Rendering Autodesk VRED scenes can result in Open EXR sequences that require manual handling before they can be used in Autodesk Flame. This creates delays, inconsistencies, and avoidable errors in high-end commercial finishing workflows. This session will discuss example pipelines using both VRED and Flame Python tools to render Open EXR sequences from VRED and ingest them into Flame as clips. We will cover render jobs, structuring output, managing naming, and simplifying Flame imports. You should leave with a repeatable, production-ready workflow that reduces manual ingest and connects visualization to finishing with speed and reliability.

With all the challenges we’re facing during the pandemic, we’ve realized how constrained we can be when our access to our production site or office is limited. In this class, we’ll discuss how we can cost-effectively become productive again, and how we can increase our collaboration without compromising the quality of our work. Find out how Flame on Cloud can help you achieve this and incorporate this workflow with your visual effects pipeline, whether you’re in the office or off site.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, being able to work remotely has become essential for VFX artists. In this class, learn how Flame on the cloud will break hardware barriers, giving artists across the globe the opportunity to collaborate like never before.

Fragmented VFX pipelines rely on manual asset handoffs, inconsistent data, and disconnected tools across tracking, digital content creation (DCC), and finishing. This session will demonstrate a connected workflow linking Autodesk Flow Production Tracking, Maya, and Flame software through a natural language-driven orchestration layer. Asset ideas defined by text or images are transformed into timely prototypes for rapid iteration, automatically loaded into Maya, published to Autodesk Flow Production Tracking, and rendered to Flame for downstream work. The session will break down architecture, data flow, and automation patterns, including safeguards for reliability. You'll learn how to apply these patterns incrementally. A documented implementation supports exploration and reuse.

In this class, we'll discuss how cloud-based collaboration tools such as Moxion and other third-party tools and Autodesk Flame software can help simplify and optimize remote collaboration such as live review sessions, and feedback processes in VFX Pipeline / Post-Production. This workflow focuses on Flame—a leading software system for compositing, color grading, and visual effects— and Moxion, a cloud-based platform designed for remote media review and collaboration.

Join us for an in-depth case study of Autodesk PLM 360’s use with the development of Ember - Autodesk’s Spark Powered, ultra-high resolution 3D printer. https://ember.autodesk.com/

See how the Ember development team implemented PLM 360 and overcame challenges with Bill of Material management, the ebb and flow of Change Orders, and Supplier management in bringing this product to market. Watch how initial data was imported to Autodesk PLM 360, then how Autodesk PLM 360 was tailored for the different workflows and teams of users - from internal to contract manufacturers. Quality management, along with Compliance tracking within Autodesk PLM 360 will also be highlighted in this course. Come and see how a company operated within a company, and leveraged Autodesk PLM 360.

This session will focus on serial additive manufacturing using Autodesk Fusion software, with practical insights into designing and producing functional parts. We'll cover real-world use of FDM and SLA technologies, including workflows with UltiMaker and Formlabs printers, and working with high-performance, flame-retardant, and rigid materials. Key topics will include defining proper tolerances and clearances, optimizing designs for repeatable production, and preparing parts for testing and certification requirements. Special attention will be given to early-stage design decisions including integration of assembly fixtures and quality control features considering material behavior and process limitations.

This session focuses on the tools and workflows used by one of Australia's leading post-production houses, Cutting Edge. Learn how Cutting Edge leverages most of the Autodesk Media & Entertainment portfolio to create world class work efficiently, from occasional 2D animation jobs and storyboarding tasks, Sketchbook Pro enables an incredibly fast way of communicating ideas with sketching and paint tools. A suite of Autodesk content creation tools like Maya, Mudbox and Motion Builder allow our artists to realise the highest quality VFX work, to finishing to the highest standard in Autodesk Flame. Autodesk Shotgun is utilised to increase collaboration and efficiency and connect the team. Hear how new technology and forms of storytelling such as VR, AR and interactive engines will change the future of making entertainment.

Over the past several years, the construction industry has adopted new technologies to improve project development and management. However, the temporary jobsite office isn't keeping pace with the demands of today's tech-driven construction jobs. This class provides best practices for bringing technology to the jobsite, tips for turning a standard field office into a smart jobsite office, and an overview of cost savings for all parties involved. The presentation also includes recommendations for incorporating BIM processes to help streamline jobsite documentation and lessen rework requests. The best practices shared enhances jobsite collaboration and mobilization while providing solutions for technology challenges in the field. The presentation concludes with a return-on-investment analysis of the various products that are available, including William Scotsman's techsuite™.