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Autodesk Brings Smoke to Mac for High-End Video Post-Production

Tuesday December 15, 2009 7:41 am PST by Eric Slivka
Autodesk today announced that it is set to begin shipping Smoke 2010 for Mac OS X, a brand-new version of the company's high-end video post-production software. The release marks the first of Autodesk's pro finishing tools to be developed as a native OS X application.

"The business of post-production is evolving. Post-production and broadcast facilities alike are seeking more affordable, integrated creative tools that can help them stand out from the crowd," said Stig Gruman, Autodesk vice president of digital entertainment. "Smoke 2010 on the Mac has been designed to help editors increase creative output, project quality and turnaround times. It brings production-proven finishing capabilities to the extremely talented community of artists already using the Mac in broadcast and post-production."

"Snow Leopard is the world's most advanced operating system, ideal for high performance applications like Smoke 2010," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We're delighted that Autodesk is bringing its premier editorial finishing tool to creative professionals on the Mac."

Smoke 2010 for Mac is priced at $14,995, with an additional support, upgrade, and add-on program available for $1,995 per year.
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lord patton
28 months ago
Will this run on my iMac G3?
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puckhead193
28 months ago



Will this run on my iMac G3?


no i think it might run on a powerbook g5...
but seriously... $15,000.... i could buy a somewhat decent car for that.
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DaBrain
28 months ago
Wow! So cheap! I'll take 10!

Must be a slowwwwwww news day! ;)
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MichaelThomas
28 months ago
15K for Smoke and having it on the Mac you will find is actually pretty cheap... plus this news is a few weeks old now.
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moiety
28 months ago

Must be a slowwwwwww news day! ;)


Hardly. This is a big deal. It's an investment in the platform by a creative company with a lot of clout. Now if only they brought 3ds max to the Mac... That would be so awesome.
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ProwlingTiger
28 months ago
I'd appreciate AutoCAD for Mac more than this.
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doctoree
28 months ago
Give them some time. In a couple of Years all the Mac hate Companies will die out.
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MacFly123
28 months ago

I'd appreciate AutoCAD for Mac more than this.


I think a lot of people would agree with you!

I haven't used Smoke, but first off I don't like the UI, and second they act like a right click and a new UI popping up from one app to another in FCS is some big deal as apposed to going from one screen to another in their app just because it is all technically one program lol. Nothing they showed off in their promo videos impressed me. It was just normal clicking, cutting, color correcting, and keying. They better show me something good in their PROMO video for 15X the price lol. :rolleyes: :eek:

I'm always open to things, but as of now I am very underwhelmed from what I have seen!
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mikeyrogers
28 months ago

Hardly. This is a big deal. It's an investment in the platform by a creative company with a lot of clout. Now if only they brought 3ds max to the Mac... That would be so awesome.


Couldn't agree more. With all this talk of Autodesk abandoning the Mac platform because of how they treat Maya (which is still pretty poor -- still no 64-bit support in 2010?) it's great news that they're putting more R&D into the platform.
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maxfan1
28 months ago
It costs so much because it's a good product. You'd have thought mac fans would understand that. All the cheap Windows applications are junk.
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