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Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) Media & Entertainment Solutions empower media professionals to fully experience their creative ideas, transforming their most evocative and ambitious visions into reality.
Our award-winning solutions are designed for digital media creation, management, and delivery across all disciplines, from film and television visual effects, colour grading and editing to animation, game development, and design visualisation.
Autodesk Media & Entertainment, based in Montreal, Quebec, was established in 1999 after Autodesk acquired Discreet Logic Inc. and merged its operations with Kinetix. In January 2006, Autodesk acquired Alias, a developer of 3D graphics technology.
Markets Served
- Film
- Broadcast/television
- Interactive gaming
- Design visualisation
Global Presence 500+ employees worldwide
Accomplishments
- Over the past 13 years, all winners of the Academy AwardŽ for Best Visual Effects in a Film used Autodesk solutions.
- More than two-thirds of the top-grossing films since 1993 used Autodesk's effects and editing technology.
- Autodesk developers, Duncan Brinsmead, Jos Stam, Julia Pakalns and Martin Werner received a 2007 Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the design and implementation of the Maya Fluid Effects System
- Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya received 2007 National Television Academy Awards.
- Autodesk's Principal Scientist Jos Stam received a 2005 Technical Achievement Award (Academy certificate) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Autodesk Maya developers won the 2002 Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Autodesk Inferno and Autodesk Flame designers won the 1998 Scientific and Engineering Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Production Credits The list of award-winning productions and entertainment created with Autodesk solutions includes thousands of titles and continues to grow. Following is a selection of completed productions.
Feature Films 28 Weeks Later Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Atonement Beowulf Charlie Wilson's War Evan Almighty Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer Hairspray I Am Legend Live Free Or Die Hard Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium No Country for Old Men Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy Rendition Spider-Man Trilogy Stardust Surf's Up The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Golden Compass The Kite Runner The Spiderwick Chronicles Transformers
Television Boston Legal British Style Genius Casualty Coast CSI Franchise Dirty Sexy Money Doctor Who Entourage Fifi and the Flowertots Galapagos Grey's Anatomy Headcases House In The Night Garden My Name is Earl Nip/Tuck Prison Break Planet Earth Pushing Daisies Roary The Racing Car Samantha Who Two and a Half Men Ugly Betty
Television Commercials Bridgestone Tires', "Unexpected Obstacles" and "The Scream" Bud Light, "Breath Fire", "Wheel", "Fly" and "Endorsement" Budweiser, "Clydesdale Team" Cadillac, "Live in It" Coca-Cola, "It's Mine" Dell, "Out with The Old" Diet Pepsi Max, "Nod" FedEx, "Carrier Pigeons" Hyundai, "Fluid" Sony Bravia, "Paint" T-Mobile, "Dwayne Wins" Toyota, "Trike Race"
Product Portfolio VFX: Autodesk Inferno, Autodesk Flame, Autodesk Flint, Autodesk Toxik, Autodesk Combustion Editing/finishing: Autodesk Smoke DI: Autodesk Lustre 3D: Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk, Maya, Autodesk MotionBuilder, Autodesk Mudbox, Autodesk ImageModeler, Autodesk Stitcher
Contact Information World headquarters: 10 rue Duke Montreal, Quebec H3C 2L7, Canada T: +1 514.393.1616 F: +1.800.869.3504
Europe, Middle East, & Africa: Ingeni Building 15-17 Broadwick Street London W1F 0DE T: +44 (0) 207 851 8000 F: +44 (0) 207 851 8001 Related press releases for Autodesk
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Autodesk and XTFX to showcase latest products across the UK (13 Nov 08) |
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Autodesk Media & Entertainment and its UK reseller XTFX will be showcasing the latest versions of Autodesk visual effects, editing and finishing, and digital grading software at a series of events across the UK. |
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Aardman expands Autodesk investment with Smoke (2 Oct 08) |
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The UK's most famous animation studio, Aardman, has invested in an Autodesk Smoke editing and finishing system. |
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Autodesk at the VisMasters Design, Modeling and Visualization Conference 2008 (13 May 08) |
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Conference adds BIM Sessions, Highlights the Convergence of Design and Visualisation |
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Autodesk Acquires Assets of REALVIZ, Developer of Image-Based Content Creation Software (7 May 08) |
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Extends Autodesk's Leadership in 2D and 3D Design Innovation |
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Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Kynogon SA (7 May 08) |
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Grows Autodesk's Videogame Middleware and Simulation Offering |
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Autodesk Launches New Versions of Visual Effects and Finishing Systems (14 Apr 08) |
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Includes New Creative Tools, Expanded Format Support and Workflow Enhancements |
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Autodesk Lustre 2007 Extension 2 Offers Improved Tools, Performance and Workflow for Autodesk Incinerator Customers (3 Mar 08) |
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Extension 2 for the Autodesk Lustre 2007 software (Linux operating system) digital colour grading system is now available exclusively to Lustre Autodesk Subscription customers. |
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Autodesk Applauds 80th Annual Academy Award Winners and Nominees (26 Feb 08) |
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Best Visual Effects Winner The Golden Compass Shaped with Autodesk Technology |
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Autodesk Receives Scientific & Technical Academy Award for Maya Fluid Effects Technology (21 Feb 08) |
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Win Marks Third Award for Maya in 2008 |
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Autodesk Launches 3ds Max 2009 Entertainment Software and Introduces 3ds Max Design 2009 for Design Professionals (13 Feb 08) |
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3ds Max Design Meets New Requirements for Advanced Visual Communication
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Escape Studios, Autodesk and AMD join forces for Escape Awards (28 Jan 08) |
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To celebrate the cream of the UK's computer graphics community, Escape Studios has partnered with Autodesk and AMD to host 2008's inaugural Escape Awards. |
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Autodesk Wins National Television Academy Awards for 3ds Max and Maya (8 Jan 08) |
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Now in its fourth year, this category award recognises pioneering efforts and breakthroughs in the gaming world. |
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Autodesk Technology Helps Unwrap Dozens of Holiday Blockbusters: The Golden Compass, The Mist, No Country for Old Men and More (21 Dec 07) |
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Leading post-production facilities used Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) entertainment software solutions to shape more than 25 films for this holiday season. |
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Autodesk Solutions Help Transport Gamers to Distant Galaxies, Medieval Times and More with this Season's Hottest New Titles (21 Dec 07) |
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Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced today that its end-to-end game development software solutions were used to create most of the top titles hitting the shelves this holiday season. |
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Autodesk Technology Helps Beowulf Battle Believably in 3D (20 Dec 07) |
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Stereoscopic Film Created with Maya and MotionBuilder Software |
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Autodesk Introduces Maya Muscle Functionality for Autodesk Maya 2008 (11 Dec 07) |
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Autodesk, Inc. has launched Autodesk Maya 2008 Extension 1 software, which introduces Maya Muscle functionality into the 3D modelling, animation, visual effects and rendering solution. |
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BSkyB upgrades Autodesk visual effects systems (4 Dec 07) |
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BSkyB's in-house creative department has upgraded its Autodesk Flame visual effects systems to the latest version running on Linux-based workstations. |
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Colourist Brett Manson to headline at Autodesk open house (26 Nov 07) |
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Autodesk will be hosting a three-day open house featuring leading colourist Brett Manson from Video Lab in South Africa. |
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Autodesk packs a Punch in Norway (23 Oct 07) |
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One of Norway's oldest post-production companies, Punch Post Production, has invested in two Autodesk systems as part of a facility overhaul to transform the offline editing and audio boutique into a full service facility capable of competing with the biggest in the country. |
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The Ambassadors banks on Autodesk for creative spark (23 Oct 07) |
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The Netherlands' newest post house, The Ambassadors, which will officially open its doors in December has been kitted out with an Autodesk Flame visual effects system, an Autodesk Lustre HD digital grading system and Autodesk Maya 3D modelling and animation software. |
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Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Skymatter, Makers of Mudbox 3D Brush-based Modelling Software (16 Oct 07) |
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Strengthens Autodesk's Entertainment and Design Offering |
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Acht Frankfurt invests in Autodesk visual effects solutions (15 Oct 07) |
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German post-production facility Acht Frankfurt has invested in two Autodesk Flame 2008 visual effects systems and Autodesk Toxik 2008 compositing software. |
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Autodesk "AREA" 3D Community Portal Celebrates First Anniversary (24 Sep 07) |
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The Autodesk Media & Entertainment 3D community portal, called AREA, is celebrating its first anniversary. |
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Autodesk Launches New Versions of Visual Effects and Finishing Systems for High-Value Content Creators (6 Sep 07) |
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Facility wide Improvements with Open File System, Shared Storage and 100 Percent Clip Compatibility |
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Post-Production Facilities Grow Their Businesses with Autodesk Lustre Digital Colour Grading System (6 Sep 07) |
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Creative Tools, Concurrent Workflow and Multi-Format Handling Fuel Lustre Adoption for Film and TV Projects |
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