Pro apps: Autodesk Smoke 2010 comes to the Mac

Always nice to welcome a new high-end application to Apple's computing platforms, and this one’s going to be highly useful to video and broadcast pros - Autodesk is bringing its high-end finishing product, Smoke 2010, to the Mac for the first time.

Autodesk is this week previewed the Mac OS X version its Smoke finishing and editing system (c.$15,000) to professionals in film and video attending Japan’s InterBEE exhibition this week. It is understood that beta testers had been aware of the newly-revealed Mac support for some time, but had been sworn to secrecy under non-disclosure agreements.

Smoke finishing effects software is a comprehensive creative editorial system. It delivers the visual effects capabilities and high performance.

Additional key features include:

A powerful 64-bit architecture
Superior tools for conforming, editing, audio, paint, character generation, graphic design, and visual effects creation
Leverages Autodesk Modular Keyer, Master Keyer, and Colour Warper technologies
Batch procedural compositing environment enables logical, more efficient workflows (available in Smoke Advanced)

Available below is a video clip detailing some of the features of the new software, unfortunately it is in Japanese.