combustion 4 tech spec (PDF 232KB)

New Features:

combustion 4 represents the next major step forward for Discreet’s legendary creative tools and desktop integration, providing artists with a unique competitive edge through unparalleled creativity at affordable prices.

Here are some of the highlights:

Discreet’s Diamond Keyer— the second generation of sophisticated keying algorithms derived from flame, Discreet’s Academy Award^®-winning online visual effects system

Time-Warp—a fully key-frameable, time-remapping operator for quickly creating slow-motion and speed-up effects

B-spline vector shapes and new point-grouping—faster, more efficient rotoscoping

New optimized ‘Fast Gaussian Blur’

Custom capsules—create and save encapsulated single or grouped operator nodes and build yourself a library of effects to share and re-use

Gbuffer builder—enables custom building of Discreet’s Rich Pixel Format (RPF) data structures from bitmap files for more extensive use of combustion RPF nodes

Merge operator—new optimized operator to quickly merge 2 layers of the same size using any combustion transfer node

Interface enhancements—edit-operator, navigation, filtering and compare tool improvements just to name a few

New file import/export options—import of images into color mixer, import ASE (ASCII Scene Export) camera targets from 3ds max, import Windows Media, Open EXR compatible output

Enhanced paint—new paint tools, grids & rulers, B-spline in paint and new customized brushes