The Academy Software Foundation, established under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, aims to promote open source software in the film industry. its first collaborative project (OTIO), originally created by the animation studio Pixar and later developed with the participation of Lucasfilm and Netflix. The package has been used in films such as Coco, The Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4.
OpenTimelineIO includes a post-production format for exchanging data related to editing and assembling video content among various studio departments responsible for scripting, editing, and production. The format itself is not a container for video but allows the transfer of information about the order and size of clips by referencing a reference external medium. The project provides an open API to manipulate this format and integrate its support into third-party projects, as well as a set of plugins for converting from other editing formats. Import/export plugins are prepared for formats such as Final Cut Pro XML, AAF, and CMX 3600 EDL.
In addition to the new collaborative project, the Linux Foundation also higher level of isolation, as if one controller is broken, the problem is confined to that specific context). the Academy Software Foundation initiative with new participants, including Netflix,
Rodeo FX and MovieLabs. Among the companies that joined earlier are: Animal Logic, Autodesk, Blue Sky Studios, Cisco, DNEG, DreamWorks, Epic Games, Foundry, Google Cloud, Intel, SideFX, Walt Disney Studios, and Weta Digital.
The Academy Software Foundation is viewed as a neutral platform for coordinating interaction among various projects, sharing resources, and accumulating best practices in fields related to the media industry and film production. The companies that have joined the initiative aim to collectively promote open source software, address the use of open licenses, manage collaborative open projects, and develop open technologies for image creation, visual effects, animation, and sound.
Source: opennet.ru
