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What's New in Flame Family 2027

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


Requested Improvements

Throughout the What's New chapter, the icon indicates a feature suggested and upvoted by users on the Flame Feedback portal.


2027.1 Update


Highlights

Isolate

Quickly create mattes using Selectives and GMasks in the Isolate tool.

Pixel Expression

Apply colour-based changes to a clip using the GLSL shading language.

Media Import

Import ProRes RAW clips into the application.

Machine Learning

The existing Machine Learning Upscale models have been replaced with new models that require less memory on Rocky Linux and provide better results on macOS.

Features

Annotations

Improvements have been made to the Annotations tools and workflow.

AVIO Updates

Support for updated AJA driver, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video, and NDI SDK have been added.

Backburner

Deploy a Backburner configuration using a JSON file.

Batch

The content of a viewport is automatically adjusted to the newly selected node.

Colour Management

OpenColorIO has been updated to version 2.5.2.

Colour Picker

Store colours in the User palette, which can be saved to disk.

DKU 21.1.0 (Rocky Linux Only)

DKU 21.1.0 includes an updated NVIDIA driver and security patches for supported Rocky Linux platforms.

Explorer

Use the Node filter to display only markers from specific nodes.

MediaHub

Add tokens to the path of a bookmark from the user interface.

Open Clip

Support for the bytes value types has been added.

Preferences

Set the default characters for a Text annotation.

Python

Additions have been made to the Python API.

Service Monitor

New Diagnostics have been added to help troubleshoot your configuration.

Timeline

Select the channels from a source to use in the Source Image Timeline FX.

Tokens

Define custom tokens using Python hooks.

Tools

Improvements have been made to various tools, including Atomize, Colour Source, and Selective.

Additional Enhancements

Colour Sampler

The Average mode of the Colour Sampler displays the contents of the red box instead of a zoomed view from its centre, as in Pixel mode.


Workflow

The content of a non-editable button can be added to the OS clipboard using the Copy option in its context menu.


2027 Release


Highlights

Metadata

Preserve the frame-based metadata keys of clips from import through export.

Annotations

Add annotations to frames in the Player or in a Viewport.

Machine Learning

Generate a Depth map using internal or external machine learning models.

Burn

Burn can be installed on Mac workstations.

Features

Animation Editor

Link a channel to the value of a Metadata Key using Expressions.

Autodesk Assistant

Use Autodesk Assistant, an AI-powered assistant that understands your questions and provides helpful responses.

AVIO Updates

Updated AJA and Blackmagic Design drivers.

Backburner

Backburner 2027.0 is a minor update with fixes and no visible changes for end users.

Batch

Use the Metadata node to view and modify the metadata of a clip.

Centralised Components

Deploy system-based Custom Tokens in a facility using the Centralised Components workflow.

Colour Management

OpenColorIO has been updated to version 2.5.1

Configuration and OS

The Rocky Linux 9.7 operating system is supported.

Conform

Import OTIO files in the Conform environment.

DKU 21.0.0 (Rocky Linux Only)

DKU 21.0.0 includes support for Rocky Linux 9.7 and an updated NVIDIA driver.

Effects

Add Markers and Segment Markers from the Effects environment.

Explorer

Access the list of Markers from the Explorer. Display the list of annotations on the current frame.

Media Export

Metadata of imported clips is preserved on exported media.

Media Import

Frame-based metadata is preserved on imported media.

Open Clip

Define metadata keys and values to be either ignored or modified on a per-feed basis.

Preferences

Set Custom Tokens to be used throughout the application.

Python

Additions have been made to the Python API regarding the new Metadata workflow.

Service Monitor

New Diagnostics have been added to help troubleshoot your configuration.

Snapshot

Include Annotations in a Snapshot.

Tokens

Define Custom Tokens. Limit the display of resolved tokens to the number of characters of your choice.

Tools

Generate a Depth Map using machine learning model. Create a matte from a generated Depth Map in a Selective.

Additional Enhancements

General Workflow

Copy and Paste Characters

Copy and paste characters in text fields using the context menu.

When no character is selected in the text field, the following operation is available:

  • Paste Text
Note: The characters currently in the OS clipboard are displayed between parentheses.

When one or more characters are selected in the text field, the following operations are available:

  • Copy Text
  • Cut
  • Paste Text
  • Delete

Navigate Between Text Fields

When a dialog window has multiple text fields, use the Tab and Shift + Tab keys to navigate between them. One of the text fields must be in editing mode for the shortcuts to work.


Keyboard Shortcuts

Delete

The Delete/Backspace key is assigned to Delete in the Flame keyboard shortcut profile.

Note: The default keys assigned to the Tracking: Delete Current KeyFrame, Go To Previous keyboard shortcut available in Action, GMask Tracer, and Image has been changed from Delete/Backspace to Shift + Delete/Backspace.

The F12 key no longer opens the Search widget. It is now assigned to Toggle Annotations Display. The Space + Tab key combination is still available to open the Search widget. Additionally, the F16 key can be used on macOS.


Project Management

Cache and Renders Formats

OpenEXR (Uncompressed) has been added as a Cache and Renders format for floating-point content.


Tangent Panels

The following functions have been added to the Tangent Mapper:

  • Annotations

    • General -> Annotations. This is used to toggle the Annotations layer display.
    • Navigation -> Go to Previous Annotation and Go to Next Annotation.

  • Data Management

    • Clip Management -> Clear Unreferenced Cache (Current Project) & (All Projects)

User Settings

Changes have been made to the Import user settings function in the Setup application.

  • User settings can be imported on a new system, before the application is launched for the first time.
  • All existing user settings are overwritten when a user profile is imported.

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