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title: Open source compositing tool nears launch
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# [Open source compositing tool nears launch](https://www.redsharknews.com/post-vfx/item/2133-open-source-compositing-tool-nears-launch)

 Written by [RedShark News Staff](https://www.redsharknews.com/author/redshark-news-staff) | Oct 29, 2014 10:00:00 AM

**Funded by French national research institution INRIA the development of the open source node-based compositing application is receiving strong support from CG artists, building an enthusiastic group of followers and contributors.**

The project promises to make quality compositing tools available to artists at large and is being headed by Alexandre Gauthier-Poichat and Fréderic Devernay. The team has recently announced the availability of a release candidate 2 version, which offers a rewritten rendering engine for optimized multi-threading as well as the inclusion of additional nodes (filters). The official launch of v1.0 is expected in the coming weeks.

Feature highlights include:

- Cross-platform compatibility (OS X/Linux/Windows)
- 32 bits floating point linear colour processing pipeline
- Dozens of file formats supported: EXR, DPX,TIFF, JPG, PNG, etc.
- Support for many commercial, free and open-source OpenFX plugins
- Intuitive user interface
- Rotoscoping
- Tracker node
- Realtime feedback thanks to optimised multi-threaded rendering pipeline

Natron can be downloaded from [http://natron.inria.fr/](http://natron.inria.fr/)

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