Tag Archives: smoke

Tangram’s “One Frame of White Iberia” Contest

Tangram has organized the second edition of the “One Frame of White Iberia“In this contest, participants will have to create a video clip using only a blank frame and Flame tools. A bit of history In 1999 Discreet Logic (a company integrated into Autodesk shortly thereafter) launched this contest for the first time as an […]

Sapphire 8 Public Beta

GenArts has announced the release of version 8 public beta of Sapphire, its collection of effects compatible with systems such as DaVinci Resolve, Avid or After Effects. This public beta allows everyone to test the eighth version of the software before its official release in mid-December. New functions The biggest new feature in this version […]

Subscriptions for Mudbox and Smoke have arrived

          Autodesk has begun offering Mudbox 2015, its software for digital 3D painting and sculpting, as a standalone desktop subscription. With this license, which costs as little as $10 per month, the company wants to target developers of indie games, mobile and other 3D projects. Despite the many complaints due to […]

POSTPRODUCTION AT NAB 2014

          During the week of NAB we told you only some of the most important news. So, here is a summary with more news related to the world of postproduction. Public beta of Lightworks for Mac We can finally announce the official release date of the public beta of Lightworks for […]

Free templates for Autodesk Smoke

          Autodesk has released five free 3D effects templates in order to provide its users with an introduction to working with animated 3D elements, textures, reflections and 3D lighting for motion graphics creation. They have been created by expert Brian Mulligan for Autodesk Smoke 2013 Extension 1 and are available on […]

Smoke tutorials for working with 3D objects

          Autodesk has posted six new tutorials on working with 3D objects in the Smoke 2013 Extension 1 system on its official YouTube channel. One of the advantages of these tutorials is that you can also download media to practice at home from a link provided in each tutorial. 1. Import […]

Autodesk Flame Premium 2014

          A few days ago Autodesk introduced the Flame Premium 2014 update, which combines the creative capabilities of the previous version (Flame 2013 20th Anniversary Edition), with advanced features of the Smoke Advanced and Lustre software. The company has gone for a new unified workflow that integrates visual effects and editing […]

New Autodesk Smoke update

            Autodesk has announced the features that will be included in Smoke 2013 Extension 1, an update to be released next week. Just a few weeks after its announcement at NAB about a technological collaboration with Blackmagic Design, we are starting to see the first results. This new version of […]

ConnectFX Smoke 2013 Tutorial. Basic modes of compositing.

          Different composition nodes within ConnectFX (LogicOp, QuickComp, Blend&Comp, Action). When compositing or combining several layers or images in Smoke there are different ways to do it. You could say, one way would be to do it directly in the timeline and the other option is to use ConnectFx (the node […]

Smoke 2013 Course

Following Apple’s discontinuation of its famous Final Cut Pro 7, a revolution is taking place in the field of professional video editing software. Autodesk’s bet is its new and renewed version of Smoke on Apple platform, Smoke 2013. After many months of open beta comes this program that aims to be one of the most […]