Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites 2012

The Autodesk company announced in February, 2011 release of new versions of software products for creation of virtual reality. 2012 versions of products provide an iterativnost of workflows, allow to solve more complex problems and provide to users new tools for creativity. Using programs of Autodesk such works as one of the most high grossing films of the last time "A black swan", rating series "Losers", the outstanding advertizing filmlet of buses of Bridgestone of "Carma" shown on Supercup 2011 and a popular computer game of Medal of Honor were created.

The Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites 2012 software packages provide to specialists in computer graphics access to powerful creative tools, providing significant economy of investments. Usual solutions of Autodesk 3ds Max or Autodesk Maya integrate in these complexes with intuitive tools for a digital sculpture and drawing of textures, animation of characters in real time and receiving special effects. The improved interaction and the approved user interfaces of 2012 versions of software packages allow artists to implement creative opportunities and to optimize performance, simplifying access to tool kit, necessary for a specific objective.

In the products which are a part of the software packages Entertainment Creation Suites, a number of the new and improved opportunities is offered users:

• Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 received the new, accelerated graphic core, the mRigids system for dynamic modeling of tough bodies on the specific screen is added, paint tools and a sculptural molding are improved (for example, Clone brush).
• In Autodesk Maya 2012 operation of the specific screen is considerably improved: full-screen effects are maintained, there are edited means of tracking of movements during the work on animation on the specific screen, possibilities of modeling are expanded.
• In Autodesk Softimage 2012 the environment of procedural modeling of ICE is improved, simulars of clothes and Syflex fabrics are built-in, there are new stereoscopic opportunities, new features are added to SDK.
• In Autodesk Mudbox 2012 the tool kit for drawing is improved, the innovation procedures which are not depending on UV Wednesday and topology and practical means for setup of poses are implemented; processing of big data sets is improved.
• Autodesk MotionBuilder 2012 is supported stereoscopic display on the specific screen and the camera equipment, the compatibility of the interface and the decisive module with the binding Autodesk HumanIK 4.5 and 2012 program is provided, new tools for virtual cinematography are entered.

Products for final processing and installation of film, TV and promotional products

Autodesk Flame Premium is single solution in which functions for receiving high-quality visual effects and instruments of final processing are combined with a possibility of color correction in real time. Among features of version 2012 it is possible to select the following:

• essentially new tools using which in process of compositing it is possible to implement ultrarealistic light 3D - effects;
• complex tool kit for implementation of effects at final processing stereoscopic 3D - projects;
• a number of new means which accelerate 3D - compositing and increase its interactivity.

Autodesk Smoke 2012 is the complete creative solution for professional final processing of video in the environment of Mac. The Smoke tool kit includes functions of color correction, compositing, visual 3D - effects and stereoscopic 3D - images and also the effective procedure of data exchange with Final Cut Pro Apple. Version 2012 contains:

• the processed 3D system - lighting;
• Flame FX is absolutely new complex of creative and technical tools for the solution of standard problems of final processing, including Damage (defects), Deform (deformation), Edge Detect (selection of edges) and Pixel Spread (pixel distribution).