Commenting on: Autodesk is taking a lead in GPU-enabled FX and 3D Stereo

As reported in the Siggraph 2008 blog by Pat Howk, Autodesk is making a big push to take a market lead in stereoscopic 3D for media & enertainment.

Their latest announcements at IBC further support this.  Lustre 2009 is their digital color grading system (color grading is a process for altering or enhancing the color of movie or TV images). Lustre’s two big updates:

1. The entire array of grading, previewing and rendering tools can be used for Stereoscopic 3D material
2. Real-time playback of primary and secondary color grading capabilities for multiple secondary layers are GPU-accelerated.  FX plug-ins…