GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two (Viewer and OpenGL rendering).OpenGL 2.0 or higher with the following extensions:.Display with at least 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution and 24-bit color.5 GB (10 GB or more recommended) of disk space for caching and temporary files.3 GB of RAM ( 8 GB or more recommended).Your system must have one of the following operating systems: You can also freely create your own custom planes. Multi-plane: In Natron all layers read from EXR’s, TIFF’s or PSD’s are available as planes that each node can access.Natron embeds a Python 2.7 interpreter that can be used to customize the application. Python scripting: Natron has made available via its Python API most of its functionalities.Presets: Nodes presets can be imported/exported easily with an XML file format.
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 1.5+ with some extensions.Once a frame is rendered, it can be reproduced instantly afterwards, even for large image sizes. Real-time playback: Natron offers a real-time playback with thanks to its RAM/Disk cache technology.Fast & interactive Viewer – Smooth & accurate zooming/panning even for very large image sizes (tested on 27k x 30k images).The command line version is executable from ssh on a computer without any display. NatronRenderer: A command line tool for execution of project files and python scripts.Network rendering: Natron can be used as a command-line tool and can be integrated on a render farm manager such as Afanasy.Multi-task: Natron can render multiple graphs at the same time and make use of 100% of the compute power of your CPU.(i.e: the render pipeline can be computed at lower res to speed-up rendering). Performances: Never wait for anything to be rendered, in Natron anything you do produces real-time feedback thanks to its optimized multi-threaded rendering pipeline and its support for proxy rendering.It is possible to separate on any number of screens the graphical user interface. Intuitive user interface: Natron aims not to break habits by providing an intuitive and familiar user interface.OpenFX samples (in the Support and Examples directories).OpenFX-Yadif deinterlacer : An open-source efficient de-interlacer.OpenFX-OpenCV : A set of plugins based on OpenCV.OpenFX-Arena : A set of extra nodes (bundled with the pre-compiled versions of Natron).OpenFX-Misc : A set of basic nodes, such as Transform, chroma keyer, etc… (bundled with the pre-compiled versions of Natron).OpenFX-IO : to read anything else than standard 8-bits images (bundled with pre-compiled versions of Natron).
Support for many free and open-source OpenFX plugins:.Dozens of file formats supported: EXR, DPX, TIFF, PSD, SVG, RAW, JPG, PNG … and more.Colorspace management handled by OpenColorIO.32 bits floating point linear color processing pipeline.