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Bluefish444 Adds Support for Nuke and Nuke Studio

18 December, 2017

2K/HD/SD-SDI playback support with Windows Installer v5.13.4

North Melbourne, Australia, December 18, 2017 – Bluefish444, manufacturer of the professional video industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K SDI, ASI, Video Over IP & HDMI I/O cards, and mini converters, announces Foundry Nuke®/Nuke Studio® support is now available with the recently released Windows installer v5.13.4.

Bluefish444’s entire Epoch video I/O card range now supports 2K/HD/SD-SDI playback within Foundry Nuke and Nuke Studio, giving post-production VFX professionals access to the highest quality SDI output with its proprietary 12-bit processing.

“Bluefish444 is pleased to be supporting professional 3G-SDI video output from the industry's most highly regarded VFX tool, Nuke and Nuke Studio,” said Tom Lithgow, product manager at Bluefish444. “Our SDI output enables 2K/HD/SD-SDI video output at 12/10/8-bit, and supports both RGB and YUV colour space.”

“Foundry is committed to giving VFX professionals the best creative tools they need to get their jobs done. With support through Bluefish444, more artists and developers can benefit from using Nuke and Nuke Studio, and bring their amazing ideas to life,” comments Christy Anzelmo, Senior Commercial Product Manager for Foundry.

Bluefish444’s Epoch video I/O card range, compatible with Foundry Nuke and Nuke Studio, is available from Bluefish444 authorised distributors and resellers worldwide. For more information on Bluefish444’s integration with Nuke, please visit bluefish444.com

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The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in London, with 300 staff based across offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Austin and the UK. Foundry consistently invests in R&D to provide more efficient ways for its clients to bring visual concepts to life.

In 2015, the London Stock Exchange named Foundry one of its “1000 Companies to Inspire Britain.” It regularly features in The Sunday Times’ Tech Track as one of Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies, most recently in 2016 when it also won the Excellence in Service Award at the International Track 200 awards. Every single film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in the last six years was made using Foundry’s software.

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About Bluefish444:

Bluefish444 is the manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K SDI, ASI, Video Over IP & HDMI I/O cards for the Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems. Its video cards are used not only in traditional broadcast and post-production, but also in emerging workflows such as live events, immersive graphics, augmented reality and Video Over IP. Bluefish444 has a growing presence in industries adopting professional video such as the medical, automotive, defence and mining industries.

Bluefish444 cards have been used on award-winning feature films, commercials, music videos and sports events worldwide. Bluefish444’s range of video cards are incorporated in video servers, encoders, decoders and character generator solutions by numerous 3rd party OEM manufacturers, in addition to other niche & mainstream applications.

Founded in 1998, Bluefish444 is a division and brand name of Bluefish Technologies Pty Ltd., which is based in North Melbourne, Australia. Its products are distributed via an extensive sales channel of OEMs, dealers, and system integrators globally. For further information, visit www.bluefish444.com

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