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March 2007

 

Autodesk Media & Entertainment is pleased to announce the availability of an extension release and service pack for Autodesk® Smoke®.

The new 2007 Extension 1 release delivers major improvements to conform performance and numerous workflow enhancements, including QuickTime support; as well as the New Lustre® Color Management feature, which ensures that everyone across the Autodesk Systems products pipeline* is working with and approving images with the same color values.

Here’s what long-time Smoke Artist Robb Cadzow, Chief Engineer at RIOT had to say about Smoke® 2007 Extension 1:

“We can quickly and easily conform 2K in Smoke and focus on creative tasks, not data wrangling. These new conform features allowed us to take on data centric 2K projects with the ease of traditional video workflows.”

 

Further information about the new features in the 2007 Extension 1 release is available in the New Features Guide.  Please refer to this on-line version, as the New Features Guide installed with your software is out-of-date. 

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub2/doc/Fire_Smoke_BConform2007Ext1_New_Features.pdf

 

All documentation is available at this link: ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub2/doc/Latest_Documentation_Editing2007SP3Ext1.pdf

 

Please note that the Extension 1 release and 2007 Service Pack 3, which includes a number of bug fixes, are the same package.

 

You must have a subscription license to enable the features in the Extension 1 release.  If you are not on subscription, only Service Pack 3 is available to you. If you would like to purchase subscription, please contact your sales representative.

 

Downloading Autodesk Smoke Service Pack 3 & Extension 1

 

File location and size:

 

Linux 32-bit:

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/smoke/smoke2007/Smoke_2007_SP3Ext1_LINUX_RHEL4.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/smoke/smoke2007/Smoke_2007_SP3Ext1_LINUX_RHEL4.tar.gz.cksum

 

Linux 64-bit:

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/smoke/smoke2007/Smoke_2007_SP3Ext1_LINUX64_RHEL4.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/smoke/smoke2007/Smoke_2007_SP3Ext1_LINUX64_RHEL4.tar.gz.cksum

 

IRIX:

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/smoke/smoke2007/Smoke_2007_SP3Ext1_IRIX.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/smoke/smoke2007/Smoke_2007_SP3Ext1_IRIX.tar.gz.cksum

 

IMPORTANT for Linux:

You will need to update to DKU 2.1.3. You can download the .iso files and burn a CD in order to install this DKU - please contact Customer Support on steps on how to burn the iso image onto a CD

 

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/Utilities/DKU-2_1_3.iso

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/Utilities/DKU-2_1_3.iso.cksum

 

 

Standalone Distributions for Stone + Wire

 

The downloadable Smoke software package includes and installs the required Stone + Wire software. No action is required on your part to upgrade Stone + Wire. However, if you have other workstations that are not being upgraded to this release, you must upgrade the Stone + Wire version on these workstations in order to interact with workstations upgraded with this release. Standalone Stone + Wire packages are provided below for this purpose.

 

Stone + Wire – IBM RHEL40U2 Linux 32-bit

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/stonewire/SW_2007.0.1-1054_LINUX.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/stonewire/SW_2007.0.1-1054_LINUX.tar.gz.cksum

 

Stone + Wire – IBM RHEL40U2 Linux 64-bit

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/stonewire/SW_2007.0.1-1054_LINUX64.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/stonewire/SW_2007.0.1-1054_LINUX64.tar.gz.cksum

 

Stone + Wire – HP RHEL40U3 Linux 64-bit

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/stonewire/SW_2007.0.1-1054_HP_LINUX64.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/stonewire/SW_2007.0.1-1054_HP_LINUX64.tar.gz.cksum

 

Stone + Wire – 6.5.28 IRIX

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/stonewire/SW_2007.0.1-1054_IRIX.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/stonewire/SW_2007.0.1-1054_IRIX.tar.gz.cksum

 

 

Other Downloads

 

Backburner – Windows

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/backburner/backburner2007.1.0_231.zip

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/backburner/backburner2007.1.0_231.zip.cksum

 

Backburner – Linux

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/backburner/backburner2007.1.0_231_LINUX.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/backburner/backburner2007.1.0_231_LINUX.tar.gz.cksum

 

Burn

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/burn/burn2007/Burn_2007_SP3Ext1.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/burn/burn2007/Burn_2007_SP3Ext1.tar.gz.cksum

 

Cleaner

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/cleanerXL/CleanerXL_151_Updater.exe

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/cleanerXL/CleanerXL_151_Updater.exe.cksum

 

Wiretap Webserver

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/wiretap/wiretap2007/WiretapWebServer-SW_2007.1-1038_LINUX.tar.gz

ftp://ftp.discreet.com/pub1/release/wiretap/wiretap2007/WiretapWebServer-SW_2007.1-1038_LINUX.tar.gz.cksum

 

Licensing

 

You will need a NEW license to enable the new features included with this Extension. However, you do NOT need a new license if you are only installing Service Pack 3 without the extension.

 

Please refer to the Software Installation Guide for further details on how to request your license codes and configuration.

 

Information on the Web

 

As a registered user, you have access to certain restricted areas of the Autodesk Media and Entertainment web site (http://www.autodesk.com/mediaandentertainment). If you have not already registered and wish to gain access privileges, please send an email request to: me.support@autodesk.com. In the Support area, you will find the newly updated Knowledgebase**, which is a primary source of technical information to assist you in getting the most from your Autodesk product.

** NOTE: Access to this tool is restricted to clients who hold a valid support contract.

 

We encourage you to visit our support web site on a regular basis for updated information on our products.

 

Discussion Forum (Webboard)

 

If you wish to join the systems-news webboard, please send your request via email to: me.support@autodesk.com – include your full name, location (city, country), preferred email address, company name and the serial numbers (lmhostid) of the Autodesk product you currently use so that a personalized webboard account can be created for you.

 

Customer Support

 

If you experience any problems related to this release, please contact your local Autodesk Media and Entertainment customer support.

Customer support is also available though your Autodesk reseller.

For more information, please refer to the Release Notes documentation or consult the Support web site at: http://www.autodesk.com/support/

 

Sincerely,

The Autodesk Media and Entertainment Team

 

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