Strikes me that you’re seeing a pyramid effect of products where the apex is 
Nuke Studio which combines all the best pieces for the current editorial/comp 
packages.  Arguably you have Nuke and Heiro player on the bottom row, followed 
by NukeX and Heiro on the next row and toped by NukeStudio.  This is a rather 
similar sort of set up that Autodesk had/has and tends to be one that facility 
owners can quickly grasp.  The more likely you are to have a client standing 
over your shoulder the higher the cost of the product and the more all 
inclusive it becomes.

From the worker-bee perspective, it’s totally based on need.  Most compositors 
aren’t going to need a full Heiro license and likewise most effects editorial 
folks won’t need a full Nuke license.  From my perspective Nuke Studio 
essentially allows one to finish a show/commercial in the same env as your 
compositors and using conventions that just plug into that environment.  

Very clever product.  Very clever.

Best,
Chris  


On Apr 8, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Doug Wilkinson <[email protected]> wrote:

> My INITIAL reaction is that the announcement they made was an upgraded 
> version of Hiero, with the ability to run nukeX as an integrated engine. This 
> is what we thought, based on face to face foundry meetings, Hiero was 
> becoming, not nuke.  I think this is a great announcement, don't get me 
> wrong! I'm just very confused by this announcement and how The Foundry chose 
> to label and market this product.  
> 
> Some other questions that I look forward to being answered, in time :
> Why can't we use nuke as the engine, why only nukeX? (surely only some of us 
> need the functionality of nukeX in this scenario)
> What features will be rolled into Hiero?
> What would be the pricing for current customers on maintenance that own both 
> Hiero and NukeX? 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Gary Jaeger <[email protected]> wrote:
> So that seems to overlap quite a bit with Hiero. Is Hiero to be replaced by 
> Nuke Studio?
> 
> On Apr 7, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Deke Kincaid <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> We have the video up here:
> 
> Gary Jaeger // Core Studio
> 249 Princeton Avenue
> Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
> 650 728 7060
> http://corestudio.com
> 
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