Incredibly powerful VFX tools are now within reach of anybody with a computer fast enough to use them, which in time, will breed an entirely new generation of highly-skilled VFX artists who are already trained on industry standard tools. When you look at the combination of the upcoming release of non-commercial Nuke and free release of Blackmagic Fusion 7, another professional node-based compositing and 3D animation software, it seems clear that we're on the precipice of a new age for visual effects.

Instructional use or installation or use in a classroom or lab.

Use in clusters of non-commercial NUKE STUDIO licenses.

Use in the same pipeline as commercial versions of NUKE.

Use for the provision of services to 3rd parties, whether paid or not.

Use while doing commercial work, either at home or in a company.

Here are a few circumstances that are not allowed under the non-commercial license: However, if you're a freelance VFX artist, you can bet your ass that you'll be buying or leasing the software. You can use the software to your heart's content for learning, experimentation, personal projects, etc.

Additionally, when they say non-commercial, that's exactly what they mean.

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