NewsCCTV Upgrades Autodesk Tools
Broadcast Engineering
In preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, China Central Television (CCTV) purchased a range of Autodesk products which will be used “in the creation of promo packages, network IDs and show opens for CCTV channels.” The network, which has owned Autodesk’s Discreet Flint and Discreet Flame systems since 1994, purchased two more Discreet Flame visual effects systems, two Discreet Smoke editing/finishing systems, Autodesk Combustion desktop compositing software, Autodesk 3ds Max animation software, and Autodesk Backdraft media management solution. A full article about this recent retooling can be found in the June 2005 edition of Broadcast Engineering magazine. Details of CCTV’s investment can also be found in Autodesk’s press release. IBC2004 Short Takes: Discreet, Eyeon and More
FX Guide
In this article, John Mont highlights Discreet’s presence at IBC 2004 and the debuts of its new versions of Discreet Inferno 6, Discreet Flame 9 and Discreet Flint 9 as well as Discreet Fire and Discreet Smoke 6.5. He also discusses the new versions of Fire/Smoke, namely the included Burn rendering support. Mont goes on to say that “on a recent job with a tight deadline, using Burn from batch totally saved the job for me -- I really don't think I could have finished the job without the ability to continue working as Burn rendered away.” As well, the article details Lustre 2.5 ’s European tradeshow premiere, and how it received a big acceptance at the show. Click 3x Gears Up for HD & Digital Cinema
digitalproducer.com
In response to the company's growing demand for high definition broadcast work, Click 3x has purchased Autodesk's Burn system and has optimized it's existing Flame system. "Bburn addresses one of the chief bottlenecks that beset HD work - long rendering time," said Peter Corbett, president and founder of Click 3x. "It marks a huge improvement in our ability to process high resolution media efficiently." |