Autodesk Combustion® 4 62204-091152-9000 User Manual

Product codes
62204-091152-9000
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AUTODESK
® 
COMBUSTION
®
4
The definitive creative solution for desktop 
paint, compositing, and visual effects.
Autodesk
®
 Combustion
®
 4 software is the all-
in-one professional compositing application 
designed to enable the full creative potential 
of digital video artists.
With its easy-to-use interface, nondestructive 
workflow, and extensive toolset, Combustion 4 
delivers incredible power at a “must-have” price 
and instantly augments the creative potential of 
any serious desktop video artist.
Key New Version 4 Features
• 
Diamond Keyer—high-precision keying 
technology inherited from the Academy  
Award
®
–winning Discreet
®
 Flame
®
 visual  
effects system.
1
 
  Timewarp, the fully keyframeable, time-
remapping operator for creating slow-motion 
and speed-up effects. 
  B-spline shapes with control point grouping for 
faster, more accurate rotoscoping.
• 
Fast GBlur—an optimized, high-quality blur filter 
with constant-speed rendering independent of 
blur radius. 
  High Quality Resize includes Lanczos and 
Mitchell filter options.
  Capsules organize your creative workspace 
by grouping multiple operators into single, 
customizable Capsule nodes. 
  GBuffer Builder can custom-combine your 
image bitmaps into RPF files for use with 
Combustion software’s 3D Post operators.
  Merge operator offers faster, simpler
  compositing using a variety of transfer modes.
  Grids, guides, and rulers provide visual cues
  for accurately aligning, transforming, and
  measuring elements in a scene.
  Command-line rendering quickly launches
  rendering tasks outside Combustion.
• 
ASE file support—import target cameras from
  Autodesk
®
 3ds Max
®
 software.
  Import Windows Media
®
 Video 9 and 10 files.
  Export OpenEXR file sequences.
Other Key Combustion Features
  Single integrated application for vector paint, 
motion graphics design, animation, and 
compositing.
• 
Full 3D compositing environment.
  Advanced visual effects tools—keying, color 
correction, tracking, grain management, and 
masking tools inherited from the Flame 
 
visual 
effects system.
• 
Edit Operator—break free from your NLE and 
assemble clips complete with transitions right in 
Combustion.
  Rich set of effects tools, including a fully 
integrated, interactive particle system, warping 
and morphing, and 3D Post filters.
  Comprehensive paint and rotoscoping tools, 
including fully customizable brushes.
  Comprehensive animation tools, animation 
curve editor, keyframing, and expressions.
  Intuitive schematic view to simplify visualization 
and organization of complex effects. 
  OpenGL
®
 acceleration, multiprocessor support, 
and extensive caching for improved system 
performance. 
  Multiple simultaneous viewports with real-time 
RAM looped playback.
  Resolution-independence with 8-, 10-, 12-, 16-, and 
32-bit (float) per component image processing.
Image courtesy of Red Rover Animation, Saatchi & Saatchi.