NAB: AUTODESK INTRODUCES '2011' RELEASES
Smoke for Mac OS X — and Smoke as a turnkey Linux solution — receives new tools for editing, viewing and compositing stereoscopic 3D content. Users can now drag-and-drop to conform AAF or XML files from Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer. There is also now native in-application support for Red RAW media and H.264 QuickTime.
Flame and Flare 2011 receive new creative tools and 3D capabilities. A new GPU-based pixel shader rendering pipeline helps improve the quality of rendered results and enables support for new texture mapping and lighting effects. A new substance procedural texture library can be applied to 3D objects, 3D text or surfaces. There is also native in-application support for Red RAW media and H.264 QuickTime. In addition, support has been added for individual rendering of layers when soft importing OpenEXR media files. Among the 3D compositing enhancements, there is now support for multiple outputs in Action: z-depth, normal and matte passes; as well as new support for diffuse, parallax, reflection and specular mapping.
Lustre 2011 receives S3D capabilities that enable advanced creative look development by giving colorists control over color and lighting effects in both stereoscopic and standard grading workflows. There is new support for grading of OpenEXR media files. And on the Red workflow side, support has been added for Red Rocket through Mac Wiretap Gateway.