Autodesk announced the release of Smoke on Mac 2010 today and it’s a big move for Autodesk, as traditionally their system products have been bundled software/hardware packages. This change makes Smoke available to a much larger number of users and facilities around the world, hopefully strengthening the product and leading to even greater growth and development efforts in Montreal. In a multi-part series at fxguide, we’ll have an in-depth look at the software and why it is good news for the industry.

If you want to try Smoke on Mac out for yourself, Autodesk is offering a downloadable 30 day trial of the software. And if you want to really learn how the software works so you can get a job, join our fxphd.com training site after January 1st where we’ll have the software available over the VPN for the new term. Smoke artist Brian Higgins, who taught Smoke masterclasses in Asia for Autodesk, will be leading a project-based introductory course which builds upon the training materials you can find for free on the Autodesk Area site.

In part one of our series of articles on the new offering, we have an overview on the new software and take a look at the hardware requirements and price considerations of Smoke on Mac.

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