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Overview Flame 3D VFX and finishing software provides powerful tools for 3D compositing, visual effects, and editorial finishing. An integrated, creative environment means faster compositing, advanced graphics, color correction, and more. Deliver commercials, TV episodes, and films with AI-powered, pixel-perfect visual effects Enhance every project with a robust, integrated color grading and finishing toolset Build complex 3D scenes with an intuitive, node-based compositing system

Why Flame?

	Work at the speed of 2D compositing—with 3D VFX Flame enables you to exceed client demands faster, whether it’s bringing a massive CG monster to the streets of NYC or adding digital makeup to the world’s next big music star.
Discover unique ways to isolate and modify objects  Extract mattes of the human body, head, and face with AI-powered tools for color adjustment, relighting, and beauty work. Isolate skies and salient objects quickly for grading and VFX jobs.
	Create in a simple, task-based environment Edit, composite, and color correct in one environment, without toggling between software.

 

Features

Machine learning

Human face extraction Extract mattes using machine learning with a new human-face region Semantic keyer.	Semantic keyer for sky extraction Isolate skies with a single click to remove clouds, add treatments to sky backgrounds, and more.	Human body and head extraction Isolate human bodies and heads for fast, iterative color grading and light FX treatments on shots.
AI-powered salient keyer Identify and provide a matte for the most obvious object within a bounding box using object recognition tools.	Z-depth map generator Machine learning for live-action, scene-depth reclamation. Color correct and apply effects based on camera distance.	Human face normal map generator Use machine learning to generate 3D surface-orientation bump maps for color adjustment, relighting, and retouching.

 

3D compositing and VFX

Next-generation automatic Camera motion MatchMove solver Enhanced Camera solver based on SFM (Structure from Motion) and Visual SLAM, with machine learning object detection.	3D selective motion vector mode Feed CG-rendered or analyzed motion vectors directly into 3D selectives to combine with masks.	3D compositing (Action) Combines the interactive speed of traditional 2D compositing and powerful 3D visual effects.
PhysicalDefocus Try the GPU-accelerated rack defocus effect for Image, Action, and Batch.	Cryptomatte render pass support Crypto object, asset, and materials are available in Flame and Flare without having to request re-rendering.

 

Color grading and finishing

Robust integrated finishing core toolset Apply color and effects in an integrated environment. Connects to Tangent colorist control panels.	MasterGrade: Creative color tool Provides modes optimized to grade the 3 types of color spaces: video, logarithmic, and scene-linear.	The Explorer Save and recall color grading and FX work in the Explorer, a dedicated grade bin and reference comparison area.

More Features

• NDI video preview streaming - Remotely present high-quality content with Fullscreen Video over IP to any NDI receiver or webcasting “studio” software.
• Dolby Vision HDR authoring and display workflow - Import, author, display, and export Dolby Vision HDR animatable metadata.
• Refraction - 3D objects can refract real-world material, distorting background objects based on surface material characteristics.
• Creative FX for the Image node - Use A2Beauty and Washer Matchbox tools for beauty work and clean up, and Physical Glare for camera lens effects.
• Conform - Create multilayer timelines faster. Use advanced conforming and troubleshooting tools in a single task-based area.
• Effects tab: Task-based environment - Apply the shot-to-shot navigation principles of a color grading tool using a wide array of effects.
• Image Timeline FX and Batch node - An integrated toolset for color, beauty work, production fix-it tasks, or freeform creative treatments on any image.
• Editorial timeline - Oversee projects, create consistent looks, and correctly match graded and 3D VFX shots to editorial intention.
• Automatic background reactor - Automatic cache on playback is available when using Linux Flame, making creative look dev tasks faster.
• Media management - Support for additional formats and enhanced sharing and handling help you better manage your media.
• Matchbox API - Use GPU-accelerated GLSL shaders to solve challenges in Action’s 3D compositing environment.
• Action: Projection tracking - Turn a projection into a UV set for geometry.
• Pybox - Use a scriptable handler to process your images via external renderers.
• Connected Conform smart merge - Merge new editorial cuts dynamically with work-in-progress shots late in a project.
• Modern color management - Track color space data on a per-clip basis, from source to screen. Includes ability to lock exported color policies.
• Python API - Drive the Batch environment using scriptable commands.
• Batch Paint animation - Adjust strokes using a multifunction edit box, animate them, or limit them with user-definable frame ranges.
• Batch Paint editing - Individually edit paint strokes in the Paint node for a seamless look with 16-bit floating-point depth support.
• Connected Conform workflow - A unified media management approach to share, sort, and sync media across multiple sequences.
• GMask Tracer - Create sophisticated composites using a lightweight, spline-based shape tool with integrated chroma-keying tools.
• Scopes: HDR waveform monitoring - Enhanced signal monitoring for HDR and WCG ranges. Colorspace tagging informs the scopes view.
• Planar tracking - Expertly and easily track perspective changes with the versatile, high-performing Planar Tracker.
• Shotgun integration - Access the power of the Shotgun review and production tracking toolset.
• Node-based compositing (Batch) - Batch integrates with the timeline and desktop to combine 2D and 3D elements iteratively.
• Effects environments: Groups - Filter shots and make comparisons and adjustments with this visual organizational structure.
• Effects environments: Layouts - Customize layouts by setting viewports, storyboard, media panel, timeline effects pipeline, and more.

 

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Which Flame product is right for you?

	Flame	Flare	Flame Assist
At a glance	Tools for fast and interactive visual effects finishing and 3D compositing.	A fully compatible creative assistant station for Flame in collaborative VFX workflows.	A timeline-centric, fully compatible assistant station for Flame.
Main Areas
MediaHub tab	✔	✔	✔
Conform tab	✔		✔
Timeline tab	✔	✔	✔
Batch tab	✔	✔
Effects tab	✔	✔	✔
Complete Tools tab	✔
Limited Tools tab			✔
Main Components
GPU debayering	✔	✔	✔
Video I/O	✔		✔
Archiving	✔	✔	✔
Broadcast monitoring	✔	✔	✔
Shotgun integration	✔	✔	✔
Connected Conform workflow	✔		✔
Wire	✔	✔	✔
Top areas views
Freeform	✔		✔
Desktop reels	✔
Player	✔	✔	✔
Source sequence	✔		✔
Triptych	✔		✔
Trim view	✔		✔
Full-screen	✔	✔	✔
Media panel
Desktop	✔	✔	✔
Libraries	✔	✔	✔
Shared libraries	✔	✔	✔
List view	✔	✔	✔
Tiles view	✔	✔	✔
Dual-panel view	✔	✔	✔
Dual-monitor setup	✔	✔	✔
Batch and Batch FX nodes
Image	✔	✔
Pybox	✔	✔
3D blur	✔	✔
Distort	✔	✔
Exposure	✔	✔
Gmask tracer	✔	✔
Keyer 3D	✔	✔
Lens distort	✔	✔
Motion convert	✔	✔
Substance noise	✔	✔
Substance splatter	✔	✔
Action tabs
All nodes	✔	✔	✔
Matchbox	✔	✔
Lightbox	✔	✔
Objects	✔	✔	✔
Surface	✔	✔	✔
Maps	✔	✔	✔
Relighting	✔	✔	✔
Action nodes
Matchbox and Lightbox	✔	✔
Motion vectors map	✔	✔
Object ID map	✔	✔
Selective	✔	✔
Z-depth map	✔	✔
3D shape	✔	✔
Atomize	✔	✔
Deform mesh	✔	✔
Emissive map	✔	✔
Camera - fog/depth of field	✔	✔
GMask	✔	✔
GMask ellipse	✔	✔
GMask plane	✔	✔
Gmask rectangle	✔	✔
IBL	✔	✔
Import – Gmask	✔	✔
Import - SVG file	✔	✔
Normal map	✔	✔
Parallax map	✔	✔
Particle Animator	✔	✔
Particle Bouncer	✔	✔
Particle Generator	✔	✔
PBS Map	✔	✔
Perspective Surface	✔	✔
Planar Tracking	✔	✔
Position Map	✔	✔
Presets – Particles	✔	✔
Projector	✔	✔
Replica	✔	✔
Shader	✔	✔
Specular Map	✔	✔
Substance Materialize	✔	✔
Substance PBR	✔	✔
Substance Texture	✔	✔
UV map	✔	✔
Action outputs
3D motion	✔	✔
Albedo	✔	✔
Ambient occlusion	✔	✔	✔
Background	✔	✔
Comp	✔	✔	✔
Emissive	✔	✔
Gmask	✔	✔
Lens flare	✔	✔
Matte	✔	✔	✔
Media matte	✔	✔	✔
Motion vectors	✔	✔
Normals	✔	✔
Object ID	✔	✔
Occluder	✔	✔
Position	✔	✔
Projector matte	✔	✔
Reflection	✔	✔
Roughness	✔	✔
Shadows	✔	✔	✔
Specular	✔	✔
UV	✔	✔
Z-Depth	✔	✔	✔
Z-Depth HQ	✔	✔
Matchbox shaders
A2 beauty	✔	✔
Action lens flare selective	✔	✔
Blur 3D selective	✔	✔
Chromatic aberration 3D selective	✔	✔
Color correct 3D selective	✔	✔
Convolve	✔	✔
Dots 3D selective	✔	✔
Fog 3D selective	✔	✔
Exposure 3D selective	✔	✔
Glow 3D selective	✔	✔
Lens bokeh	✔	✔
Lens dirt	✔	✔
Lens optic	✔	✔
Lens refraction	✔	✔
Lens spatial	✔	✔
Light wrap	✔	✔
Light wrap selective	✔	✔
Light wrap 3D selective	✔	✔
Physical bokeh SFX	✔	✔
Physical bokeh 3D selective	✔	✔
Physical glare	✔	✔
Rays 3D selective	✔	✔
Ripple 3D selective	✔	✔
Stingray ambient occlusion	✔	✔
Stingray ambient occlusion SFX	✔	✔
Stingray bloom	✔	✔
Stingray bloom SFX	✔	✔
Stingray depth of field	✔	✔
Stingray depth of field SFX	✔	✔
Stingray lens effects	✔	✔
Stingray lens effects SFX	✔	✔
Stingray motion blur	✔	✔
Stingray motion blur SFX	✔	✔
Stingray reflections	✔	✔
Stingray reflections SFX	✔	✔
Twirl 3D selective	✔	✔
Washer	✔	✔
Linux-only features
DNxHD compressed intermediates	✔	✔	✔
Background reactor	✔	✔	✔
Unlimited hardware anti-aliasing	✔		✔
Dolby Vision
Dolby Vision	✔	✔	✔
Explorer
Timeline FX	✔	✔	✔
References	✔	✔	✔
Filtering	✔	✔	✔

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