{"id":7706,"date":"2022-08-08T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7706"},"modified":"2023-06-14T12:57:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:57:31","slug":"rv-open-source","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/news\/rv-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk open sources RV to democratize access and drive open standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7708 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RV_007-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A digital mockup of a snowy setting. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RV_007-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RV_007-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RV_007-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RV_007-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2022\/08\/RV_007-700x394.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Autodesk is committed to helping creators envision a better world, and having access to great tools allows them do just that. So we are making RV, our Sci-Tech award-winning media review and playback software, open source. Code contributions from RV along with DNEG\u2019s xStudio and Sony Pictures Imageworks\u2019 itview will shape the Open Review Initiative, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aswf.io\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Academy Software Foundation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2019s (ASWF) newest sandbox project to build a unified, open source toolset for playback, review, and approval.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Autodesk is a founding member of ASWF, which the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts &amp; Sciences (AMPAS) launched in 2018 under The Linux Foundation umbrella. And the organization\u2019s goal is to encourage the use of open-source software across the motion picture industry to streamline global collaboration. \u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cSharing RV desktop media player with the open source community is a natural next step in our journey to embrace cloud workflows and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/news\/au-21-cloud-entertainment\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">open standards<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u2013 like MaterialX, OpenTimelineIO,\u202fand USD,\u201d said Diana Colella, SVP, Media &amp; Entertainment, Autodesk. \u201cAt a time when demand for content is at an all-time high, we\u2019re very excited to create new opportunities and resiliency for the industry.\u201d\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">RV contains professional-grade media player technology that allows VFX and animation artists, and production teams to seamlessly view high-resolution images and sequences in real time and compare different versions while collaborating on projects.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cRV is critical to our animation pipeline, and this allows us to share\u202four integrations with the industry. It&#8217;s similar to what we\u2019ve done with Autodesk and Pixar to integrate our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AnimalLogic\/AL_USDMaya\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ALUSDMaya<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> toolsets into the Autodesk supported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Autodesk\/maya-usd\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">maya-usd<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> plugin,\u201d said Darin Grant, Animal Logic CTO and AWSF board member. \u201cAs they did with their contributions to OpenColorIO, Autodesk is once again demonstrating its commitment to open source by sharing foundational libraries and toolsets that will help push the industry forward.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">Autodesk acquired the RV technology from Tweak Software 2015 and integrated it into the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shotgridsoftware.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ShotGrid production management platform<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, which has eliminated workflow bottlenecks, enabled live collaborative review sessions, and supported teams in accelerating time to pixel during reviews.\u202f Autodesk will continue supporting RV commercially as part of the ShotGrid ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">For details about RV, visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shotgridsoftware.com\/rv\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">ShotGrid<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> website. To learn more about Autodesk\u2019s commitment to the open source community, check out: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/opensource.autodesk.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/opensource.autodesk.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RV shares code along with DNEG and Sony Pictures Imageworks in Academy Software Foundation effort  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":7707,"template":"","categories":[13],"adsk_tags":[405,412,404,434,429,435,428,427],"class_list":["post-7706","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-media_and_entertainment","adsk_tags-cloud","adsk_tags-collaboration","adsk_tags-digital-transformation","adsk_tags-open-source","adsk_tags-postproduction","adsk_tags-universal-scene-description","adsk_tags-virtual-production","adsk_tags-visual-effects"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Autodesk open sources RV to democratize access<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Autodesk helps creators envision a better world. 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