--- title: Nuke Reviews meta_title: 'Nuke Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 63 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Nuke works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 63 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: Video url: https://www.g2.com/categories/video --- # Nuke Reviews **Vendor:** Foundry **Category:** [Video Effects Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/video-effects) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 63 ## About Nuke Nuke provides cutting-edge toolkit for node-based compositing, editorial, and review. The Nuke family consists of Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio and provides flexibility and collaborative workflows help you get the highest quality results—fast. ## Nuke Reviews ### 1. State of the art Compositing on your dekstop **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Games | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** Nuke has amazing camera tracking and matte tracking capabilities, which ultimately make removing unwanted scene elements a breeze. Camera tracks, lighting rigs, all can be painted out with ease. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** Extremely steep learning curve. If you're comfortable with software like Adobe After Effects, you'll have a head start here, but even as an advanced user, Nuke has a lot to offer that might be daunting at first glance. **Recommendations to others considering Nuke:** If you're fresh to the advanced compositing world, be sure to give yourself extra R&D time to get up to speed on the software. Tutorials and documentation are a must for efficient use of nuke. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tracking and stabalizing shots, merging multiple takes, and masking out scene elements are all within Nuke's wheelhouse and gives our post-production workflow a much needed efficiency boosy. ### 2. Awesome video editing software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Srishti G. | Software Engineer, Biotechnology, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** I like the overall interface and design of the software. Makes it easy to use. The wire removal tool was never this easy to execute. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** Have experienced some glitches while working with 3D tools but otherwise it works good. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** Video editing ### 3. The best in the business **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Connor R. | Virtual Reality Lab CLC - Environment Artist, Higher Education, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** The node based system that Nuke brings to the system is great. It s not only quicker to move around and be able to see every bit of you project, it is all a lot more organized than other programs I have used. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** Nuke does take a little bit of time to get used to but the interface itself is quick inviting and makes it possible to learn. **Recommendations to others considering Nuke:** I would say that Nuke is on the right track and they is not much to improve on. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** This is not only speed up my workflow but made it easier for fellow employees to then do what they had to do with the organization aspect. ### 4. Video editing simplified **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abhishek s. | Assistant Manager, Accounting, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** I really like the ease with which I can use the 3D graphics features. The linking with photoshop, repair tool and point tracking are great for beginners **What do you dislike about Nuke?** Faced some glitches while using 3D graphics. Otherwise it is pretty good. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** Video editing ### 5. Good for video editing and 3d graphics **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nidhi S. | Sales Manager, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** Wire removal is the best feature of Nuke as compared to other softwares. 3D graphics are also useful. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** Too many tools gets overwhelming at times. Faced some glitches while 3D rendering of graphics **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** Video editing ### 6. Nuke review **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cody S. | Motion Graphic Artist, Design, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 28, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** Node based system makes certain tasks a lot more straight forward. You don't have to restack cumbersome layers to get your composite to look right. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** There's a really big learning curve, it takes a long time to learn. Luckily there are plenty of tutorials online. **Recommendations to others considering Nuke:** Nuke is super powerful and can handle just about anything you throw at it, it's just not very easy to learn, so you have to stick with it awhile to really understand it. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it for compositing some times. We've realized that the node based system can really help organize a project. ### 7. Comprehensive tool for video editing **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 11, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** 4d wire removal tool is really easy to use. Wire easily snaps to the present one. Link with Photoshop 3D is an added advantage. Graphics motion and graphics repair tools are also great. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** There are sometimes glitches that I have experienced while using this software. Some video tutorials for learning editing can be an added advantage. Rendering is a bit slow. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** Editing videos ### 8. Amazing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tarek S. | Creator in Arts & Entertainment, Media Production, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 14, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** I love how I can composite surreal scenes and add geometry and volume to flat images transforming them into real looking scenes. I also really like how easy it is to learn this program. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** I dislike the lack of online community to help out with issues you face when wanting to use a tool inside the software. I also dislike that it's not connected to programs like AfterEffects to make things easier. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** This software has allowed me to transform flat imagery into complex and detailed scenes which helps me improve my portfolio. ### 9. The Industry Standard for Film and TV based compositing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Liam S. | Compositor, Motion Pictures and Film, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 13, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** The 2.5D system, colour grading and keying tools. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** The roto / paint node can be a bit temperamental at times. This is the sort of thing that has been present in quite afew versions of the software. **Recommendations to others considering Nuke:** The major vfx facilities across the globe use Nuke as their primary compositing package. The strength of this shows that it is the package to use. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** TV compositing - integration of live action images with digitally created elements. ### 10. nuke is the best composite program in industry **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Louay M. | Co-Founder, Animation, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 31, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** the complete exposure system and advanced integrated tools **What do you dislike about Nuke?** the camera tools and some of the UI elements **Recommendations to others considering Nuke:** Yes, Nuke is the best composite tool in production and 3D projecting tool. I recommend The Foundry Nuke. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** Most of the time, I create the primary composite for the main shoot in production, then let the compositors handle everything in the same way. I found that NUKE is the best tool for this because you can easily share the script and enhance the shoot using grading tools. ### 11. It's like a steam machine **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Motion Pictures and Film | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** Nuke is a very (if the most) powerfull software for compositing. The interface is pretty neat, it allow to have a global point of view of the work. Script friendly. **What do you dislike about Nuke?** Very complex at first, it has many different tools to learn about. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** It help us on many complicated vfx shots like tracking camera movement or keying the green (or blue) screens. ### 12. a spectator **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Entertainment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** it a node base quit useful for complex VFX shots **What do you dislike about Nuke?** timeline compositing is not that convenient as adobe after effect **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** benefit : very good for shot base compositing , most off the VFX companis use it and there is a lot of chance to get world wide job ### 13. Best in the business **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Motion Pictures and Film | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 13, 2016 **What do you like best about Nuke?** Nuke is the best in the business for comping. All comparable products have a fraction of the features and capabilites **What do you dislike about Nuke?** They are focussing too much on the Stuido part of the software **Recommendations to others considering Nuke:** Use it, nothing is comparable. **What problems is Nuke solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it constantly all day at work. 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