Autodesk Inc. will be at the National Association of Broadcasters’ Convention (NAB) in Las Vegas (April 18-21), showcasing new products such as Autodesk Toxik, a collaborative compositing software for the digital visual effects industry.
Toxik is designed for film studios and post-production facilities that require an efficient production pipeline in which multiple compositors work together on projects requiring high-resolution, high bit-depth and procedural advanced compositing capabilities. The software complements Autodesk’s single-user, visual effects systems such as Discreet Inferno and Discreet Flame.
Autodesk developed Toxik from the ground up, with extensive input from industry leaders around the world. Feedback was culled from 28 beta sites, including Lord of the Rings trilogy vfx house Weta Digital in New Zealand, Condor in Amsterdam, Moving Picture Company in the U.K., Lumiq Studios in Italy, Eclair Laboratoires in France, Imagica Corp. in Japan and Asylum the the U.S.
The image processing capabilities of Toxik are built around its Ultra-High Resolution Interaction and High Dynamic Range Imagery (HDRI) core, allowing users to work interactively and intuitively with virtually any visual media, regardless of bit-depth or image size. The software-based application also features Reaction, Autodesk’s next-generation 3D environment for interactive compositing; Suave, a high-quality software renderer; and an entirely new user interface (UI) paradigm called “Touch UI.”
According to Autodesk, Toxik is designed to extract the maximum performance from Intel-based workstations and the NVIDIA Quadro FX series of graphics cards for Windows-based operating systems. North American pricing for one Toxik creative seat with supporting collaboration infrastructure is $9,000. Toxik 1.0 begins shipping worldwide in mid-April. For more information, go to www.discreet.com/products.
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