Hiero and HieroPlayer
Hiero and HieroPlayer are part of the Nuke Family, giving producers, VFX editors, and coordinators greater visibility over projects with seamless timeline sharing. Working alongside Nuke Studio, Hiero and HieroPlayer reduce the need to reconform for review and make setup and management of complex, high-volume projects quick and easy.
Full online-editing toolkit
With the same multi-track editorial timeline as Nuke Studio, Hiero’s intuitive and familiar editorial tools get the job done fast, whether you’re doing on-set editing on a laptop, onlining and conform back at the studio, or simply knocking out quick edits
Efficient management and distribution
Hiero makes setup and management of complex, high-volume projects quick and easy. A hub for total project control, Hiero lets you generate and share Nuke scripts, work collaboratively with annotations, and compare and manage versions with ease.
Flexible review tools
With real-time playback, and numerous view options, blending modes and color sample tools, Hiero and HieroPlayer speed up review at any stage of a project. Hiero also offers SDI-broadcast monitor-out support, so you can check your work in context.
Speed and efficiency
With GPU-accelerated Soft Effects on the timeline, intelligent background rendering and fluid workflows, Hiero has everything you need to complete your project on time—built in and ready to go.
Integration with the entire Nuke family
Along with timeline sharing with Nuke Studio and HieroPlayer—reducing the need to reconform for multiple packages throughout a project—Hiero offers seamless integration with the rest of the Nuke family for faster, more efficient teamwork.
The perfect fit for your pipeline
Hiero offers the same opportunities for customisation as Nuke, with support for major operating systems, a Python API and Pyside included, and BlinkScript for creating your own GPU-accelerated timeline effects.
Introducing Hiero 11.3
Hiero 11.3 brings new Timeline Multiview support, support for full resolution stereo on monitor out, a new export preset to help with rendering, and support for the latest versions of popular cameras and eGPUs.
One Big Nuke Family
Nuke and Hiero are both part of the Nuke family. Nuke is our feature-packed 3D compositor. Hiero is our timeline tool for shot management, conform, edit and review. Need both? Nuke Studio combines the compositing power of NukeX, plus the multi-track editorial timeline of Hiero.
Who's Using Hiero
Learn why artists and studios around the globe value Hiero's collaborative shot management and review capabilities in their project pipeline.
Shot Management Made Simple with Hiero and Nuke Studio
Juanma Nogales and Antonio Jiménex from Twin Pines discuss how they used Hiero and Nuke Studio in their pipeline to create the visual effects for The Plague.
Hiero is for
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Keith Barton — Senior Systems Administrator, Milk
Foundry’s fantastic products are an essential part of our pipeline. When we’re up against it, Foundry's support team help ease the pressure with rapid resolutions when we need them. Can’t wait to see what they’ll bring out next!
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Mark Payne — Senior Compositor, Double Negative
I have been working with Foundry tools for a long time and they have never sat still and are always wanting to improve and push their software to the next level.
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Peter Aversten — Lead Texture Artist, MPC
It's rare to find a software company who will schedule you with a face-to-face meeting with their development team to provide support with the pipeline. Foundry did just that. 10 out of 10 for customer support!
HieroPlayer
HieroPlayer is a desktop review tool that lets you playback the VFX timeline and compare versions of renders quickly, letting you easily see your work in the context of the entire sequence.
Download free trial
- Multi-track editorial timeline
- One year maintenance
- Access to technical support
- Desktop review tool
- One year maintenance
- Access to technical support
- NukeX + Hiero’s editorial timeline
- Composite, conform, edit, and review
- 2 Nuke Assist licenses (with maintenance)
- Access to technical support
- One year maintenance
Get started with Hiero
Try Hiero free for 30 days and you’ll gain access to learning materials, our helpful community and your own personalized space.
Meet our support team
With the best support team around (or so our customers keep telling us), we're easy to contact and dedicated to delivering a quick response when you need a hand.