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Autodesk Inferno

Autodesk Inferno 2009

Autodesk® Inferno® software is the ultimate visual effects system for high-speed compositing, advanced graphics, and interactive client-driven design. Accelerate your workflow with a robust creative toolset, real-time interactivity, and unmatched performance.

Overview
Create compelling visual effects and experience the immediate feedback necessary for true online experimentation. Used by the world's leading artists, Autodesk® Inferno® systems software delivers incredible performance combined with one of the most sophisticated visual-effects toolsets on the market today.

Artistic Freedom
Artists seek out every visual possibility in a particular scene or shot. They need an intuitive, creative toolset to explore this potential. Inferno provides artists with an award-winning 3D compositing environment that enables deeper exploration of creative options, streamlines production, and produces the best possible results in the format you need―video, HDTV, 2K, and other unique formats.

Performance and Reliability
Autodesk Inferno takes 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 delight your customers―every time.

Workflow
Autodesk systems are highly interoperable and share metadata. Clip compatibility enables artists to work on the same project without duplicating media or setups. Autodesk systems offer easy access and sharing of media with third-party applications, as well as support for multiple file formats, enabling efficient and inclusive workflows throughout the facility.

The Autodesk Inferno online visual effects and compositing system delivers

*Superior performance for faster compositing, advanced motion graphics, and interactive client-driven design
*High interactivity for client-assisted sessions and quick turnaround on time-critical projects
*A powerful 3D compositing environment for artists, with industry-leading tools for high-definition multiformat delivery, including SD, HD, and 2K and above
*Easy integration of heterogeneous pipelines, including Autodesk® Smoke® software clip compatibility and 3D model import
*Industry-leading tools such as Action, the unique Autodesk 3D visual effects design environment; 3D tracking; Motion Estimation; and the powerful Colour Warper™ and Modular Keyer functions

ILM: Transformers
Industrial Light & Magic brings Michael Bay’s Transformers to life with Autodesk Inferno and Autodesk Maya software.

ILM: Transformers (pdf - 75Kb)

What’s New in Autodesk Inferno 2009

Autodesk® Inferno® 2009 systems software features significant functionality, performance, and interoperability enhancements, including new creative capabilities, improvements to 3D tracking, timeline and Batch workflow enhancements, extended format support, and new productivity tools:

New Creative Tools in Inferno 2009

New creative Batch nodes enhance the overall creative toolset and reduce the need for third-party plug-ins.
Improved 3D compositing capabilities with the ability to import GMask geometries into Action and extrude them to create 3D objects. This powerful new creative tool can create the illusion of depth that will really sell 3D composites.
New auto-stabilization node in Batch to automatically counteract shakes and bumps in a camera’s motion.
Improved 3D tracking capabilities solve camera motion issues, even in problematic shots. Artists can view the results of the 3D track (point cloud) inside of Action, making it easier to identify the correct anchor position.
Pre- or post-segment compositing; Batch navigation view: open workflow between timeline and effects through the multilayer timeline; improvements to Batch Paint; open splines in Distort and high-quality resizing with Lanczos filtering, which preserves sharp edges and image detail for a cleaner image.

Expanded Format Support in Inferno 2009

Expanded format support for Panasonic® P2 MXF files.
Soft import workflow for streaming media files provides artists with added flexibility to conform and assemble a timeline using SD or HD QuickTime® media files from other nonlinear editing applications, including Apple® Final Cut Pro® software.
Expanded codec support in QuickTime (DV, DV25, and DV50) increases the flexibility of reusing existing media without unnecessary duplication.
Create, save, and load codec profiles to quickly set up and launch encoding jobs for exporting QuickTime files for web download.
New audio formats with the capability to import and export Broadcast Wave and MP3 files.

Workflow and Productivity Enhancements in Inferno 2009

Enhancements to the multilayer, multitrack timeline that is 100 percent compatible with the timeline in Autodesk® Smoke® software, and supports the complete set of Smoke soft effects. Now artists can access the multilayer timeline in order to make editorial changes directly from the Inferno player or Batch timeline.
Extended OpenEXR® workflow for compositing high dynamic range (HDR) files directly in Action—ideally suited for compositing CG elements from applications like Autodesk® Maya® or Autodesk® Toxik™ software.
Autodesk® WiretapCentral™ software enables browsing of Autodesk systems’ clip libraries using a network-connected web browser for faster reviews and approvals.
Autodesk® SystemCentral technology provides centralized diagnostic tools in a web-based application that simplifies the process of running diagnostic tests on Inferno, providing OS information, hardware inventory, disk performance, and more.

Detailed Features

Brochures

	Autodesk Inferno (pdf - 312Kb)
	Autodesk Workflow Solutions (pdf - 1372Kb) Bring together your multiple SD, HD, or film workstations into an efficient, integrated production pipeline.
	Linux Advantage (pdf - 1601Kb) Harness the power of multicore technology and the open architecture of the Linux® platform.

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