Discreet Ships combustion 2 Software

Discreet, a division of Autodesk, has begun shipping combustion 2,the latest version of its award-winning paint, animation and 3Dcompositing software.

Unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2001, the combustion 2 software provides newmulti-format project capabilities for film and video, including 64-bitimage-processing, advanced film grain tools and color Look-Up Table(LUT) management. combustion 2 also includes powerful new toolsets suchas a fully editable, interactive schematic view; a fully integrated 2Dparticle system, an expanded interactive text and motion graphicsmodule and state of the art rotoscoping technology.

Compatible garbage masks, grain tools and color LUTs further expandcompatibility between combustion and flint, flame, and inferno--Discreet's Academy-Award winning visual effects systems.

"In the film, "Vanilla Sky", we took advantage of the higher colorspace in combustion 2 to pull tighter keys during the tabletop sequenceat Life Extension," said Eli Jarra, Senior Effect Supervisor of DigitalChaos, a Santa Monica, California post-production studio. "Having theability to select which resolution formats to work with and interactwith them seamlessly, is something that many artists have waited for.Add this with combustion¹s unified paint and compositingenvironment, and you've got a very powerful toolset," said Jarra.

Other performance enhancements in combustion 2 include a highlyoptimized 2D software renderer, high performance OpenGL support for thecombustion software's new particle system and a unique 3D compositingenvironment.

Pricing and Availability

combustion 2 for Macintosh and Windows is shipping now for $3,495.Beginning February, 2002, combustion 2 will sell for $4,995. Theupgrade price from the original version of combustion is $795 until May2002, and $1,495 thereafter. For ordering and upgrade information,contact Discreet Sales at 800-869-3504 or 514-393-1616 or visitDiscreet at: www.discreet.com.

Discreet is offering full-day combustion workshops for $99 perperson that provide comprehensive, hands-on training for visual effectsartists, video editors and 3D animators. Training cities, dates andregistration information are listed at: www.discreet.com/events, orcall 1-800-869-3504. North American workshop dates begin on January 14,2002 and run until April 29, 2002. Seats are limited.