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Autodesk Smoke 2007 is designed for facilities that demand the absolute best in image quality, system performance, and editing and finishing tools. Smoke provides the ultimate in real-time interaction for client-supervised sessions and features award-winning visual effects tools.
Smoke is a high-quality real-time HD and SD solution for creative editing and finishing. Discreet® Smoke® is a flexible, high-end editing and finishing system delivering unmatched speed, the world's best creative tools and 4:4:4 media for higher quality SD and HD workflows. Discreet® Smoke® is a powerful integrated paint, graphics and editing system delivering unmatched speed, quality and productivity and the most advanced creative tools for SD and HD production.
Editing Multi Master Editing distribution in multiple formats from a single timeline.
Mixed resolution desktop and editing timeline.
Real-time HDTV editing.
Multiformat capture and playback including PAL / NTSC, 720p, 1080i, 1080p.
Unlimited vertical timeline editing with nested containers for complex visual effects.
Advanced conform tools for EDLs, OMF (with audio media), and Apple® Final Cut Pro® XML.
Multichannel audio editing and mixing.
Multitape archiving with browsable table of contests.

Real-time, HDTV, and SD editing.
Support for 4K (4000x3000) resolutions in timeline.
Edit multiple resolutions and formats into a single timeline.
Support for 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, or 60 fps.
User-definable 720P timecode display (30/60).
User-definable resolution and frame-rate conversion.
Real-time letterbox and overlays, loop replay, BVB/VBV/VVV previews, field / frame monitoring, full resolution, or proxy monitoring.WYSIWYG pan and scan.
Track-to-track, real-time video compare (for example, online/offline) function with split or blend.
Apple Final Cut Pro XML OMF and EDL conform or capture clips.
Gestural, picture-based editing.
Head/tall, timeline, and storyboard editing.
Unlimited source/record areas with searchable libraries.
Vertical editing-unlimited layers in the timeline with video containers for flexibility with complex effects and versioning.
Intuitive track patching.
Cue points with comments for fast access to specified parts of timeline.
Creative editorial tools-two- and three-point edits, fit-to-fill, four-point edits.
Trim to mark and/or position.
Track Editor lets you view and slide individual keyframes on a track with multiple tracks or keyframes selected.
Insert, overwrite, ripple replace, and replace edits.
Multitrack trim, slip, slide shots, and transitions.
Soft edits-uncommitted edits, transitions, and speed changes for creative experimentation.
SMPTE wipes and fully customizable Bezier shape wipes.
Dissolve to/from color.
Quick splice for adding edits into clips in the timeline.
"Remove match frame edits" function.
Source timeline comparative views for editing source timelines into new programs.
Multilevel match clip for quickly finding the original source material from a timeline clip.
Automatic audio/video sync break detection and correction.
Reestablish new sync relationships between sources.
Fully animatable speed curves with adjustable interframe mixing and trailing for vari-speeds.
Source to record match.
Soft Effects-Timewarp, Color Corrector, Blend, Axis (including animated matte and keying capabilities), and Sparks plug-ins.
Drag-and-drop Soft Effects directly on timeline clips and preview before processing.
Sophisticated simultaneous master timeline and container view.
Create, drag, drop, and preview effects on any clip, segment, selection, or container in the timeline.
Multiselection of soft effects with animation controls.
Multiple players on EditDesk for fast sync, trimming, and Soft Effects.
Capture proxy files only, reducing hard drive space.
User definable hot keys and specialized keycaps.
Hot key dissolves, fades, and audio crossfades.
Lock effects to prevent accidental modification.
Undo and redo for all editing operations.
Motion Estimation Timewarp: As an alternative to the Trail and Mix options, you can now use an advanced motion estimation processing option.
Real-time uncompressed RGB HID.
Intuitive gestural and keyboard editing interface.
Complete editorial toolset.
Resize and Framerate conversion tools.
Multiresolution workflow and timeline.
User-definable cue mark colors.
Effects and Finishing Interactive 3D DVE with 3D model import, lights and camera controls.
3D compositing environment with high-speed tracking tools.
Primary and secondary color correction tools. Featuring the Autodesk® Colour Warper.
Advanced keying tools including the Keyer and Master Keyer.
Complete set of title animation and character generation tools.
High-quality raster-based paint and vector graphics tools.
Complete set of filters and transition effects.
Support for autodesk® sparks® plug-ins.

Master Keyer-unique interactive keying technology.
Color Warper advanced primary and secondary color correction.
Gmask advanced variable gradient rotoscoping technology.
DVE-extended bicubic deformations (3D warping).
DVE-import of FBX 3D files from 3ds Max, Maya, and Softimage.
DVE-blend modes in Soft Axis.
Title Animation and Character Generation Create unlimited numbers of animated text layers.
Import standard Adobe® Type 1 and TrueType fonts, including Asian (CID) fonts and ASCII text files.
Layer, paragraph, and character hierarchy for layout and animation.
Independent character adjustment of fill, transparency, shadow, outline, underline, kerning, and axis control, logo import.
Animate all text properties including position, shearing, scaling, and rotation by layer or character.
User definable tab stops for precise text layout.
User checking with customizable dictionary.
Create and apply user definable font styles.
Roll and crawl layers with "Fit Best Speed" optimization for precise roll / crawl speed.
Group, save and load text layers as one unit. Animation Channel Editor Auto Keyframe capability.
Adjust based on absolute or relative values.
Explicit Keyframe, motion path, or direct manipulation animation.
Full cut, copy, and paste curves between channels.
Constant, linear and hermite animation curves.
Natural interpolation method for dynamically optimized smooth animations.
Mix interpolation methods between keyframes.
Extrapolation setting for controlling the curve before the first and after the last keyframe.
Curve functions to swap, flip, reverse, simplify and remove jitter from curves.
Stretch, compress and offset groups of channels interactively.
User definable default interpolation modes. Conforming and I/0 Real-time uncompressed RGB HD/SD video I/O.
HSDL 1/0 for progressive 2K files.
Import/Export popular graphics files (TGA, TIFF, SGI, DPX, PICT, JPEG, and so forth).
Real-time support for Up to 12-bit RGB media.
Powerful conform of Apple® Final Cut Pro" timelines via FCP XML project metadata.
Direct import/export OMF compositions with audio media.
Import Avid® ALE log files.
Integrated EDL editor and comprehensive EDL management toolset.
Import/export CMX / SONY / GVG EDLs with cuts, dissolves, SMPTE wipes, freeze-frames, varispeed, split edits, and comments.
23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, and 6ofps EDL conform; 30 to 24fps EDL conversion.
Multilayer, multitrack, or container assembly from multiple EDLs.
Batch capture multiple clips from EDL or Log file.
C-mode auto capture of multiple EDLs with adjustable trim handles.
Capture on the fly, or from In to Out point.
Automatic 2:3 removal on capture; automatic 2:3 insertion on output.
Multitape archiving to SD and HD VTRs including 1080/720 formats.
Output multiple clips directly from EditDesk or Clip Library.
Import Photoshop PSD files with layered structure or as a flat image.
Import/export industry-standard video files.
Import Autodesk® Combustion' tracker, stabilizer, color correction, and Gmask setups.
SD/ HD Lill, uncompressed RGB video / I/O HSDL I/O for progressive 2K files.
720p VTR archiving and muItitape VTR archiving.
Media file import / export,* RGBA file export
Proxy only capture.
Support for Apple® Final Cut Pro® XML, EDI , OMF ALE.
EDL : savable tape list and EDL Sour e lable import.
EDL : long ape name support (up to 52 char).
Tape auto capture and auto eject from Smoke
Support for Stone Switched and Stone Shared
Soft Import t and Publish to open file system
Telecine / HDCAM RGB 4 4 4.
GPI Trigger.
Storage and Networking Autodesk Stone® Direct-high-speed fiber channel storage solutions for real-time access to high-resolution media.
StoneFS-advanced file system guarantees performance and reduces fragmentation risks.
RAID 5 protection from data loss of audio and video media and nonobstructive background healing.
Capacity- and bandwidth-scalable, including delivery in real-time of a single 2K stream, dual HID, and 601 video streams.
Autodesk® Wire® networking for visual browsing and high-speed transfer of clips.
Intuitive user interface to browse remote libraries, view proxies, and scrub through clips.
Supports TCP/IP to run on any network.
Supports Autodesk® Stone® Switched-switch large volumes of data between systems instantly.
Supports Autodesk® Stone' Shared-high bandwidth, real-time storage area network for multiuser collaboration. Audio Editing Unlimited audio tracks with 32 tracks of real-time playback.
Native Audio-Fully integrated 24-bit 48 kHz audio subsystem.
Eight AES/EBU outputs from breakout box with SMPTE/EBU LTC timecode output (audio only).
Audio waveform display with subframe (1/100) accurate editing.
Vari-speed audio scrubbing for selected or all tracks.
Concurrent storage of clips in all supported resolutions without partitioning.
Audio timestretch with pitch correction control.
Audio mix-down capabilities, including at file export.
Audio mixing capabilities with fully keyframable animation control of audio levels pans, and EQ during real-time playback.
VST Audio plug-in support (reverb, modulation, dynamic compression, full parametric EQ).
Support of external audio controllers with transport control and hot key mapping ability (for example, JL Cooper MCS-3800).
Audio file import and export (aiff, aiffc avr, bicsf, MPEG-1, nextsnd, samplevision, soundesigner2, soundfront2, voc, and way).
Audio waveform display, fade in / out, crossfades.
Audio mixdown on file export.
Faster than real-time, rubbing and playback of audio on multiple tracks.
Import / export OMF audio media
3D Compositing Two, three, or four viewports for precise 3d positioning and compositing.
True 3D space with full camera control and multiple light sources.
Selective lighting with parenting affecting only specific layers.
Surface attributes like shininess and specular highlights.
Bicubic and extended bicubic 3D warping of DVE Layers.
Multiple DVE layers with independent control of key, color correction, tracking, and axis attributes.
3D text capabilities.
Full multiselection schematic view.
Unlimited global transforms.
Auto linking for creating hierarchies.
Layer reentry for sophisticated matte combinations.
Displacement mapping and motion blur controls.
DVE blend modes, including add, multiply, and subtract.
Import of FBX 3D files from Autodesk® 3ds Max® and other 3D applications.
Import multiple 3D models on a single layer.
DVE setup compatibility with Discreet® Inferno®, Discreet® Flame®, and Discreet® Flint® Action modules.
Soft Resize.
Grids and guides for accurate positioning and element layouts. DVE In addition to the features in Version 6.0, Version 7.0 has the following new features:- Anti-Aliasing Options:
DVE provides new anti-aliasing options : 32 and 64 samples.
Unicode Support for 3D Text Objects:
When you create 3D text objects, you can now enter characters using Unicode.
Selective Motion Blur for 3D Text Objects:
When you enable Motion Blur for a DVE scene, you can now selectively disable motion blur for 3D text objects.
Keying and Color Correction Master Keyer with interactive gestural control for complex keying tasks.
Multichannel Keyer (Color Channel, HLS YUV, RGB, or RGBCMYL, Luma).
Adjust and animate tolerance, softness, shrink, and matte erosion.
Full color suppression controls for accurate spill removal.
Foreground/background matte controls for edge blending.
Degrain tool for cleaner matte edges.
Unlimited number of spline-based garbage mattes.
Advanced gradient Gmask for defining per-point fade-out from edge of mask.
Punch matte option for specifying front or back mattes to be used in the composite clip.
Track and automate spline-based garbage mattes.
Colour Warper for advanced primary and secondary color correction.
Use 3D LUTs with a calibrated display to see how a clip will appear on the final medium, such as film. 3D LUTs also ensure consistency between different products including Discreet® Lustre®.
View a clip with a 3D LUT turned on to see the effect of a 3D LUT without altering the clip.
Commit and process the clip with a 3D LUT applied, allowing for real-time clip viewing.
RGB control of hue, saturation, contrast, gamma, gain, and offset adjustments.
Histogram and curve controls.
Selective correction of highlights, midtones, or shadows.
Advanced color selection and color matching.
RGB color rewiring for color replacement.
Internal WAVEFORM and victorscope.
Comparison buffer for precise color comparisons. Tracking and Stabilization High-speed, high-quality motion tracking with four-point corner pinning (perspective).
Stabilize footage, compensate for transfer jitter and handheld cameras.
Track and automate spline-based garbage mattes.
Precise subpixel field or frame-based motion analysis/motion estimation tools.
Image magnifying glass for accurate positioning of tracker boxes.
Pretrack path analysis and display for more intuitive selection of potential track points.
Advanced controls for smoothing, refining, or locking track data.
Offset, forwards, and backwards tracking for flexibly tracking off-screen and occluded objects.
Copy and paste tracker values into any other channel in any module. Advanced Paint and Filters Advanced Paint module, including Autopaint with motion tracking.
User-definable brush properties include size, opacity, shape, jitter, pressure sensitivity, direction, roll, and rate.
Paint effect brushes include blur, clone, drag, impressionist, recursive, reveal, smear, shade, stamp, warp, and wash effects.
Animate, track, and record all brush strokes. animatable multilayer geometry and cutouts (including Bezier shapes).
Complete drawing tools for motion graphics and garbage mattes.
Precise matte extraction for traveling mattes and fast rotoscoping.
Auto matte feature for quickly creating high-contrast mattes.
Dirt, scratch, and wire removal using the Clone tools.
Hand-drawn garbage mattes and creative painting.
Map multiple keystroke sequences to a single button, field, or function.
Optics module for creating glow effects, emboss, fabric, halo, reticulate, sharpen, soften, and so forth.
User-definable matrices or procedural filters.
Film degrain and regrain tools.
Video interlace / deinterlace, field merge, reverse dominance, and so forth.
Hundreds of third-party Sparks plug-ins available. Workflow Composition reformatting, for multistandard conversion (SD/HD/film).
Editdesk search and undo/redo List (up to 50 levels). improved search filters (search range of timecode, name, comment, and so on).
Proxy processing for fast previews.
Advanced proxy controls.
Clip proxies defined by size, resolution, or frame rate.
Media unlinking and relinking.
Record area list view with sortable display (if clip is selected, highlights clips on the timeline).
Multiselection soft effect editing with animation controls.
Project-based clip library with sharing tool, for instant project access between editing and effects products. Clip History Clip history stores operations performed on a clip or element. With clip history, you can:
Track and update operation applied to an element.
Display a clip's history and view all modular and soft effects applied to it, either as a list or a schematic. Clip history for Autodesk Effects products can also be seen in Fire and Smoke, although only the shared module can be edited.
Modify the parameters for any module or soft effect that was used to create the clip. Exporting Media Using Cleaner XL You can now export clips from Fire and Smoke for encoding by Autodesk Cleaner XL on a Windows workstation. Cleaner XL is Autodesk's PC-based encoding solution, which outputs to may file formats, including Quicktime, Windows MediaTM, and real, Clips are sent from Fire and Smoke to a Windows workstation running Cleaner XL using Backburner.