Autodesk purchased the assets of Tweak, maker of the widely used RV software for VFX playback and review. RV will remain available, the companies said, while Tweak’s entire staff, including partners Jim Houriahn, Seth Rosenthal, and Alan Trombla, will become part of the Shotgun team at Autodesk, working out of their current locations.
In addition to looking for new avenues to further integration between RV, Shotgun and Autodesk, Tweak will also continue to develop, support and sell RV as an open and pipeline agnositic tool.
Existing RV licenses and maintenance agreements will be serviced through the existing Tweak team, while new licenses and maintenance subscriptions will be sold by Autodesk. Presumably, this means that the current $299 purchase option for RV will remain in place until 1 February, 2016, when all Autodesk products are going subscription-only.