What's New in Interoperability

Interoperability with Lustre 2012 Extension 1: Source Grading Workflow

Many workflows require working in parallel between Smoke/Flame and Lustre. For better flexibility, grading the source footage prior to conforming is ideal, but may not be an option for fast-paced projects. Grading source footage post conform requires removing all soft effects and unsupported transitions, but this manual process can be cumbersome.

To accommodate parallel workflows, we introduce the source grading workflow in the Lustre, Smoke, and Flame 2012 Extension 1.

With the source grading workflow, you can:

Import a timeline into Lustre, without having to render soft effects or transitions,
Grade the timeline based on the editorial decisions to date, and then
Send the timeline back to Smoke or Flame for further refinement, preserving soft effects and transitions.

See the Lustre 2012 Extension 1 What's New for complete details of this new workflow.

FBX Linked Files

You can now link to FBX files instead of importing them. In Action, import an FBX file with FBX Import Type set to Link to Original File and keep a live link to the FBX file. This creates a single FBX Scene node in the Action schematic. Set the FBX Import Type to Create Local Copy to import FBX files as before.

See Working with FBX Scenes Linked to the Original Files.

Working with FBX Scenes Linked to the Original Files

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