Autodesk at NAB

Autodesk, Inc. will be participating in
the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Las Vegas,
Nevada from April 16 to 19, 2007. Autodesk will showcase its latest visual
effects, editing/finishing, color grading and animation solutions for film,
television and commercial post-production. NAB is the largest electronic
media convention in the world. Each year it hosts more than 1,500
exhibitors and 100,000 media professionals from around the globe.

This year at NAB, Autodesk will launch a series of extensions for its 2007
visual effects, editing/finishing and color grading products. These
extensions are only available to subscription customers. The Systems
Subscription model is designed to provide customers with more features and
enhancements, more often, and with less disruption than traditional upgrade
models.

In addition, the company will present Autodesk Incinerator 2007 clustering
technology for the Autodesk Lustre digital color grading system. All new
extensions, as well as Autodesk Maya 8.5 and Autodesk 3ds Max 9 3D
animation, modeling and rendering software products, will be demonstrated
at the Autodesk booth #SL1420.

Autodesk will also launch Lustre Color Management, an integrated,
out-of-the-box solution that provides greater fidelity in color
reproduction between Autodesk systems products. With custom-built look up
tables (LUTs), this toolset accurately and consistently emulates how a
digital image will appear when printed to film. It also brings various
image input formats into a common frame of reference so they can be
previewed and converted to the necessary output format.

The Lustre Color Management feature will be included in the new extension
releases for Autodesk Inferno, Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Toxik visual
effects systems, Autodesk Fire and Autodesk Smoke editing/finishing system,
Autodesk Backdraft Conform background media management and I/O software,
and Autodesk Lustre digital color grading system.

Extension 1 for Inferno, Flame, Flint, Fire and Smoke, offer numerous
workflow enhancements, including Quicktime support for the Linux platform,
enhanced timeline editing, and Autodesk Burn network processing solution
embedded within modules. The extensions also provide new color calibration
capabilities with Lustre Color Management, major improvements to conform,
and new features such as a redesigned Automatic 3D Tracker and Lens
Distortion.

Toxik Extension 2 provides new creative tools for film visual effects and
enhances features introduced in Toxik 2007. New features include Retimer,
which allows artists to change the speed of a clip, and Grain Management,
which enables artist to add and remove grain characteristics from live and
computer-generated footage.

With two extensions since the release of the Lustre 2007 system, Autodesk
continues to build on the solution's graphics processing unit (GPU) feature
set. Features in Lustre 2007 extension 1 and 2 include: VTR emulation for
playback control, GPU-acceleration with all Secondary layers, and
additional GPU accelerated grading functions such as RGB curves, gamma, and
shape softness.

A series of concurrent workflow demonstrations will be showcased daily at
the Autodesk booth. These workflows will include the Flame, Smoke and
Lustre systems, along with Autodesk Backdraft Conform, and Autodesk Wiretap
application programming interface.

Many of the industry's top digital artists will demonstrate their stunning
film and television work at the Autodesk booth. Scheduled presentations
include:

Autodesk will be hosting a user group event, as well as master classes for
Flame and Smoke, on Sunday April 15. Both classes will include extensive
tips and tricks, and will be co-instructed by Autodesk clients. For more
information, visit www.autodesk.com/nab2007.