What's New in Flame 2023

Learn about new features in this release of Flame. For technical details, see the release notes.

Updates

2023.3 Highlights

Cloud Deployment Update

Flame Family now supports AWS CDI for high quality low latency reference monitoring on AWS instances.

2023.3 More features

Installation and Configuration

Supported platforms and OS, and changes to the OS and HW requirements for the next major release.

2023.2 Highlights

Multi-channel Improvements

Channels in a multi-channel clip are now easier to access and manage.

Animation

Edit Box in Animation Editor and other improvements.

Batch

Improvements in Batch, including searching for Nodes in the Schematic.

Python API

Directory python_utilities now contains samples and scripts, more control over custom actions in contextual menus, directories as arguments, changes to flame.batch.create_group(), and now functions and attributes.

2023.2 More features

Action & GMask Tracer

Improvements to the Output tables, better Duplicate under cursor, and reframe on animation channels.

AVIO

AJA 16.2.2, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.4, and NDI 5.5.

Backburner

Backburner 2023.2.0.7.

Installation and Configuration

Supported platforms and OS, required Autodesk Network License Manager, improvements to macOS collaboration resiliency, and Sparks deprecation for the next major release.

DKU (Linux-only)

DKU version 17.2 is available to Flame Family 2023.2.

Media Import

Codec updates: BMD RAW 2.6, FBX 2020.3.2, RED SDK 8.3.1, and ARRIRAW SDK 7.

Tangent Panels

A few changes to the Tangent Panels mappings.

2023.2 Additional enhancements

Indicates a feature suggested and voted up by users on the Flame Feedback portal.

Frame aspect ratio: The rounding of a frame aspect ratio set to w:h changes in this update: for example, a value such as 1.34 is no longer rounded to 1.33. Clips restored from a project archive made using an older version than Flame 2016 may get a different aspect ratio. This can be corrected by setting the DL_BOUNDS_FAR_EPSILON environment variable to 0.01 before restoring the archive.

Preferences: The Support tab is no longer available in the Preferences. To provide the log files to the Autodesk support team, use the script /opt/Autodesk/<version>/bin/ftpuploadlogs.py .

Project Management: When you create a project, the Volume creation settings are now displayed in a window.

Timeline: A dialog box now appears when no segment matches the criteria set in the Timeline Search window.

Viewport layout: There are now two 4-Up viewport layouts available in the viewing area: 4-Up Split and 4-Up.

2023.1 Highlights

Animation

Improvements to Animation, including new keyframe indicators, better keyframe selection and filtering options, and quick expressions.

Cloud Deployment

Use the Rocky Linux 8.5 AMI provided by Autodesk to speed up deployment.

System Tools

Storage preferences contain an improved disk test tools, and Service Monitor contains more diagnostic tools.

Project Management

Cache and Renders now shows exactly the formats used for storage, free timings are now displayed, and set a Volume to Shared.

Python API

Open a Flame file browser with Python, and find an updated API for Batch, MediaHub, Media Panel, and transitions.

HDR Improvements

New HDR options for macOS.

2023.1 More features

AVIO

AJA 16.2, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.3, optional free timings in Flame Setup, and stereoscopic 3D capture & playback no longer available.

Backburner

Backburner 2023.1.0.30 and Backburner Monitor improvements.

Burn-In Metadata

Changes to the Custom Start Frame layer.

Hardware and Software Configuration

NVIDIA RTX A6000 support, RAM-to-VRAM ratio is no longer a requirement, required update for network licenses.

DKU (Linux-only)

AJA drivers updates, AJA Kona firmware updates, web server no longer set to start automatically.

Colour Management

Add third-party colour policies, colour managed broadcast, colour sample at bit depth, and pick a Hex colour value.

Media Export

Poster Frame is back, OpenEXR chromaticity, AVC-Intra loses Legal range, better error reporting, and Write File sets Image Container flag.

Media Import

Codec updates: BMD RAW 2.4, FBX 2020.3.1, OpenEXR SDK 3.1.5, QuickTime fixes, and RED SDK 8.2.2.

2023.1 Additional enhancements

MediaHub: The read-only status activity has been reduced to avoid browsing performance issues. Users must manually refresh MediaHub if the read-only status of the current location has been changed..

Keyboard shortcuts: The Toggle Overlays Quick Off keyboard shortcut has been reassigned to Alt+O in the Flame, Smoke Classic, and Lustre user profiles, and to Ctrl+Alt+O in the Smoke FCP use profile. This change was necessary because Meta+O is used by GNOME on Rocky Linux.

2023.0.1 Feature

2023.0.1 Feature Updates

2023.0.1 release contains fixes to features released in Flame Family 2023.

2023 Release

Highlights

Animation Channel Editor

The UI of the Animation Channel Editor is overhauled to improve usability, implementing many improvements suggested by the community.

UI Improvements

The UI adapts to HDR content and displays a refreshed look. The licensing widget and Batch error messages are redesigned.

Cloud Deployment

Autodesk Flame Family 2023 products can be deployed in the cloud.

Python API

Support for Python 3.9.7, new functions and attributes, a deprecated hook, and an expanded one.

More features

Supported Platforms

Apple M1 support, macOS 10.15.4+, macOS 11.x, and macOS 12. Linux CentOS 7.6 and introducing Rocky Linux 8.5.

AVIO Updates

Audio-video input/ouput updates with 10-bit monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.2.2, AJA 16.2, VTR IO now in maintenance mode.

Media Import Improvements

Updated support for BMD RAW, RED R3D. Updated Sony RAW support includes the VENICE 2 camera and its new resolutions.

Archiving Changes

VTR and Tape archive restore are now in maintenance mode. Tape archive creation is now deprecated.

Installation Improvements

The installer now reduces the number of configuration files when more than one Flame Family product is installed. Some information about project server installation.

DKU 17 (Linux only)

The new DKU 17 includes security updates and a new --nonvdriver switch. Also, a warning about UEFI Secure Boot and a note about power management and older versions.

Utilities Improvements

Flame Family 2023 no longer duplicates utilities when multiple Flame Family products are installed.

Network and Stone+Wire Improvements

UUID now set at first run, better Stone+Wire error reporting, and troubleshooting AirPlay issues.

Wiretap Improvements

Dynamic port range for Wiretap clients, and static server filtering in network.cfg.

Backburner and Backburner Monitor

Backburner 2023.0.0.100 contains mostly stability- and performance-related fixes. New Backburner Monitor improves UI-wise.

Additional enhancements

Indicates a feature suggested and voted up by users on the Flame Feedback portal.

Minimize Flame: To minimize the software, you can now use Application menu > Minimize Application. You can also assign it a keyboard shortcut in Application menu > Keyboard Shortcuts...; search for Minimize Application.

Colour Management: The Text and Warper module viewers are now colour managed. Viewing Transforms are selected from the View menu, and are applied to the images in the viewport.

Conform—Bit depth and resolution: An XML or AAF file is now imported at the resolution and bit depth of the project.

Conform— Settings saved per project: Custom resolution settings for AAF & XML are now saved per project.

Modular Keyer : The GMask Tracer node now replaces the GMask node as the default in all Start Modes.