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Autodesk Inferno, Flame and Flint
Developer(s)Autodesk Media and Entertainment
Stable release
2009 / 2009
Operating systemSilicon Graphics IRIX, Red Hat Enterprise Edition
TypeCompositing software
LicenseProprietary
Website[1]

Inferno, Flame and Flint is a series of compositing and visual effects applications made by Autodesk Media and Entertainment. They share the same software base, but differ mainly in hardware configuration. Traditionally Inferno ran on the SGI Onyx series, while Flame and Flint ran on the SGI Octane, or SGI Indigo2. In 1998 Gary Tregaskis (design), Dominiquie Boisvert, Phillippe Panzini and Andre Le Blanc (development and implementation) won an Academy Award at the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards for Flame and Inferno.

Release history

Version Hardware O/S Release date Price Significant changes (selected)
Inferno 2, Flame 5 ? IRIX ? ?
  • RGBCMYK keyer
Inferno 3, Flame/Flint/Effect 6
  • Onyx IR and Onyx 2 (Inferno)
  • Octane SE and Indigo2 (Flint)
  • O2 (Effect)
IRIX December 1998 ?
  • Modular keyer (Inferno)
Inferno 4, Flame/Flint/Effect 7
  • Onyx2 (Inferno)
  • Octane (Flint)
  • O2 (Effect)
IRIX 6.5.7 July 2000 ?
  • ?
Inferno 5, Flame/Flint 8
  • ?
IRIX January 2003 ?
  • ?
Inferno 5.5, Flame/Flint 8.5
  • ?
IRIX, Linux December 2003 (IRIX), September 2004 (Linux) $119,990 (Flint Linux turnkey)
  • ?
Inferno 6, Flame/Flint 9
  • Onyx3200 (Inferno)
  • Onyx350 (Inferno)
  • Tezro (Flame)
  • IBM Z-Pro 6221 (Flint)
IRIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 October 2004 ?
  • ?
Inferno 6.5, Flame/Flint 9.5
  • Onyx3200 (Inferno)
  • Onyx350 (Inferno)
  • Tezro (Flame)
  • IBM Z-Pro 6221 (Flint)
IRIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ?
  • ?
Inferno/Flame/Flint 2007
  • Onyx3200 (Inferno)
  • Onyx350 (Inferno)
  • Tezro (Flame)
  • IBM Z-Pro 6221 (Flint)
IRIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ? ?
  • ?
Inferno/Flame/Flint 2008
  • Onyx3200 (Inferno)
  • Onyx350 (Inferno)
  • Tezro (Flame)
IRIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ? ?
  • ?
Inferno/Flame/Flint 2009
  • ?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?
  • ?