Big Autodesk announcement?

[Paul Lee]

I got an email from Post Production Buzz saying:

"The exciting NAB 2012 Autodesk Smoke news that I’ve hinted about is beyond Hot! So Hot, in fact, that it won’t be announced until Sunday April 15, 2012 at 3:00pm PST.

It’s sensational! I assure you of [...]"

Anyone have a clue what this might be about?

[Hans von Sonntag]

No one knows as of yet. I'm a heavy Smoke user and I can tell you that I really, really hope that they don't screw this one up.

Hans

[Josh Beadle]

Smoke is sold to Apple - now is a plug-in for iMovie

[Kazuya Hayashi]

Smoke is sold to Apple - now is a plug-in for iMovie

nice joke.

may be Down price.

[Andreas Mendritzki]

Super excited.

[mikeburton]

Hoping they incorporate Smoke and Lustre bundled for $9,999.00 on the Mac with Kona output support. There is my NAB speculation.

[Jeff Whitehurst]

Anyone have a clue what this might be about?

If you mean does anybody know details about the big secret, they're probably under an NDA and not going to post here. If you mean the announcement, it's about the unveiling event on Sunday
http://www.smokeischanging.com/
I am not a Smoke user, but I am intrigued about the idea of a super App for editing and effects, so I signed up for the event to see what it's all about.

[Hans von Sonntag]

I am not a Smoke user, but I am intrigued about the idea of a super App for editing and effects...

Smoke is already something that people would call a "super app." It's not an idea, it's reality. My fear is that Autodesk jumps on that "app." wagon, "streamlines" the best GUI in he world and Smoke becomes a FCP-X on steroids with templates and all the stuff I don't want.

But then there is the possibility that they don't screw things up and give Lustre a new life inside Smoke. The only thing I ever missed in Smoke was RT grading.



Hans

[Paul Lee]

Smoke is already something that people would call a "super app." It's not an idea, it's reality. My fear is that Autodesk jumps on that "app." wagon, "streamlines" the best GUI in he world and Smoke becomes a FCP-X on steroids with templates and all the stuff I don't want.

But then there is the possibility that they don't screw things up and give Lustre a new life inside Smoke. The only thing I ever missed in Smoke was RT grading.



Hans

Yes, +1 on grading

[Jeff Whitehurst]

Smoke is already something that people would call a "super app." It's not an idea, it's reality. My fear is that Autodesk jumps on that "app." wagon, "streamlines" the best GUI in he world and Smoke becomes a FCP-X on steroids with templates and all the stuff I don't want.

But then there is the possibility that they don't screw things up and give Lustre a new life inside Smoke. The only thing I ever missed in Smoke was RT grading.



Hans

The announcement page called it a super App, so I think you may not be very pleased...