> I've always been surprised that open source software like Blender and Natron has not really caught on at studios. Natron wasn't really even a usable piece of

> I've always been surprised that open source software like Blender and Natron has not really caught on at studios. Natron wasn't really even a usable piece of software until maybe a few months ago. It's making great progress, but at this point I think it's still reasonable to be nervous about relying on it for commercial work. I think Blender is somewhat used in big studios, although mostly for its core strength of 3d modelling. Blender's compositor suffers from a lack of any kind of plug in option, so there are many things you can do in Nuke / Natron that are just impossible in Blender's compositor. It's nice to have it there, but it's not really a competitor for Nuke.