foundry was bought by the owners of Digital Domain,
Wyndcrest Holdings, in March 2007, and took over DD's existing
NUKE business. Subsequently it was subject to a
management buyout with backing from Advent Venture Partners,
and then acquired by the Carlyle Group in April 2011.[3][4][5]
In September 2012, Foundry merged with Luxology, a Mountain View-based software house
known primarily for modo, a 3D modelling and animation package.[6] Earlier the same month, it ranked at number 70 in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, with 2011/2012 sales of approximately £15 million, a 49% increase from 2010/2011.[7]
In 2015 reports were that Adobe Systems was preparing to buy them from The Carlyle Group who were the owners at the time.[8]
In February 2017, the company rebranded as Foundry, dropping the "The".
Products
Foundry had its origins in plug-in development, and its first product was the
Tinder (and later Tinderbox) plugins. This business was sold to GenArts in 2010.[9] It continues to sell the Furnace motion-estimation based plugins, which won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award in 2006[10] Other plugins include Ocula, a set of tools for stereoscopic post-processing; Keylight, a keyer; RollingShutter, which reduces CMOS artefact distortion; CameraTracker; and Kronos.[11]
Foundry continues the development of Nuke, a node-based compositor. Version 10.0v2 was released in June 2016[12]
MARI, a texture painting application was released in July 2010. This has been originally developed in-house at Weta Digital for use on Avatar.[13][14]Katana, a tool for look development and lighting, originally from Sony Pictures Imageworks, was released in 2011.[15] HIERO, a brand new shot management, conform and review tool was released in March 2012. The software was designed in-house from the ground up by Foundry.[16]
References
^ "Meet the Team". The Foundry Visionmongers. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
^ "VFX Software Developer The Foundry Finds New CEO". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
^ Montgomery, John (March 22, 2007). "D2 Software's Nuke Acquired by The Foundry". fxguide. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
^ Palmer, Maija (June 3, 2009). "The Foundry returns to former management". Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ Watkins, Mary (March 15, 2011). "Carlyle buys The Foundry". Financial Times. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ Cohen, David S. (September 25, 2012). "Fx companies the Foundry and Luxology to merge". Variety. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ "2012 Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table". Sunday Times. September 16, 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/11562472/Adobe-eyes-200m-bid-for-British-visual-effects-firm-The-Foundry.html
^ Seymour, Mike (February 10, 2010). "GenArts Buys Tinder plugins from The Foundry". fxguide.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ "2006 Scientific & Technical Award Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008.
^ "All Products for Sale". The Foundry. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ "Nuke release notes" (PDF). June 8, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
^ Hellard, Paul (May 25, 2010). "Jack Greasley, developer and Product Manager at The Foundry, takes CGSociety for a look around Mari, the new texture application". CGSociety. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ "MARI 1.0v1 Released". The Foundry. July 16, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ Hughes, Kerrie (October 27, 2011). "The Foundry releases Katana 1.0". 3D World. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ Montgomery, John (March 8, 2012). "HIERO Ships". fxguide.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
External links
- foundry.com
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