{"id":3552,"date":"2014-06-28T06:55:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T06:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2014-06-28T06:55:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T06:55:56","slug":"install-compositing-software-natron-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/06\/install-compositing-software-natron-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Install The Compositing Software &#8216;Natron&#8217; in Ubuntu 14.04\/12.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/natron-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3553\" alt=\"Compositing Software Natron in Ubuntu\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/natron-icon.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/natron-icon.png 240w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/natron-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Natron is a free and open source video compositing software, similar in functionality to Adobe After Effects or Nuke by The Foundry.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>32 bits floating point linear colour processing pipeline.<\/li>\n<li>Colorspace management handled by the famous open-source OpenColorIO library.<\/li>\n<li>Dozens of file formats supported: EXR, DPX,TIFF, JPG, PNG\u2026thanks to OpenImageIO.<\/li>\n<li>Support for many free and open-source OpenFX plugins: TuttleOFX, OpenFX-IO, OpenFX-Misc, OpenFX-Yadif deinterlacer, OpenFX-Vegas SDK samples, OpenFX samples<\/li>\n<li>Support for commercial OpenFX plugins: Furnace by The Foundry, KeyLight by The Foundry, GenArts Sapphire, Other GenArts products<\/li>\n<li>Currently almost all features of OpenFX v1.3 are supported<\/li>\n<li>Intuitive user interface<\/li>\n<li>real-time feedback<\/li>\n<li>Multi-task: Natron can render multiple graphs at the same time<\/li>\n<li>Recover easily from bugs: Natron sometimes crashes.<\/li>\n<li>Project format written in XML and easily editable by human.<\/li>\n<li>Fast &amp; interactive Viewer<\/li>\n<li>Real-time playback: Natron offers a real-time playback with best performances<\/li>\n<li>Low hardware requirements: All you need is an x86 64 bits or 32 bits processor, at least 3 GB of RAM and a graphic card that supports OpenGL 2.0 or OpenGL 1.5 with some extensions.<\/li>\n<li>Animate your visual effects<\/li>\n<li>Command line tool for execution of project files.<\/li>\n<li>Rotoscoping support<\/li>\n<li>Multi-view workflow: Natron saves time by keeping all the views in the same stream.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/compositing-software-natron.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/compositing-software-natron.png\" alt=\"Video Compositing Natron in Ubuntu\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/compositing-software-natron.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/compositing-software-natron-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Install Natron on Ubuntu 14.04 \/ 12.04:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>So far, the Linux binaries are only available for <b>64-bit<\/b> OS. <\/p>\n<p>1. Download the package <b>&#8220;Natron_Linux_x86_64bits_x.x.tar.gz&#8221;<\/b> from the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/natron\/files\/' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-blue' target=\"_blank\" >Download Natron binaries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Extract the downloaded package in your file browser.<\/p>\n<p>3. Press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, install required package and run the installer script from the result folder:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install libegl1-mesa\n\ncd ~\/Downloads\/Natron-* && sudo .\/Install.sh<\/pre>\n<p>The <i>Install.sh<\/i> script will automatically install Natron into \/opt\/, create a launcher icon and symbolic link to the executable. So that you can launch the software from Unity Dash or by running <code>Natron<\/code> in terminal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/install-natron-ubuntu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/install-natron-ubuntu.png\" alt=\"install-natron-ubuntu\" width=\"600\" height=\"140\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/install-natron-ubuntu.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/install-natron-ubuntu-300x70.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. (Optional) To remove the software, run the Uninstall script from that folder:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">cd ~\/Downloads\/Natron-* && sudo .\/Uninstall.sh<\/pre>\n<p>Natron website: <a href=\"https:\/\/natron.inria.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">natron.inria.fr<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natron is a free and open source video compositing software, similar in functionality to Adobe After Effects or Nuke by The Foundry. It features: 32 bits floating point linear colour processing pipeline. Colorspace management handled by the famous open-source OpenColorIO library. Dozens of file formats supported: EXR, DPX,TIFF, JPG, PNG\u2026thanks to OpenImageIO. 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