Of Industry Founded, (1991 as Discreet Logic) (1996 as Autodesk Kinetix) 2005 as Autodesk Media and Entertainment Headquarters Products, Maya LT, FBX, (discontinued),, Flame, Lustre, Smoke, Beast, Shotgun,,, Stingray (game engine), Media & Entertainment Collection, Wwise (under license from ). Website Autodesk Media and Entertainment is a division of which offers animation and visual effects products, and was formed by the combination of multiple acquisitions.

In 2018, the company began operating as a single operating segment and reporting unit. Contents • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Discreet Logic [ ] Montreal-based Discreet Logic was founded in 1991 by former sales director Richard Szalwinski, to commercialize the 2D compositor Eddie, licensed from Australian production company. Eddie was associated with Australian software engineer Bruno Nicoletti, who later founded software company, in, England. In 1992, Discreet Logic entered into a European distribution agreement with Softimage, and shifted its focus on Flame, one of the first software-only image compositing products, developed by Australian Gary Tregaskis. Flame, which was originally named Flash, was first shown at NAB in 1992, ran on the platform, and became the company's.

There are many plug-ins for 3D Studio Max that greatly extend the already considerable power of this Windows 95/NT-based 3-D modeling and animation tool from Kinetix. 3D Studio Max Plug-Ins Guide teaches you how to use several of these plug-ins for mesh painting, particle systems, metaballs, and dynamic animation, providing step-by-step.

In July 1995, Discreet Logic's raised about US$40 million. On May 26, 1995, the company acquired the assets of Brughetti Corporation for about CDN$1 million, and in October acquired Computer-und Serviceverwaltungs AG, located in, Austria and some software from Innovative Medientechnik-und Planungs-GmbH in, Germany. After a 2-for-1 on October 16, 1995, a secondary offering in December 1995 raised an additional $28 million. [ ] On April 15, Discreet invested $2.5 million in privately held Essential Communications Corporation. [ ] Kinetix [ ] Autodesk originally created a multimedia unit in 1996 under the name Kinetix to publish, a product developed by The. [ ] In August 1998, Autodesk announced plans to acquire Discreet Logic and its intent to combine that operation with Kinetix. At the time, it was its largest acquisition, valued at about $410 million by the time it closed in March 1999 (down from an estimated $520 million when announced).

The new business unit was named the Discreet division. The combined Discreet-branded product catalog then encompassed all the Discreet Logic products, including Flame, Flint, Fire, Smoke, Effect, Edit, and Kinetix's product, including 3D Studio Max, Lightscape, Character Studio.

Media and Entertainment [ ] In March 2005, Autodesk renamed its business unit Autodesk Media and Entertainment and discontinued the Discreet brand (still headquartered in Montreal). Through the years, Autodesk augmented its entertainment division with many other acquisitions. One of the most significant was in October 2005, when Autodesk acquired Toronto-based for an estimated $182 million from, and merged its animation business into its entertainment division. Alias had been part of SGI until 2004. In 2008, it acquired technology of the former from.

In 2011, Autodesk acquired image tools and utilities that use called. Industry usage [ ] By 2011, these products were used in films that won the for 16 consecutive years. Much of 's visual effects were created with Autodesk media and entertainment software. Autodesk software enabled Avatar director to aim a camera at actors wearing motion-capture suits in a studio and see them as characters in the fictional world of Pandora in the film. Autodesk software also played a role in the visual effects of,,,,,,,,,, and other films. In November 2010, announced that Autodesk's gaming technology was used in.

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