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    Autodesk Smoke Prerelease Trial 1 is a fully functional version of the current 2013 Smoke software.  However not all intended features for the Autodesk Smoke 2013 release are included. Over the course of the pre‐release trial period Autodesk intends to introduce additional features.

    NOTE: Given the pre‐release nature of the software certain parts of the application have not been fully tested and you may experience instability, slowness or crashes. We encourage you to report such instances to the AREA forum to help us better test the final release version.

    Feature Limitations

    The following intended features and workflows are not included or not implemented fully in this pre‐release version of Autodesk Smoke*:

    Backward Compatibility

    • No backward compatibility with 2012 projects.
    • No remote connection workflow.
    • No Wire between local or remote projects.

    ​Conform 

    • Only drag and drop conform of XML and AAF is supported.
    • No conform troubleshooting tools.
    • No conform from EDL.
    • No unlink/relink.
    • No reformat.

    ​Search 

    • No timeline search.
    • Only basic search capabilities are available in Workspace and Media Hub browser.

    Effects

    • Some effects tools are not yet ready, or can only be accessed by CFX/timeline:
      • Not available: Desktop Paint, Change TC, Change KC, Convert Rate, Burn-In Letterbox, Repeat, Reverse
      • Available through CFX: Stereo Filter, Resize, Burn In TC, De-interlace, Field Merge, Pulldown removal, Add Pulldown, Reverse Dominance, Average, Compound, Deal, Negative, Flip, Separate,  Denoise, Gradient
    • Multi-clip selection (the ability to load a series of Front+Matte in tools that support it - like Action, or the timeline effect Axis) is not available.

    Timeline

    • Trim View is not available.
    • Track based Ripple extract and trimming is not available.

    ​Video I/O

    • Video I/O is not available, however broadcast monitoring is.
    • Proxy workflow is not operational. Buttons are accessible, but do not function.
    • Backward playback is not supported on long GOP formats such as H.264.
    • Resizing and LUT on import are not available.
    • Limited export capabilities:
      • No Timeline publish
      • No Audio AAF/OMF export
      • No format/device export presets
      • RGBA export requires matte containers

    Other

    • No background rendering with Autodesk Burn.
    • Archiving is not available.
    • Vectorscope, and some player controls for stereo are not available.
    • The Menu bar is not finalized and many items are missing.
    • Partial keyboard shortcut implementation.
    • Selection order of clips in the workspace is not visible.

    • Incomplete documentation. Reference content exists for just about everything in Smoke, but we are still working on workflows! Feel free to comment on the wiki when you can’t find what you are looking for.

    Correcting Media Storage Configuration Issues

    You may see the following error message if the media storage in unavailable when you start the Smoke 2013 Pre-Release trial:

    Error: The Media Storage Location Used by Smoke is invalid or missing. Please check the settings in the Smoke Setup utility. (Press ESC)

    To resolve the media storage errors, you must first validate the media storage location.

    To validate the media storage location:

    1. Exit Smoke.
    2. Open Smoke Setup app in /Applications/Autodesk/Smoke 2013 PreRelease 1/Utilities.
    3. In the Media Storage tab, you can see the directory where Smoke will store its media under the ''Location'' column.
    4. From the Finder, open the folder and confirm that this folder exists and has sufficient permissions.
      • If the location is available, but the folder is missing, create the folder with the name that was in the "Location" column of the Smoke Setup app, and re-start Smoke.
      • If the location is unavailable, does not exist or has been purposefully unmounted, a new media storage configuration is required.

    To create a media storage configuration:

    1. Open Finder and create a new folder in your media storage drive. Name it Autodesk Media Storage.
    2. Open Applications/Autodesk/Smoke/Utilities/Smoke Setup.
      In the Smoke Setup app, you will configure the folder you created as the Media Storage and remove any old, unused ones.
    3. Click the Media storage tab. Click Add and select the folder you created in the previous step. Go through the dialog boxes to accept your changes and go back to the Smoke Setup dialog box, Media storage tab.
    4. Remove the old storage entry. Click Manual Edit. This opens a configuration file. Locate the Partition7 entries. Add a hash tag (they look like this #) before the Partition7 Name and Path entries.
    5. Save and apply your settings.

    ​Ok, we know that can be a little confusing. Nobody wants to edit a text file. Take a look at this video. It will show you how it is done.

    Known Bug List

    Component/s Key Summary Workaround
    3D Interop: Alembic file format FLPR-6061 Animation won't start on the correct frame. No workaround at this time.
    Action FLPR-6241 Crash when setting Tail media to Use Black and scroll the play cursor past the last frame. Be in 1-up view to make sure you do not display the schematic and the result at the same time.
    CER Error Report Mechanism SMOK-7065 Under some conditions the CER report window will never pop-up. This tool is used to send engineering information about crashes experienced by users. We encourage you to wait for this window to pop-up and give us as much information as possible about the circumstances under which the crash happened. But if it takes too long to pop-up, you may need to force quit the application manually.
    Connect FX FLPR-6072 Pan and Zoom won't be kept properly when exiting and re-entering Connect FX. No workaround at this time.
    Connect FX FLPR-6108 Crash if you exit Connect FX with the big channel editor displayed and then access the player. Close the big channel editor before exiting connect FX.
    Connect FX FLPR-5543 CFX: cannot enable/disable proxies in CFX. Proxies are not fully supported at this time.
    Connect FX: Action FLPR-6058 Setting wireframe to surface/geometry with displacement will freeze the software. No workaround at this time.
    Connect FX: Action FLPR-6075 Crash when using Shift + Snap to snap objects in 3D space. No workaround at this time.
    DHCP  SMOK-6878 Can't use Backburner without a network cable. Make sure to have a network cable connected to be able to perform any background tasks.
    DHCP  SMOK-6602 Disconnecting from DHCP network while Smoke is running will give you errors when using Media Hub with Create Project Media: failed : Cannot create job: Store - <clip_name> (time) Unknown Error. No workaround at this time.
    DHCP  SMOK-6570 Export is not working if hostname and computer name are not the same. (Cannot set job info: Unknown server) Make sure computer and hostname are the same.
    Installation SMOK-6939 Installation setup won't create Autodesk Media Folder if a Smoke Mac release or trial version has already been installed on the system and the Autodesk media storage has been deleted manually. See Correcting media storage configuration issues.
    Media Management: Codecs SMOK-5886 Cannot play most H.264 clips backwards. Use Create Project Media when importing H.264 material.
    Media Management: Export Workflow SMOK-5930 Occasionally, you won't be able to export media from Smoke Mac. You will get the following error message: Backburner errors:

    [error] 2900959936 transcoderMediaProvider.C:308 04/03/12:15:39:25:207 Cannot get type of clip IFFFS-66:/stonefs7/...    		 We are still investigating this issue and unfortunately, there is no known workaround for the moment.
    Media Management: Import Workflow SMOK-6813 Audio will be off when importing an audio/video clip with IN mark in previewer. Import the entire clip.
    Media Management: Import Workflow SMOK-6849 Crash when trying to export a file inside a folder on the workspace. No workaround at this time.
    Media Management: Import Workflow SMOK-6852 Unable to import using Right-Click if there is nothing in the Media Library. Use drag and drop from Media Hub.
    Media Management: Import Workflow SMOK-6901 Sequence Import Options does not include bit depth. Resize is applied on conformed media creating playback performance issue. No workaround at this time.
    Media Management: Workspace SMOK-6970 Crash when deleting the default sequence after creating and loading a new project with proxy from preferences. Proxies are not fully supported at this time.
    Player SMOK-1585 Dual stream 720p59 Playback doesn't work with NVidia. No workaround at this time.
    Player SMOK-6284 Playback compressed clips drops GFX, in 59i & 720p59 on iMac 3.1ghz & Mac Book Pro. No workaround at this time.
    Player SMOK-6442 1080_2997p clip playback drops on iMac 3.1ghz. No workaround at this time.

    * Autodesk Smoke 2013 pre‐release trial software may concern planned or future development efforts for this Autodesk product,  technology and/or service. The making available of the Autodesk Smoke 2013 pre‐release trial software is not intended to be a promise or guarantee of future delivery of products, technology, services or features but merely reflect our current plans, which may change. Accordingly, Autodesk Smoke 2013 pre‐release trial software may not be relied on for purchasing decisions or for any other purpose.

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