Autodesk Sees Enthusiastic Response For Smoke

A leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software has seen widespread adoption of their Smoke software for Mac OS X, an all-in-one editorial finishing solution for Mac-based creative workflows. Autodesk's Smoke for Mac OS X launched on December 15, 2009, and since then, customers have used the software’s comprehensive creative toolset for dozens of film and television projects. In just a few short months, the 30-day trial has been downloaded by thousands of artists worldwide.
"There’s tremendous buzz in the finishing market for Smoke for the Mac OS X," said Stig Gruman, Autodesk Vice President of digital entertainment. "Given the large number of trial downloads and initial sales, it’s obvious that the market wants an affordable Mac-based all-in-one creative finishing solution that works well in their Final Cut Pro pipelines."
Smoke on Mac software has been used to finish many recent productions. North Avenue Post in Detroit used Smoke on Mac to create commercial spots for the Marines, Ford Motors and Simmons Bedding as well as the SAG Awards for TNT and the TBS network television shows Lopez Tonight, House of Payne and Meet the Browns. Splice in Minneapolis, beta testers and now Smoke for Mac OS X licensees, completed the editorial finishing as well as the digital and film output for Ana’s Playground, an award-winning short film.
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