Hans von Sonntag
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Just wanted to let the fellow reduser know that ADSK has Smoke on Mac updated significantly.
The 2015 version has improved editing capabilities, a TL-effects workflow that translates when necessary into a node-base workflow for extensive compositing, and most notable many nodes GPU accelerated.
For a test drive the 2015 build is not ready for download yet. So for those who are curious I advise to wait another fortnight and then download the Smoke 2015 test version, currently only Some 2013 is available and Smoke 2015 is a huge leap forward.
Smoke is basically ADSK's NLE with a very feature-rich tool box for fixing every-day tasks and and contains Flame's legendary 3D compositor called Action which now has a 3D tracker also for Smoke users available. However, as a compositor it is not comparable with Nuke or it's bigger brother Flame but it holds its own compared to Avid's Mediacomposer, FCPX, and PP. Typical Smoke jobs are TVCs, corporate films, documentaries that need deeper finishing, and of course music videos and other artsy stuff such as trailers, virals etc... Currently I edit and finish a Red originated 90 min. documentary with Smoke, the range is wide.
One of its strength is a collaborative workflow with other Smoke and Flame seats. Archiving is as easy as it gets and solved a longtime headache issue for me. The next releases from 2016 on will utilise a subscription model like Adobe is already successfully using. The annual lease will be less than 2000k if I'm not fully misinformed.
Hans
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated in any way with ADSK other than a happy customer and hooked Smoke user since 2009 when the Smoke on Mac story started.
The 2015 version has improved editing capabilities, a TL-effects workflow that translates when necessary into a node-base workflow for extensive compositing, and most notable many nodes GPU accelerated.
For a test drive the 2015 build is not ready for download yet. So for those who are curious I advise to wait another fortnight and then download the Smoke 2015 test version, currently only Some 2013 is available and Smoke 2015 is a huge leap forward.
Smoke is basically ADSK's NLE with a very feature-rich tool box for fixing every-day tasks and and contains Flame's legendary 3D compositor called Action which now has a 3D tracker also for Smoke users available. However, as a compositor it is not comparable with Nuke or it's bigger brother Flame but it holds its own compared to Avid's Mediacomposer, FCPX, and PP. Typical Smoke jobs are TVCs, corporate films, documentaries that need deeper finishing, and of course music videos and other artsy stuff such as trailers, virals etc... Currently I edit and finish a Red originated 90 min. documentary with Smoke, the range is wide.
One of its strength is a collaborative workflow with other Smoke and Flame seats. Archiving is as easy as it gets and solved a longtime headache issue for me. The next releases from 2016 on will utilise a subscription model like Adobe is already successfully using. The annual lease will be less than 2000k if I'm not fully misinformed.
Hans
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated in any way with ADSK other than a happy customer and hooked Smoke user since 2009 when the Smoke on Mac story started.
