Discreet announces combustion 4 desktop compositing software

Discreet, the media and entertainment division of Autodesk, has released combustion 4, the highly anticipated upgrade to its visual effects desktop software solution.
Combustion software for Windows and Macintosh will feature a complete set of sophisticated tools for visual effects creation, including vector paint, particles, effects, animation and 3D compositing tools. Version 4 is the company’s most exciting combustion feature upgrade to date, and provides motion graphics and compositing artists with new creative capabilities including, interface improvements, new paint tools and enhanced interoperability with most 3D animation products including Discreet’s industry-leading 3ds max animation software, and Discreet’s cleaner encoding software and its systems products including flint, flame, inferno, fire and smoke.
Chris Williamson, a combustion 4 beta tester at New Zealand effects facility Martin Square Productions, is very enthusiastic about the latest upgrade. He said: “The newest version of combustion will be the best yet in my opinion; there is something in it for every calibre of effects artist. It will include the kind of cool new features that make you go ‘wow’. There are plenty of enhancements to make combustion work better within your pipeline—along with base level features making workflow throughput faster and more versatile. In short—combustion 4 is bigger, better, faster and much more!”
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