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Autodeskat NAB with ‘2011’ finishing gear M ONTREAL — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) was at the NAB show last month with the 2011 releases of its creative finishing products — Flame, Flare, Flint, Smoke and Lustre.The new offer- ings of Flame, Flare, Smoke and Lustre feature stereoscopic 3D finishing capa- bilities with minimal disruption to existing creative workflows. They are expected to ship later this month. Smoke for Mac Flame 2011: new creative and 3D tools. OS X — and Smoke as a turnkey Linux so- lution — receives new tools for editing, viewing and com- positing stereoscopic 3D content. Users can now drag-and- drop to conform AAF or XML files from Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer.There is also now native in-application support for Red RAW media and H.264 QuickTime. Flame and Flare 2011 receive new creative tools and 3D capabilities.A new GPU-based pixel shader rendering pipeline helps improve the quality of rendered results and enables support for new texture mapping and lighting effects.A new substance procedural texture library can be applied to 3D ob- jects, 3D text or surfaces.There is also native in-application support for Red RAW media and H.264 QuickTime. In addition, support has been added for individual rendering of layers when soft importing OpenEXR media files. Among the 3D compositing enhancements, there is now support for multiple outputs in Action: z-depth, normal and matte passes, as well as new support for diffuse, parallax, reflection and specular mapping. Lustre 2011 receives stereo 3D capabilities that enable advanced creative look development by giving colorists control over color and lighting effects in both stereoscopic and standard grading workflows.There is new support for grading of OpenEXR media files. On the Red workflow side, support has been added for Red Rocket through Mac Wiretap Gateway. Roland simplifies Blu-ray distribution B ELLINGHAM, WA — The Roland Systems Group (www. rolandsystemsgroup.com) has introduced the Edirol VC-50HD, a portable video field converter that helps users easily distribute HD material on Blu-ray media.The VC-50HD can convert an SDI signal to 1394 (FireWire), making it readily received by JVC Blu-ray recorders. The unit can operate anywhere from 2 to50mbps depending on the desire for high-quality video or an increased recording time. An HDMI output allows for monitoring, and the unit supports three dif- ferent power supply options: an AC power adapter,AA batteries, or external battery support.