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Start to finish. Faster.
Whether youre an artist looking to expand your creative
capabilities or a facility owner looking to differentiate
your business with effects-centric editorial finishing,
explore your options with AutodeskSmokesoftware.
The release features an extensive creative
toolset, expanded format support and increasedinteroperability with third-party applications.
Increase your profile and grow your business to
be interoperable with Autodesk visual effects
software; AutodeskInferno, AutodeskFlame,
AutodeskFlint, and Smoke software helps provide
you with an extensive and integrated set of conform,
editorial, and compositing tools. Differentiation is
no longer an option, its essential to your success. If
you work in television or broadcast, you dont have
the luxury of time. Powerful visual effects, streamlined
workflow, and the ability to design your own templates
enable you to bring your story to life faster. The pressures
of television post-production are extremely high,
and Smoke delivers production-proven performance,
reliability, and flexibility at a very affordable price.
Key Features
D Effects and Finishing
Smoke enables you to create interactivelyand qu
Smoke software features a powerful 64-bit archite
and industry-leading tools for conforming, ed
audio, paint, tracking, character generation, gra
design, and visual effects creation in the Actiocompositing environment, as well as Master
and Colour Warper technologies.
The Batch* procedural compositing environm
promotes effects-centric finishing by opening u
workflow between timeline and effects, making
already powerful Smoke creative tools even m
logical and efficient. Designed specifically to w
conjunction with editorial decisions, you can e
Batch* FX using a horizontal or vertical selectio
timeline segments and soft effects.
Conform
Complete your projects faster and better wi
advanced conform and finishing tools. With expa
digital media support: RED files, Panasonic P
Sony XDCAMfile formats, and expanded A
QuickTimeapplication program codec suppor
well as support for EDL, AAF, OMF, and FCP X
workflows can be streamlined. Work smoot
native resolutions or use the efficient proxy wor
for film resolution projects.
Handle any project that comes througyour door commercials, long-formbumpers and promoson a singlesystem.
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Autodesk Editing & FinishingSoftware.
AutodeskSmoke
Smoke continues to makemy jobs easier with eachrelease. The creative toolsand workflow improvementshelp with productivity andI cant imagine workingon my current projectswithout Batch FX.
Mark SullivanFinishing VFX
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Now that the ModularKeyer is in Smoke, a lotof my Flame workflowsare available to me fromthe timeline, whichmakes Smoke an evenmore powerful FX andgrading tool.
Kirk BaldenSmoke & Mirrors
Autodesk Color Management
liminate the confusion over color values and make
ure that everyone across the Autodesk visual effects
nd finishing software pipeline is working with and
pproving images with the same color values. Autodesk
olor Management tools provide a consistent and
ccurate color rendition of film-originated material.
his integrated solution is built upon high-precision
pectral analysis of common print film stocks to achieve
igh-quality print simulation and high-fidelity color
pace conversion in the form of a D lookup table
D LUT). Share D LUTs with AutodeskInferno,
utodeskFlame, AutodeskFlare,
utodeskLustre, and AutodeskToxik software
roducts to help make sure the color and lighting
f your shots match and reduce the need to reapply
olor correction.
olor Correction
or sophisticated color correction, Smoke offers fast,
ccurate color isolation, correction, and matching.
he intuitive color-correction interface has advanced
apabilities to adjust shadow, midtone, and highlight
egions of the image independently.
owerful Keying Capabilities
moke now has Autodesks comprehensive keyer,
he Modular Keyer. The powerful Modular Keyer
rovides an extensive and flexible keying toolset incustomizable processing pipeline environment. You
an work at high resolutions and bit depths, from 8-bit
o 10-bit to 16-bit floating points as well as select
nd arrange keying tools to pull your most precise key.
Motion Tracking and Stabilization
ix camera shakes and track moving elements for
eamless composites. Smoke provides the highly
cclaimed Autodesk tracker for fast and precise,
ntegrated motion tracking with the ability to
andle outgoing and obscured tracking elements.
High-Performance Storage and Input/Output (I/O)
With support for standard file systems, you can store
ource footage and rendered intermediates on a SAN
r a NAS storage device as well as Autodesk Stone
Direct -attached storage system. In this configuration,
rtists will experience virtually instant Publish and
oft-Import operations, allowing for sharing of media
with third-party applications and minimizing the
uplication of data. The Stone Direct storage system
rovides the performance needed to work natively
with high-resolution footage, from SD to 2K.
Autodesk, Colour Warper, FBX, Flame, Flint, Inferno, Lustre, Smoke, Stone, Toxik, Wire, and Wiretap are registered trademarks o r trademarks of Autodesk Inc., and/or its subsidiaries
affiliates, in the USA and other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autod esk reserves the right to alter product offerinspecifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. 200 9 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
InteroperabilityNow with support for multiple digital formats
including REDCODE RAW, PanasonicP and Sony
XDCAM HD, Apple QuickTime, AdobePhotoshop
software, Multi-channel OpenEXR, and AutodeskFBX
software interchange format, Smoke enables you
to bring in other design elements. AutodeskWire
software for networking works to let your system
collaborate with other Autodesk visual effec ts
and finishing systems, while AutodeskWiretap
software makes it easy and transparent to connect
with third-party applications.
Weve Got You Covered.
Youve invested in Autodesk software to help you
realize your creative vision. Now get the benefits
of increased productivity, predictable budgeting,
and simplified license management with
AutodeskSubscription. A range of community
resources; web support direct from Autodesk technical
experts, self-paced training, and e-Learning, help
extend your skills and make Autodesk Subscription the
best way to optimize your investment. Learn more at
www.autodesk.com/subscription.
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For more information about Autodesk Smoke, v
www.autodesk.com/smoke.
To purchase Autodesk Smoke or obtain produc
information:
North America: +1-800-869-3504
International: +1-415-507-4461
www.autodesk.com/contactus
* Included in Smoke Advanced only.