Overview

Design stunning motion graphics and interactive visual effects for broadcast and post-production with cost-effective Autodesk® Flint® visual effects software. Build eye-catching promos, station ID packages, commercials, and brand graphics in a real-time creative environment. Based on Academy Award®-winning Autodesk® Flame® visual-effects technology, Flint post production video editing software provides digital artists with an interactive design environment and real-time HDTV and SD video capabilities.

Features

Autodesk® Flint® visual effects software combines creative freedom with production-proven performance and reliability. The cost-effective Flint motion graphics system features a robust creative toolset, mixed resolutions, and real-time SD video and HDTV workflows. Quickly create promos, station ID packages, commercials, and brand graphics in a creative online post production environment. Core features of Flint include:

• Intuitive, creative toolset, including Colour Warper™ color correction, GMask masking, and the Master Keyer
• Sophisticated paint, 3D text, audio, compositing, warping, morphing, and motion graphics tools
• Real-time 4:4:4 capture and playback capabilities
• Efficient, inclusive, facility-wide workflow that enables artists to work on the same project without duplicating media or setups
• High-speed VTR archiving provides fast project backup and retrieval
• Compatibility with Autodesk software product Autodesk® Smoke® editing and finishing software

What’s New in Flint 2010

Autodesk® Flint® 2010 visual effects and motion graphics software features significant creative, performance, and interoperability enhancements. Improvements include 3D text and Modular Keyer enhancements, extended format support, and new productivity tools for creating post production digital effects.

New Creative Tools

Displacement Map Tool
The Displacement Map Tool is now available as an independent object to enhance workflow and extend the range of control when using displacement maps in the Action 3D compositing environment. Displacement mapping can also be applied to 3D geometries including 3D text, extruded geometries, or objects created with 3D applications.
Enhanced 3D Text Tool
An enhanced 3D Text Tool with character-focused animations enables you to animate letters individually and cascade an animation across letters.
Modular Keyer
The Modular Keyer, a comprehensive Autodesk keying tool, has now been incorporated into Flint to provide an extensive and flexible toolset for solving keying problems. Keyer algorithms are available in the Modular Keyer. This tool also features keyer presets that enable artists to work faster in challenging keying situations.

Expanded Format Support

Autodesk WiretapCentral Enhancements
The Autodesk® WiretapCentral™ application provides parameters for optimizing import properties and color management settings, enabling an easy and efficient way to import RED ONE R3D™ format files directly into storage. Import RED files as isolated files or in a batch, using an EDL file or an Apple® Final Cut Pro® application program XML file to dramatically enhance efficiency. Use WiretapCentral to:

• Import multichannel OpenEXR files.
• Import and export Avid DNxHD codec in an Apple® QuickTime® wrapper to extend the range of collaboration with the offline editing applications Avid Media Composer.

Workflow and Productivity Enhancements

Floating-Point Processing Support
Flint 2010 offers extended support for floating-point processing in Batch nodes. This enhancement enables greater control over the 16-bit file formats, such as OpenEXR® image files. It enables more realistic integration of CG content into complex scenes in the Action 3D compositing environment.
Faster File-Based Conform Workflow
The redesign of the Recapture module provides more effective recursive searches of directories, the list of recaptured media, and found media.