Flame Family 2019 Release Notes

Essential Links

Flame Family Link Hub	https://area.autodesk.com/flame-central/
Flame Learning Channel Videos	https://www.youtube.com/user/FlameHowTos
What's New in Flame Family 2019	What's New in 2019
System Requirements for Flame Family (includes DKU download link)	http://www.autodesk.com/flame-sysreqs
Licenses and Release Download links	https://manage.autodesk.com/ Note: Open the Updates and Add-ons tab for Update release versions. Managing Users & Permissions: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/subscription-management/users-permissions
Download Backburner & Open Clip Creator Utility	https://apps.autodesk.com (Search for Backburner or Open Clip Creator)
Contact Flame Family Support	https://www.autodesk.com/flame-support

Support for New Hardware Platforms

The Flame Family 2019 release introduces the certification of the following hardware platforms. These new platforms are only supported on CentOS 7.4. Follow the links to access more information on how to set up these platforms to work with Flame Family software.

Support for CentOS 7.4

The Flame Family 2019 release introduces support of CentOS 7.4 for the existing HP Z440 and Z840 platforms, as well as the newly certified HP Z8 and Dell T7920 platforms. Please take note of the following:

CentOS 7.4 must be installed using the Autodesk custom .iso.
CentOS 7.4 is not currently supported for Flame Family 2018.3 Update (and previous versions). We recommend that you install CentOS 7.4 on a different system drive or partition if you need to maintain previous software versions.
The CentOS 7.2 to CentOS 7.4 upgrade path is not supported (the Autodesk custom .iso triggers a complete CentOS 7.4 install).
CentOS 7.4 is not currently supported on the HP Z820 platform.
The upgrade to CentOS 7.4 is not mandatory for the 2019 release (CentOS 7.2 is a supported operating system for Flame Family version 2019).

New DKU Required for 2019

Version 2019 requires the installation of DKU version 13.0.0 on all Linux workstations. This DKU contains:

Support for the newly certified HP Z8 and Dell T7920 platforms.
A new NVIDIA driver (384.111) for the M6000, and P6000 on CentOS 7.4.
A new NVIDIA driver (384.111) for the P6000 on CentOS 7.2.
Meltdown & Spectre security patches for CentOS 7.4.

Note: The DKU 13.0.0 is now installed in /opt/Autodesk/DKU.

The DKU can be downloaded from the System Requirements page at http://www.autodesk.com/flame-sysreqs.

Autodesk Network License Manager Update

Flame Family 2019 version requires the Autodesk Network License Manager to be updated to the latest version. This Network License Manager version is fully compatible with the Flame Family applications version 2018 and up.

See the following links for more information:

For more details about the license model in Flame Family products, see Products & licenses.

Note: This update affects applications licensed using Multi-User (license server), and no action is required for applications licensed using Single User on macOS.

Legacy Hardware End of Support Notifications

HP Z800 workstations are not qualified for this Flame Family 2019 release. Customers who own this hardware and wish to maintain the Flame experience (fast, productive) should upgrade to new hardware. To summarize:
NVIDIA SDI Out (via daughter card) is no longer supported on any hardware configuration in this Flame Family 2019 release. NVIDIA does not support this hardware anymore, and the equivalent functionality is possible through AJA Kona 4 hardware.

To summarize:

With 2019 release:

HP Z840 and Z440 workstations remain certified and supported.
HP Z820 remains supported as a legacy workstation.
HP Z800 second generation will be removed from Legacy support as of this Flame Family 2019 release.

Not supported:

HP Z800 second generation (all remaining Z800 workstations) end of support as of Flame Family version 2019 release.
NVIDIA SDI Out via Daughter card is no longer supported

For an up-to-date list off all certified and vendor self-qualified hardware, see http://www.autodesk.com/flame-sysreqs.

Flame Family 2019.0.1 Update Fixed Bug List

Component	Key	Summary
AVIO	SMOK-45518	Audio cannot be heard during playback when the broadcast monitor is set to DV-I / HDMI and the audio is set to AJA.
Colour Management	SMOK-48392	The Colour Management viewing rule is not properly bypassed in the Broadcast Monitor when you go back to a Player with its colour management set to Bypass.
Data Management	SMOK-48257	The Source Timecode of grouped clips might be seen as 00:00:00:00 when conforming AAF sequences from Avid Media Composer.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-48126	Background export of clips with a 1:1 width:height ratio and a crop edges resize applied can create artifacts on the edge of the exported clip.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-48275	The application might crash when browsing Pixspan encoded media files.
Project and User Management	SMOK-48145	Starting a Flame Family application from a shell / terminal using an effective group ID different than the primary group does not create the project with the right group ID.
Pybox	SMOK-48169	Applying a Pybox Timeline FX to a Gap on a sequence with multiple segments might take a long time.
Pybox	SMOK-48177	The wrong effect is shown when applying Pybox on segments separated by a transition other than a cut.
Timeline	SMOK-48296	An Action Timeline FX can be unrendered the first time it is being displayed in the Player if it using a different colour space than in the Timeline, or a colour space that is not supported in Action.
LUSTRE: Colour Secondaries	SMOK-48018	Wrong image conversion when enabling Still Store view from the Large Grade Bin.
LUSTRE: Views and Multiviews	SMOK-44349	When working with Integer media, viewer shows wrong colour conversion when after disabling Still Store view.

Flame Family 2019 Fixed Bugs List

Component	Key	Summary
Action General	SMOK-45854	The Selective Object View stops working if the effect(s) are hidden or non-existent under the Selective node.
Action General	SMOK-45972	On specific cases Batch setup loading time can take a lot longer than expected.
Action General	SMOK-46415	Removing a Group from the current Output doesn't remove all the objects contain inside of it.
Action General	SMOK-46562	Resetting the Image Axis does not update in Live Preview if there is a Selective.
Action General	SMOK-46601	Matchbox mapping options are not in alphabetical order in Action.
Action General	SMOK-46817	When a 3d camera is set to Free, the rotation channels should display the x/x/z coordinate curves. Currently the folder is empty in the channel editor.
Action General	SMOK-47052	Timeline FX Action Mini-UI defaults to 'Nothing Selected' for the Axis.
Action General	SMOK-47054	The Free button for the Particle Animator axis is not working.
Action General	SMOK-47306	Copied objects are not included in the current output when 'All Objects' is off.
Action General	SMOK-47312	Unable to collapse image nodes in the Priority Editor after using Group.
Action General	SMOK-47358	Application crashes when using reset on a 3D Shape, 3D Text or Geom.
Action General	SMOK-47383	The Film Back parameters of the 3D Camera do not work with the Camera Projector causing a discrepancy in between the projected result and the 3D scene.
Action General	SMOK-47617	GMask Link to Axis is no longer working.
Action General	SMOK-47710	Certain schematic layout are causing a crash when performing a Clean Up Schematic operation.
Action GMask Tracer	SMOK-44481	The application crashes when the HWAA sampling is used in GMask Tracer.
Action GMask Tracer	SMOK-47212	The default axis placement is different when drawing a GMask using the contextual menu option or the keyboard shortcut.
Action Selective	SMOK-47010	Selective Keyer rendering and post processing values are not scaled correctly in Proxy mode.
Action Selective	SMOK-47154	When applying a Matchbox on an image with a Shadow in a Selective pipeline, the alpha is displayed as Front media.
Action Selective	SMOK-47260	The Selective Matte display disappears when drawing a GMask in Object Matte view.
Action Textures	SMOK-47108	Lens textures are missing their channels in the animation editor.
Action Trackers	SMOK-46937	Cannot use both Analysis Constraints with the same media input in the Planar Tracker.
Action Trackers	SMOK-47011	Planar Tracker does not consider tail handles in Media Range for Timeline FX.
Archive	SMOK-43892	A permission related error message is shown when a user tries to format a tape archive.
Archive	SMOK-47050	Archived content on tape device shows error messages when user tries to restore the archive.
AVIO	SMOK-46379	The Audio EQ graphical curve does not update properly when modifications are made using the numeric fields.
Batch General	SMOK-43646	Selecting the Delete mode in the Batch file browser returns you to the folder that was originally selected when the file browser was entered.
Batch General	SMOK-46576	Software interactivity takes a hit when an EXR clip containing multiple channels is added to the Batch Schematic.
Batch General	SMOK-46749	Batch animation keyframes are slipped when you render a setup that contains cascaded Action or GMask Tracer nodes.
Batch General	SMOK-47547	The application crashes if you append a Batch Setup while the Action node user interface is displayed.
Central Installation	SMOK-47396	Central Install cannot be started while the Wiretap Gateway is stopped.
Colour Management	SMOK-45058	Colour Space from Rule or File is not correctly set for clips linked through Conform View.
Colour Management	SMOK-46226	Creating an ACEScct to XYZ DCDM D60 transform and then using it as a viewing rule causes the following error: Unable to find transforms to connect ACEScct to XYZ DCDM D60 v3 to DCDM X'Y'Z'
Conform	SMOK-45966	Timewarp conformed from Adobe Premiere Pro CC XML do not have the right speed.
Conform	SMOK-46020	Nested effects with multiple segments from Avid Media Composer AAF are not imported correctly.
Conform	SMOK-46345	Update Source Sequence's Match criteria are not permissive enough when Tape Name and File Location are changed on relink.
Conform	SMOK-46672	The Source or Segment connection is lost when you copy a segment using the Drag: Copy Clip shortcut and then drop the newly created clip in a different sequence within the same Reel Group.
Conform	SMOK-46839	Segments with a Timewarp on them will have a wrong amount of handles if the media was linked from the Sources Sequence.
Conform	SMOK-46865	FCPXML sequences starting at 00:00:00:00 might load incorrectly or crash the application.
Conform	SMOK-47941	Application might crash when importing FCP7/Premiere XML with content with undefined framerate.
Data Management	SMOK-46343	The "Replace from MediaHub" available from a clip contextual menu in Batch doesn't have the option to cache on import.
Data Management	SMOK-47227	On macOS, Open Clip Creator 2019 stand-alone application crashes at startup.
Data Management	SMOK-47344	Migrating a Flame project which contains Lustre project data shows an error message if restored under a different name.
Data Management	SMOK-47394	Content with missing audio media cannot be transfer from remote workstation.
Data Management	SMOK-47438	Resizing using Center/Crop on import can cause vertical line corruption.
Data Management	SMOK-47789	Playback issue when using Apple ProRes 4444 as Preferred Format.
Desktop & Reels	SMOK-17610	A frame might be missing after a Fit to Fill operation is performed, depending on the length of the source and destination clips.
Desktop & Reels	SMOK-46849	The application crashes when you use Match on a transition while Include Timeline FX is enabled.
Desktop & Reels	SMOK-46967	It is not possible to scroll clips in a Desktop Reel after you select the Desk node in Batch and you have a dual monitor setup.
Desktop & Reels	SMOK-47106	The application will crash at some point after you have used the Paste function in the Timeline tab's Record Reel.
Desktop & Reels	SMOK-47414	The A Frame location set within the Pulldown module is now respected in the rendered clip.
Desktop & Reels	SMOK-47457	The Cut Around Selection keyboard shortcut doesn't work properly on a Stereo Audio timeline segment.
Desktop & Reels	SMOK-47736	Clips can show black frames on the Desktop Reels when you come out of the Batch tab.
Documentation	SMOK-47869	Unable to search in the Lustre offline documentation.
Image Node	SMOK-47041	The application crashes after de-selection is made in Action, Image, or GMask Tracer.
Media Import / Export	SMOK-46933	Panasonic 10bit H264 files are seen as 8bit.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-46696	Conforming AAF from Resolve referencing R3D media shows checkerboard media in Flame.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-46837	Exporting a multitrack clip using Sequence Publish crashes the application.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-46971	Playback performance issue when importing OpenEXR media files generated by Flame Family 2018.3 and up.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-47069	MFX files generated by Flame Family using XDCAM codec show error message in third party applications.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-47265	Wrong channel is shown as beauty when browsing/importing OpenEXR media files without unnamed beauty pass.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-47399	Slow caching when importing Sony XAVC LongGOP media files.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-47415	Random artifacts can be seen when exporting media file from content referencing MXF HD422-HL Long GOP clips.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-47809	The application crashes when an empty reel is part of the selection you are trying to export.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-48047	MP4 files with .mov extension are not visible in MediaHub.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-48055	Wrong conversion when using Auto Convert with R3D media file.
Multi-Channel Clips	SMOK-42168	Channel name not correctly used when importing individual channel of Multi-Channel clip when Clip Name option is set to Channel in MediaHub.
Open Clips	SMOK-46553	The command line Open Clip Creator cannot be executed on a server without a display.
OS and Software Configuration	SMOK-45878	DKU reports error on installation when a central install session is open.
OS and Software Configuration	SMOK-46607	DKU Installation enables the operating system's users list (CentOS).
Paint Tools	SMOK-47077	The image overlay doesn't update while you modify the X and Y offsets when the Clone, Rec Clone, or Reveal mode are selected.
Paint Tools	SMOK-47445	In some cases opening a Batch Paint node in a 12-bit project will crash Flame.
Player	SMOK-43826	Compare modes are broken when an Action Timeline FX is added to the timeline.
Player	SMOK-46648	Playing the audio in the Animation's Audio tab no longer plays the video in the viewer along with it.
Scopes	SMOK-47645	Image filtering is deactivated in the Broadcast Monitor when the Scopes view is enabled.
Stone and Wire	SMOK-47207	DB Llocks are not cleared when Flame perform a volume integry check at startup.
Timeline	SMOK-46348	A Batch FX render is not properly invalidated when you use the Animation tools to modify the Batch FX animation.
Timeline	SMOK-46866	Matching multiple segments coming from the same source clip may result in new clips having the wrong timecode information.
Timeline	SMOK-47492	The timeline positioner is in the wrong position when you exit Batch FX and there's a Timeline FX Timewarp applied on the segment.
UI	SMOK-47434	It is not possible to properly input a value inside a numeric field displayed inside a dialog window using the on-screen calculator.
Views and Multiviews	SMOK-46809	The Notes field is displayed at random positions in a multiple viewport layout.
Wiretap Central	SMOK-47425	Clips exported via Wiretap Central don't have any audio track.
LUSTRE: Colour Grading	SMOK-46195	The state of the Viewing Filtering mode is not save with the user context.
LUSTRE: Colour Secondaries	SMOK-17289	Modifications done on the softness of a Rectangle shape might show random results.
LUSTRE: Colour Tools	SMOK-47853	Cycling between Dual View modes loses the B playhead.
LUSTRE: Render	SMOK-47025	Rendering a grade with Multi--Channel clips might show matte offset when Render/Resize is enabled.
LUSTRE: Views and Multiviews	SMOK-44349	When working with Integer media, viewer shows wrong colour conversion when after disabling Still Store view.

Flame Family 2019 Known Bug List

Component	Key	Summary	Workaround
Effects Tab	SMOK-46966	The Selective Keyer and Matte display will turn black or white while scrubbing if using Live Preview in 2-Up mode.
Action General	SMOK-46844	If you track the axis of a GMask that has a GMask link connection, using Edit Offset will incorrectly reposition the GMask.	Add a new axis, which is positioned at 0,0 by default, parent the original to the new axis, assign the correct layer, and track on the new one.
Action General	SMOK-47940	A crash can occur if you access the Action schematic while Action is connected to a Paint node having missing media on its external source layers.	Access the Batch Paint result prior to trying to display the Action Schematic.
Action Rendering	SMOK-46987	The application crashes rendering a partially cached Motion Vector in the Action Timeline FX.
AVIO	SMOK-46897	SDI outputs for 4K/UHDTV resolution in Dual 3G mode shows corrupted signal when using AJA Software Installer V 13.0 on macOS. HDMI output is not impacted by this issue.	Use AJA Software Installer V 12.5.1 if you need to work with 4K/UHDTV resolution in Dual 3G mode.
AVIO	SMOK-47906	HDMI output is set to UHDTV when 4K DCI resolution is selected.
Data Management	SMOK-48088	Remote workflows with macOS 10.13.3 might cause kernel panic on the remote workstation.
Hardware	SMOK-47029	The HP Z8 doesn't support the default CentOS iso partitions format, when Z8 BIOS is set to Boot Legacy Mode.	Burn the CentOS 7.4 iso on a DVD and install OS from a DVD Player, or change the partition type of the CentOS 7.4 first partition, with the following command: sudo sfdisk --id /dev/sdX 1 0xe where sdX is the root device of the USBkey (ex: /dev/sdb)
Hardware	SMOK-48115	XR_Configuration script doesn't work properly on CentOS 7.4 and can corrupt XR storage
Matchbox/Lightbox	SMOK-47974	Storyboard thumbnails in the Effects menu do not update when using Physical Glare.
MediaHub Import/Export	SMOK-47251	Automatic reimport of Multi-Channel OpenEXR background publish is not working properly.	Publish in Foreground to get proper copied clips and batch setups
OS and Software Configuration	SMOK-45536	Restarting Flame immediately after it was closed may hang the startup process.	killall launchservicesd killall Dock
Paint Tools	SMOK-47129	The Batch Paint Stroke List is not displayed in a dual monitor configuration using a SDI Output.
Paint Tools	SMOK-47240	BFX Paint does not propagate invalidation.	Create a manual invalidation before exiting BFX like cutting the link going to the output BFX node.