What's New in Flame Family 2023

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

2023.3 Update

Highlights

Cloud Deployment Update

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

More features

Installation and Configuration

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

2023.2 Update

Highlights

Multi-channel Improvements

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

Animation

Edit Box in Animation and other improvements.

Batch

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

Python API

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

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.

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//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 Update

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.

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 Application 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.

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.

2023.1 Update

Highlights

2023.0.1 Feature Updates

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

2023 Release

Highlights

Animation Editor

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UI Improvements

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Cloud Deployment

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Python API

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More features

Supported Platforms

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AVIO Updates

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Media Import Improvements

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Archiving Changes

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Installation Improvements

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DKU 17 (Linux only)

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Utilities Improvements

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Network and Stone+Wire Improvements

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Wiretap Improvements

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Backburner and Backburner Monitor

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Additional enhancements

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

Minimize Flame

To minimize the application, 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.

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