Autodesk Fire

Deftly handle any type of creative editorial work. Autodesk® Fire® editing and finishing systems software lets you spend more time brainstorming in real-time and creating visual effects and less time rebuilding your digital cut. The 3D DVE and compositing environment enables manipulation of up to 100 layers of high-resolution film.

Tackle the most demanding and complex visual effects projects with Autodesk® Fire® software. Fire is the industry benchmark for non-compressed, non-linear editing and finishing systems. Take advantage of the single-system, single-finish, Academy Award®-winning visual-effects technology also found in the Autodesk® Inferno® software system. And be more effective with clients using Multi-Master Editing™ capabilities to deliver multiple masters in multiple formats.

Edit media at any resolution, aspect ratio, and frame rate in a single timeline.  Mix them in compositions and master to any desired output format. Additional support for up to 4K and 3K image manipulation and processing provides unprecedented interactivity, speed, and workflow performance.

Time is Money

What’s New in Fire 2008

A New DVE For More Action

Fire 2008 is now fully compatible with the legendary Action module in Autodesk effects systems, making for easier transitions between systems. What’s more, the Fire DVE user interface has been standardized with that of Action, resulting in enhanced familiarity and interactivity.

Other enhancements include:

Full compatibility between setups in the Fire DVE and the Autodesk® Flame® Action module.
Object menu and Object node bin
Media menu
Schematic editor
Source nodes
Expressions

Effects and Editing System Integration

Further streamlining your facility, Fire 2008 setups and clips are fully compatible with Flame. Other enhancements include:

Full clip compatibility means you can seamlessly open and render clips across Autodesk editing and effects applications.
A redesigned, standardized user interface across all Autodesk editing and effects applications.
The Lustre® Color Management feature minimizes the confusion over color values and enables everyone across the Autodesk Systems products pipeline* to work with and approve images with the same color values, 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 VFX to finishing and grading.

Open Workflow

Conform and assemble from multiple EDL’s, with full support for OMF, AAF, FCP XML formats.
Apple® Quicktime® support on Linux® as well as Irix® platforms.
Improved Autodesk® FBX® support including standard camera models for greater interoperability with 3D.
Floating point image support in Fire 2008 means you can import 16- and 32-bit OpenEXR files; store 16-bit floating point imagery on framestore; and offers support for Batch I/O of 16-bit float images, editing, and select nodes.

Enhanced Productivity

With today’s larger widescreen monitors, your viewpoint has definitely changed. Fire 2008 has a new user interface to improve your experience across all Autodesk systems products. Your expanded desktop is now populated by more of the menus you regularly use, reducing the need for toggling. Other enhancements include:

If you’re also using Fire 2008, you’ll find the new interface more consistent across Autodesk products, making for easier, more intuitive shifts from one application to the other.
Expressions allow you to create accurate animations based on user-programmed parameters
Use Autodesk® Burn® background rendering from your desktop modules or from Batch Timeline. Batch Timeline editing provides support for multi-track and multi-layer clips, as well as the capability to create and render Fire 2008 soft effects.
The new Tooltips feature offers readily accessible button descriptions and Hotkeys.