Flame

Autodesk Flame: Ignite every story from start to finish

Finishing and visual effects (VFX) software

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What is Autodesk Flame?

Autodesk Flame software is a powerful finishing and visual effects solution with an integrated environment that accelerates creative workflows.

  • Deliver commercials, TV episodes, and films with pixel-perfect visual effects powered by artificial intelligence (AI).

  • Enhance every project with a robust, integrated color grading and finishing toolset.

  • Build complex 3D scenes with an intuitive, node-based compositing system.

What is Autodesk Flame?

Autodesk Flame software is a powerful finishing and visual effects solution with an integrated environment that accelerates creative workflows.

  • Deliver commercials, TV episodes, and films with pixel-perfect visual effects powered by artificial intelligence (AI).

  • Enhance every project with a robust, integrated color grading and finishing toolset.

  • Build complex 3D scenes with an intuitive, node-based compositing system.

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Work at the speed of 2D compositing—with 3D VFX

Flame enables you to exceed client demands faster, whether it’s bringing a massive CG monster to the streets of New York City or adding digital makeup to the world’s next big music star.
"My Universe” music video from Coldplay X BTS
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Isolate and modify objects with artificial intelligence

Reduce manual effort and boost efficiency with AI tools. Easily extract mattes for the human body, head, and face. Isolate skies and standout objects for faster grading and VFX. Seamlessly morph frames to fix tricky jump cuts.
Side by side before and after of a child in a gray mask edited with Autodesk Flame

Create in a simple, task-based environment

Edit, composite, and color correct in one environment, without toggling between software.
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Work at the speed of 2D compositing—with 3D VFX

Flame enables you to exceed client demands faster, whether it’s bringing a massive CG monster to the streets of New York City or adding digital makeup to the world’s next big music star.
"My Universe” music video from Coldplay X BTS

Isolate and modify objects with artificial intelligence

Reduce manual effort and boost efficiency with AI tools. Easily extract mattes for the human body, head, and face. Isolate skies and standout objects for faster grading and VFX. Seamlessly morph frames to fix tricky jump cuts.
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Side by side before and after of a child in a gray mask edited with Autodesk Flame

Create in a simple, task-based environment

Edit, composite, and color correct in one environment, without toggling between software.
Hasbro commercial, Image courtesy of Bilali Mack.

Features to support your operations

3D compositing toolset

Combine the interactive speed of traditional 2D compositing and powerful 3D visual effects in Action.

Machine learning image segmentation

Easily isolate skies, human bodies, heads, facial features, or other objects using semantic keyers.

Timeline editing tools

Insert, cut, and apply effects to video and audio files.

Next-generation camera tracking

Generate camera data, a point cloud, and Z-Depth map to easily position objects in a scene.

MasterGrade creative color tool

Blaze through color work with a high dynamic range (HDR) ready and float-point capable color tool.

Integrated finishing core toolset

Color grade in an integrated environment that connects to colorist control panels.

Which Flame product is right for you?

Flame

A complete visual effects and editorial finishing solution

"There’s no way we could deliver commercials without Flame. It’s been the best product for this purpose for years."

— Amaan Akram, Head of VFX, Untold Studios
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"Flame artists now can collaborate together in the same frame store, and that's mind-blowing."

— Angus Kneale, Chief Creative Officer, Preymaker
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"I love color grading in Flame. It brings the whole job together."

— Rufus Blackwell, VFX Artist, Studio Rufus
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Explore Flame resources

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    TUTORIALS

    Flame Learning Channel

    Start Flame or learn new features with 500+ videos

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    COMMUNITY

    Logik Community

    Ask questions and share with Flame users worldwide

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    BLOG

    Use cases and news from studios and Autodesk pros

    Read Flame news and stories from VFX studios

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Questions? We have answers.

Autodesk Flame is used for visual effects and finishing work on commercials, TV episodes, trailers, and features.

Autodesk Flame is used by VFX supervisors, CG compositing artists, 3D world builders, colorists, and finishers for film and TV productions. 

Your Flame subscription gives you access to install and use the three previous versions. Available downloads are listed in your Autodesk Account after subscribing. See also previous releases available for subscribers.

Autodesk Flame can run on Apple®, macOS®, and Linux®. See Flame system requirements for details.

With a subscription to Autodesk Flame software, you can install it on up to three computers or other devices. However, only the named user can sign in and use that software on a single computer at any given time. Please refer to the Software License Agreement for more information.

Launch your trial software and click Subscribe Now on the trial screen or buy Flame here. When buying your subscription, enter the same email address and password combination you used to sign in to your trial. Learn more about converting a trial to a paid subscription

The price of an annual Flame subscription is {{price.A250.1year}} and the price of a monthly Flame subscription is {{price.A250.1month}}. The price of a three-year Flame subscription is {{price.A250.3years}}. If you have infrequent users and are interested in a pay-as-you-go option, please visit www.autodesk.com/flex to learn more.

Autodesk Flame includes a growing list of AI-powered features to reduce manual effort and increase overall efficiency in visual effects and finishing. Current features include: 

  • Camera Analysis: Generates 3D point clouds from 2D camera sequences to position objects in a scene, apply masks, and color grade.

  • Human Body Semantic Keyer: Isolates the human body in a moving video and extracts a matte for compositing purposes.

  • Human Face Semantic Keyer: Detects and automatically isolates various parts of the human face, isolates the human head in a moving video, and extracts a matte for compositing purposes.

  • ML Depth: Analyzes an image and computes a depth data pass to ease workflows, such as matte isolation for color grading based on camera depth.

  • ML Morph: Solves tricky jump cut edits by morphing frames together or blending effects.

  • ML Timewarp: Automatically creates additional frames for slow-motion shots.

  • ML Upscale: Augments the resolution and quality of video sequences for archive restoration, pan and scan, and content delivery.

  • Salient Keyer: Detects an object within a bounding box in a moving video and extracts a matte for compositing purposes.

  • Sky Extraction Keyer: Detects and automatically isolates skies in a moving video and extracts a matte for compositing purposes.

Some Autodesk AI features do not leverage machine learning and so do not require data for training of the underlying models. When an AI feature does require data for training, Autodesk uses different data sources depending on the feature. You can learn more about whether an Autodesk AI feature relies on machine learning and what data sources are used for training on the feature’s AI transparency card, located within the Trusted AI section of Autodesk's Trust Center. Note: Additional transparency cards are coming soon.