A Tool Behind The Spider-Verse Open-Sourced

For those of you who missed it, Sony Pictures Imageworks has recently decided to share access to a tool used for the production of titles like “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “Hotel Transylvania 3,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” to contribute to the open source community.

OpenColorIO, a tool used for color management during the production process, is said to be the second software project of the Academy Software Foundation, an industry-wide open source association.

By contributing the tool to the Academy Software Foundation, the studio wants to encourage the community to take charge of the future of the tool, states Sony Pictures Imageworks vice president and head of software development Michael Ford.

“We want to contribute OpenColorIO back to the community that relies on it, and the Academy Software Foundation is the natural fit,” he said. “The developers and companies that use it every day will guide the project roadmap, starting with the features and release cadence for the new 2.0 version.”

You can learn more about the tool here.