Release Notes for Nuke and Hiero 13.2v2

Release Date

31 May 2022

Qualified Operating Systems

• macOS Big Sur (11.x) or macOS 12.x (Monterey) on Intel chips only. Apple M1 is tested on Rosetta emulation to ensure new functionality runs as expected on M1 hardware. (We are working toward native Apple Silicon support in future releases.)

Article:  For more information on Foundry products and supported macOS versions, see Foundry Knowledge Base article Q100592.

• Windows 10 (64-bit)

• CentOS 7.4 (64-bit), or later

Note:  The currently supported version of VFX Reference Platform includes library versions that are only compatible with CentOS 7.4, or later. Nuke is qualified on the Centos 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 distributions.

Other operating systems may work, but have not been fully tested.

Requirements for Nuke's GPU Acceleration

If you want to enable Nuke to calculate certain nodes using the GPU, there are some additional requirements.

NVIDIA

An NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 3.0 (Kepler) or above. A list of the compute capabilities of NVIDIA GPUs is available at https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus

Note:  The compute capability is a property of the GPU hardware and can't be altered by a software update.

With graphics drivers capable of running CUDA 10.1 or above. On Windows and Linux, CUDA graphics drivers are bundled with the regular drivers for your NVIDIA GPU. Driver versions 418.96 (Windows) and 418.39 (Linux), or above are required. See https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx for more information.

Note:  We recommend using the latest graphics drivers, where possible, regardless of operating system.

AMD

Note:  Bit-wise equality between GPU and CPU holds in most cases, but for some operations there are limitations to the accuracy possible with this configuration.

• On Windows and Linux, an AMD GPU from the following list:

Note:  Other AMD GPUs may work, but have not been fully tested.

• AMD Radeon PRO W6600

• AMD Radeon PRO W6800

• AMD Radeon Pro W5700

• AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100

• AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Note:  For information on the recommended driver for each GPU, see https://www.amd.com/en/support

• On Mac, integrated AMD GPUs are supported on the following Intel CPU Macs:

• Any late 2013 Mac Pro onward (including 2019 Mac Pro),

• Mid-2015 MacBook Pros onward, and

• Late 2017 iMac Pros onward.

All supported Mac Pros include a multi-GPU support option, where applicable. Bitwise equality between GPU and CPU holds in most cases, but for some operations, there are limitations to the accuracy possible with this configuration.

Warning:  Although AMD GPUs are enabled on other Mac models, they are not officially supported and used at your own risk.

Multi-GPU Processing

Nuke's GPU support includes an Enable multi-GPU support option. When enabled in the preferences, GPU processing is shared between the available GPUs for extra processing speed.

Note:  Multi-GPU processing is only available for identical GPUs in the same machine. For example, two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080s or two AMD Radeon™ Pro WX 9100s.

New Features

There are no new features in this release.

Feature Enhancements

• ID 161709/266123/506317 - Monitor Out: Support for HD 10-bit RGB 4:4:4 output from AJA cards has been added.

Bug Fixes

• ID 134367 - Python: Calling nuke.scriptClear() on the Root node did not remove User knobs as expected.

• ID 202128 - macOS only: Setting monitor out to 12-bit 4:4:4 mode displayed incorrect output.

• ID 386719 - Monitor Out: AJA Kona 4 12-bit Dual Link 1080p50a, 1080p59.94a, and 1080p60a output was incorrect.

• ID 415797 - High DPI: Node name text was not vertically centered.

• ID 428360 - DeepMerge: Holdout did not work as expected on volumetric data samples.

• ID 469924 - Timeline Editing: Exporting clip length shots with Apply Retimes checked in the Export dialog applied the retime incorrectly.

• ID 469970 - Read/Write: Nuke Studio 13.0 did not load pre-Nuke Studio 11.1 .hrox projects as expected.

• ID 472443 - USD: The tooltip for the suppress confirmation dialog control on the Light and Axis nodes was incorrect.

• ID 484135 - Linux Only: Nuke 12.2 used more RAM than Nuke 12.1 builds and clearing the cache freed up less memory.

• ID 491697 - Cutting nested items in the Project bin to the clipboard using the Ctrl/Cmd+X keyboard shortcut caused Nuke Studio to crash.

• ID 494705 - Setting custom colors for clip types was slow in Hiero when compared to Nuke Studio.

• ID 496347 - BlinkScript: Setting values for float4x4 mtx4 and float3x3 mtx3 in inside process() calls did not work as expected.

• ID 497323 - Monitor Out: 12-bit 4:4:4 RGB outputs did not work as expected in UHD display mode.

• ID 499680 - Monitor Out: 1080p 12-bit 4:4:4 Single Link was output as 4:2:2 with certain AJA cards.

• ID 500390 - Timeline Editing: Toggling the track visibility of tracks that reference QuickTime files caused Nuke Studio to crash.

• ID 500498 - Monitor Out: Setting the output mode to 1080p 12-bit RGB 4:4:4 Dual Stereo on certain AJA cards caused Nuke Studio to crash.

• ID 501488 - Monitor Out: Setting the Pixel Format to RGB and then changing the Output Transform occasionally caused the monitor output to become unresponsive.

• ID 501901 - Read/Write: Using all uppercase letters for extension names, such as .ABC and .FBX, removed some file type-specific controls in the Camera, Axis, and Light nodes.

• ID 502179 - Group nodes using an expression to check for nuke.dependencies of the parent group were not saved as expected if there was a Write node downstream of the group.

• ID 502486 - Alembic: Loading certain .abc files caused Nuke to crash.

• ID 505212 - Monitor Out: SDI card display modes for HD 1080p output were listed in a random order.

• ID 505472 - GridWarp/GridWarpTracker: Rendering from the command line with the Frame Server or a third-party renderer did not produce the same results as interactive renders.

• ID 505617 - Read/Write: Rendering .mov files with the H264 codec with high resolution inputs caused Nuke to crash.

• ID 506622 - Licensing: The language selection dropdown in the Licensing dialog was empty.

• ID 506631/507379 - Linux only: Minimal CentOS installs that don't include CUDA libraries did not fall back to the CPU as expected or displayed No such file or directory errors with AIR nodes, such as Deblur and Inference.

• ID 507060 - Read/Write: Setting path substitutions between macOS and Windows did not load Project bin thumbnails as expected.

• ID 507494 - 3D Pivot Point: Dragging in the 3D Viewer to translate the pivot point on geometry with large scale values did not work as expected.

• ID 507756 - GridWarp/GridWarpTracker: Using Insert Mode or changing the number of divisions in the left-hand toolbar caused Nuke to crash.

• ID 508287 - Soft Effects: Making changes to certain soft effect controls in the Properties panel caused the Viewer to flicker.

New Known Issues Specific to Nuke 13.2

This section covers new known issues and gives workarounds for them, where appropriate.

• ID 510729 - CatFileCreator: Connecting a Viewer to a CatFileCreator node causes Nuke to crash.

• ID 509300 - CopyCat: Training with cropped images containing more than four channels renders corrupt contact sheet data.

• ID 508661 - macOS only: Using environment variables in CopyCat's Data Directory path causes Nuke to crash.

• ID 507829 - Monitor Out: Switching between the Timeline and Compositing environments with Monitor Out active in Nuke 13.2 is not as intuitive as in 13.1.

• ID 507327 - CopyCat: Training does not work as expected if a Remove node is inserted between the input node and the CopyCat Preview input.

• ID 507325 - CopyCat: Connecting an Input with no channels, displayed as Channels: none in the CopyCat Properties panel, and then clicking Start Training causes Nuke to crash.

• ID 506965 - Monitor out: Long Nuke script names create truncated NDI sender names, which can result in only one unique stream regardless of how many Viewers are sending a signal.
As a workaround, avoid using long Nuke script names to allow multiple streams from the same script.

• ID 506918 - CopyCat: Changing the Crop Size and then resuming training creates contact sheets at the wrong size.

• ID 506569 - UnrealReader: The enabled/disabled state of the Use 32 Bit Post Process Materials checkbox is not always respected by the render output.
If UnrealReader fails to respect the enabled/disabled state, restart the Unreal Editor project to reset the controls.

• ID 506360 - CopyCat: Resuming training after changing the Model Size displays a generic error message.

• ID 506004 - ARRIRAW: Reading legacy .mxf files with SDK 7.0 does not match all knob values when compared to SDK 6.2.

• ID 504819 - 3D Transform Handles: Geometry pivot points are affected incorrectly by downstream scale changes.

• ID 504645 - Monitor Out: NDI signals from Nuke Studio are listed twice in the NDI monitor.

• ID 504542 - CopyCat: Setting the Epochs control to a negative number and then starting training causes Nuke to crash.

• ID 504533 - ARRIRAW: Lens squeeze is slightly different in Nuke compared to the same file in the ARRI reference tool.

• ID 504406 - CopyCat: Errors displayed in the Viewer do not disappear as expected during subsequent training runs.

• ID 504191 - Monitor Out: Closing Nuke Studio during playback while broadcasting the timeline Viewer over NDI causes the application to crash on exit.

• ID 504013 - 3D Transform Handles: Negative scaling values in TransformGeo nodes cause inconsistent scaling in upstream ParticleEmitter nodes.

• ID 503687 - Monitor Out: Some controls in the Monitor Out panel in Nuke Studio do not display the knob name in their tooltips.

• ID 503684 - Monitor Out: The Monitor Out panel in Nuke Studio always displays stereo controls, even if the project does not contain multiple views.

• ID 502942 - Monitor Out: The Viewer Monitor Out pane does not display all controls as expected.
As a workaround, resize the pane to cause the controls to appear.

• ID 502843 - Monitor Out: The Use Viewer Gamma / Gain controls are not enabled and disabled consistently between the Properties and Monitor Out pane.

• ID 502793 - Monitor Out: Loading certain .nk scripts does not open all floating windows as expected.

• ID 502495 - CopyCat: Caching during training is slower when compared to earlier Nuke builds.

• ID 502404 - Monitor Out: The Viewer list does not update as expected when a Viewer node is copied and pasted in the Node Graph.

• ID 502395 - Monitor Out: The list of available Viewers is not ordered correctly.

• ID 502394 - Monitor Out: Output is not sent to monitor out devices unless the related Viewer is the active Viewer.

• ID 502226 - Monitor Out: The floating window size is used incorrectly for all panes undocked from the interface.

• ID 501785 - BM RAW: Certain files display with incorrect colorspace and gamma values.

• ID 501700 - 3D Pivot Point: Rotating the pivot point by dragging in a non-default transform order causes the object to jump unexpectedly.

• ID 501525 - CopyCat: Canceling training displays a misleading error message.

• ID 501442 - 3D Pivot Point: Object scale is not always maintained by the pivot rotate algorithm.

• ID 501261 - macOS Monterey only: Resizing UI elements is slow to update.

• ID 500156 - OTIO: Timelines containing shots with different frame rates displays a warning message incorrectly.

• ID 500138 - 3D Transform Handles: Scaling in Screen space and then rotating in Screen and World space doesn't work as expected.

• ID 499468 - 3D Transform Handles: Handle size is unexpectedly affected by scale changes downstream.

• ID 498754 - Windows only: Nuke occasionally fails to launch due to external hardware connected to the machine.
As a workaround, disconnect any unnecessary hardware such as web cams or additional audio hardware before launching Nuke.

• ID 497372 - Monitor Out: frameIndex metadata does not work as expected.

• ID 494978 - ARRIRAW: Reading certain .ari, .arx, and .mxf files displays metadata errors on the command line.

• ID 492637 - 3D Transform Handles: Using the free rotate tool on certain objects causes them to scale during rotation in the 2D Viewer.

• ID 491143 -Monitor Out: Enabling Horizontal Flop in the ViewerMonitorOut Properties does not work as expected.

Developer Notes

As Nuke develops, we sometimes have to make changes to the API and ABI under the hood. We try to keep these changes to a minimum and only for certain releases, but from time to time API and ABI compatibility is not guaranteed. See the following table for the situations when you may have to recompile your plug-ins and/or make changes to the source code.

Release Type	Example	Compatibility	Recompile	Rewrite
Version	13.1v1 to 13.1v2	API and ABI
Point	13.0v1 to 13.1v1	API
Major	12.0v1 to 13.0v1	-

Additionally, node Class() names occasionally change between major releases. While these changes do not affect legacy scripts, you may not get the results you were expecting if a node class has been modified. The toolbars.py file, used to create Nuke's node toolbar, contains all the current node class names and is located in <install_directory>/plugins/nukescripts/ for reference.

As an example, between Nuke 9 and Nuke 10, the CameraShake node Class() changed from CameraShake2 to CameraShake3. In the toolbars.py file for the two releases, the entries for the CameraShake node appear as follows:

m.addCommand("CameraShake", "nuke.createNode(\"CameraShake2\")", icon="CameraShake.png")
m.addCommand("CameraShake", "nuke.createNode(\"CameraShake3\")", icon="CameraShake.png")