Autodesk Media and Entertainment
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| Subsidiary of Autodesk, Inc. | |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded |
Montreal, Quebec (1991 as Discreet Logic) San Francisco, California (1996 as Autodesk Kinetix) 2005 as Autodesk Media and Entertainment |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
| Products |
Maya, Maya LT, FBX, Softimage(discontinued) 3ds Max, Mudbox, Flame, Flint, Flare, Inferno, Lustre, Smoke, Combustion, Backdraft, Scaleform, Beast, HumanIK, Navigation, Kynapse (discontinued), Stingray (game engine), Scaleform Studio, Entertainment Creation Suite, mental ray (under license from NVIDIA), Wwise (under license from Audiokinetic). |
| Website | www |
Autodesk Media and Entertainment, including the former company Discreet Logic, is based in Montreal, Quebec as the entertainment division of Autodesk. Autodesk Media and Entertainment provides animation and visual effects products, and was formed by the combination of multiple acquisitions. This division produces software used in feature films, television commercials and computer games. It also provides products for management and distribution to complement its primary product line. It also resells hard disks and sells certain Linux software with bundled computers.
Montreal-based Discreet Logic was founded in 1991 by former Softimage Company sales director Richard Szalwinski, to commercialize the 2D compositor Eddie, licensed from Australian production company Animal Logic. Eddie was associated with Australian software engineer Bruno Nicoletti, who later founded visual effects software company The Foundry, in London, England. In 1992, Discreet Logic entered into a European distribution agreement with Softimage, and shifted its focus on Flame, one of the first software-only image compositing products, developed by Australian Gary Tregaskis. Flame, which was originally named Flash, was first shown at NAB in 1992, ran on the Silicon Graphics platform, and became the company's flagship product.
In July 1995 Discreet Logic's initial public offering raised about US$40 million. On May 26, 1995, the company acquired the assets of Brughetti Corporation for about CDN$1 million, and in October acquired Computer-und Serviceverwaltungs AG, located in Innsbruck, Austria and some software from Innovative Medientechnik-und Planungs-GmbH in Geltendorf, Germany. After a 2-for-1 on October 16, 1995, a secondary offering in December 1995 raised an additional $28 million. On April 15, Discreet invested $2.5 million in privately held Essential Communications Corporation.
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