Create. At the speed of thought.

Autodesk® Inferno® 2009 Flame® 2009Flint® 2009

Designed to inspire the best in every artist, Inferno, Flame, and Flint combine creative freedom with production-proven performance.

Whether you work in film, television post, or broadcast design, Autodesk® Inferno®, Autodesk® Flame®, and Autodesk® Flint® visual effects systems are designed to meet your creative and productivity needs. Our latest 2009 releases offer a comprehensive toolset, combining high-performance and creativity with versatile, productive workflows that will benefit the entire facility. Together, these releases represent the most open and collaborative Autodesk solutions to date.

Increased interoperability with third-party applications and support for multiple streaming media formats, including Panasonic® P2 MXF and Apple® QuickTime® files, allow Autodesk visual effects systems to play an integral role as part of a facility-wide workflow. Autodesk visual effects solutions continue to deliver production-proven performance, reliability, flexibility, and highly interactive, real-time capabilities.

Whether you are a post facility looking to expand your services by offering effects-centric finishing and creative color grading, or a broadcast facility focused on delivering quality projects with short ‘time to air’ delivery, Autodesk is a true technology leader in visual effects, 3D, color grading, and finishing. If it’s finally time for an integrated,

interoperable pipeline, the latest Autodesk visual effects systems offer concurrent workflows, both uncompressed RGB and compressed media support, and open file systems for more efficient media management.

Creative ToolsIntuitive user interfaces and precision tools such as Action for 3D compositing, 3D Tracking, the Batch procedural compositing environment, Motion Estimation Timewarp, Colour Warper™ functionality, and the Master Keyer allow you to explore your creative options, streamline production, and produce the best possible results in whatever format you need―video, HDTV, 2K, and other unique formats.

Performance and Reliability Inferno, Flame, and Flint systems take full advantage of the most powerful multiprocessor graphics workstations. Work faster and spend more time on artistic experimentation, maintaining exceptional creative momentum throughout your project, from initial concept to the final result. You can rely on our visual effects systems to help solve the most complex of problems, giving you the confidence you need to keep your customers delighted―every time.

WorkflowAutodesk systems are highly interoperable and share metadata. With complete clip compatibility, Flame and Smoke artists can work on the same project without duplicating media or setups. Autodesk Systems are also able to easily access and share media with third-party applications, support multiple file formats, and enable efficient and inclusive workflows throughout the facility.

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“The new multilayer timeline is a gift from heaven. The soft effects make everything faster and easier. But for me, the best of the best in the upcoming version is the Pre and Post Batch FX. That just changes everything about Flame for me.”―Victor Wolansky, Senior Visual Effects Artist, E3 Post

Solutions for the digital content-creation pipeline in film, television, and broadcast.

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Autodesk InfernoArtists seek the visual possibilities of a particular scene or shot and require an intuitive, creative toolset to explore this potential. Inferno provides artists with a fully interactive 3D compositing environment and industry-leading tools for video, HDTV, 2K and 4K post-production.

Autodesk FlameOne of the most sought after online visual effects systems in post-production today, Flame gives artists the interactivity and flexibility they need to create at the speed of thought. Flame is an Academy Award®-winning solution offering superior HD and 2K performance and an industry-renowned creative toolset for 3D compositing, advanced graphics, and client-driven interaction.

Autodesk FlintThe Flint high-performance motion graphics system features a robust creative toolset, mixed resolutions, and real-time SD video and HDTV workflows. Create promos, station ID packages,commercials, and brand graphics in a creative environment.

Streamline Your Facility Workflow Designed to accelerate your digital media creation workflow, Autodesk solutions offer exceptional interoperability and collaboration throughout your production pipeline. Now with support for multiple streaming media formats, Autodesk Systems give you more flexibility than ever before. • Complete clip compatibility between Inferno, Flame, and Flint, as well as Autodesk® Smoke® software―setups are useable and interchangeable across the Autodesk Systems product line.

• Transfer clips to share media and collaborate with artists working on other Autodesk Systems, or to offload administrative tasks to non-creative workstations, freeing your creative seats for revenue-generating work.

• Easily work with media from other creative applications, including the ability to conform multilayer timelines from Avid® or Apple® Final Cut Pro®. Use the Soft-Import and Publish features to import source and streaming media files in their native formats from a centralized location, and export clips from Autodesk creative systems to a standard file system in the format of your choice.

• Increased support for streaming media formats such as Panasonic P2 MXF and expanded codec support in QuickTime provides increased flexibility.

• Acquire and exchange 3D assets and media using Autodesk® FBX® high-end 3D interchange format.

• Share 3D look up tables (3D LUTs) with Autodesk Smoke, Autodesk® Lustre®, and Autodesk® Toxik™ software products to help ensure that the color and lighting of your shots match, reducing the need to reapply color correction.

• Configure Autodesk Systems to a SAN or NAS storage device as an alternative to direct-attached storage.

• Browse Autodesk Systems’ clip libraries and encode media using Autodesk® WiretapCentral™ software, a network-connected web browser, to speed up the review and approval process.

• Simplify the process of running diagnostic tests on Autodesk Systems with SystemCentral, which provides centralized diagnostic tools in a web-based application.

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Key Features

Powerful 3D CompositingThe ultimate tool for client-driven graphics design and visual effects creation, Action lets you seamlessly integrate 2D and 3D elements, incorporating live action plates with mappable 3D geometry and particles, lights, and camera motion in a 3D environment. The 64-bit architecture enables you to work on the most complex projects with fluid, real-time interaction.

Legendary Graphics ToolsCreate your designs and effects in a 4:4:4 RGB workflow for stunning results. The comprehensive toolset includes enhanced paint, keying, tracking, color correction, morphing, distorting, and warping tools. With new creative options, the node-based workflow of Batch lets you combine these and other tools to create custom processing pipelines. An extensive array of third-party Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) Sparks® plug-ins extends your creative options.

Complete Editing CapabilitiesThe enhanced multilayer timeline allows you to work quickly and intuitively with gestural edits of your video and audio clips. Assemble your clips quickly with an EDL, or import clips edited in Smoke while maintaining soft effects metadata.

UI and WorkflowClient sessions and looming deadlines demand efficiency. The custom Inferno, Flame, and Flint user interface (UI) accelerates artist workflow. The Clip Library and Desktop organize your projects and work clips. Drag-and-drop makes media management easy. Get working creatively―quickly.

Lustre Color ManagementEliminate the confusion over color values and ensure that everyone across the Autodesk Systems products pipeline* is working with and approving images with the same color values. Autodesk Lustre Color Management tools provide a consistent and accurate color rendition of film-originated material. This integrated, out-of-the box solution is built upon high-precision spectral analysis of common print film stocks to achieve high-quality print simulation and high-fidelity color space conversion, from visual effects to finishing and grading. High-Performance Storage and I/OThe Autodesk® Stone® direct-attached storage optimizes workflow with immediate high-resolution playback, and it minimizes facility network traffic. Integrated tape decks for media ingest and output offer convenience for you and your clients. It also allows for efficient project archiving so you can easily back up your work in-progress and your completed work. *except Autodesk® Flint® and Autodesk® Smoke® HD

InteroperabilityIn addition to handling industry-standard image formats, direct ingest of Panasonic P2 media, soft import of streaming media files, support for Apple QuickTime, Adobe® Photoshop® PSD, and Autodesk FBX software interchange format lets you bring in other design elements. Exchange clips and metadata with Autodesk Systems using Autodesk® Wiretap™ technology. This advanced application programming interface (API) provides access to media stored on Autodesk Stone disk arrays without the need to convert files or copy media across the network. Additionally, you can mount Autodesk Systems to a standard file system volume, as well as to a SAN or NAS storage device as an alternative to a direct-attached workflow.

We’ve Got You Covered.You’ve invested in an Autodesk System to help you realize your creative vision. Learn how Autodesk® Subscription can help you boost productivity, increase return on investment, and stay ahead of the curve. As a holistic approach to maintaining your creative software environment, Autodesk Subscription for Systems provides complete coverage for both your creative applications and your infrastructure software.

For more information about Autodesk products, visit: www.autodesk.com. To purchase Autodesk Inferno, Flame and Flint or obtain product information:North America: +1-800-869-3504International: +1-415-507-4461Email: med_ent@autodesk.com

A digital future you can build upon.

“I am regularly called upon to solve complex, seemingly impossible shots. Flame gives me the tools to solve these problems and provide my clients with exactly what they are looking for.”―Brian Benson, Freelance Visual Effects Artist, NYC

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