Continuum Complete Tutorials for Autodesk Sparks

Transition to Smoke: Intro to Sparks

Sparks are visual effects plug-ins that every artist needs to know how to use to extend the functionality of an already power system. Sparks for the Autodesk systems products are manufactured by the leading suppliers of visual effects software in the world: companies such at The Foundry, GenArts, and Boris FX. suppliers of visual effects software in the world: companies such at The Foundry, GenArts, and Boris FX. For this example, I'm using Boris Continuum Complete 5.o because many artists new to Smoke will be familiar with them from Avid Media Composer, Avid DS, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro. So let's get started.

Using BCC Motion Key in Autodesk Flame to remove a foreground object from a scene

In this exercise, we'll use the BCC Motion Key spark within the Autodesk Flame host to remove a moving foreground object from a scene which does this without rotoscoping or heavy compositing.