Autodesk-Sight Entertainment

Vendor: Autodesk (NYSE: ADSK)

Customer: Sight Entertainment www.sightus.com                           
Vertical Markets: Media
State: California 

Technology Used: Autodesk Smoke, Autodesk Combustion

Solution: Located in Santa Monica, California, Sight Entertainment specializes in creating high-end visual effects for the entertainment industry. Serving clients in both Japan and the United States, Sight Entertainment has completed work for well-known companies like Ford, Reebok, and PepsiCo, and has also worked with music artists Leona Lewis and Lil’ Wayne.

Sight has been using Autodesk Combustion software for more than six years to meet the complex needs of its clients. Although Autodesk Combustion is a robust program with multiple features, the company needed to add to its effects and editing arsenal to support its continued success and expansion.

After a single demonstration of Autodesk Smoke, Sight Entertainment knew that the software would be part of its future growth. Sight was thoroughly impressed by the editing and compositing capabilities of this advanced program.

Because Sight Entertainment’s owner was already familiar with Autodesk software, he was able to learn Smoke quite quickly with the assistance of an Autodesk instructor. Using Autodesk Smoke, Sight can perform seamless compositing, finishing, and conforms of 2D and 3D images. The program has accelerated the company’s workflow and helped them solve challenging and complicated shots in real time. Overall, the Autodesk solutions used by Sight have helped the company attract and impress both international and local clients.

Further details: http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/sight_entertainment_smoke.pdf