Inferno, Flame and Flint is a series of compositing and visual effects applications made by Autodesk Media and Entertainment

Autodesk Media and Entertainment

Autodesk Media and Entertainment, formerly Discreet, is based in Montreal, Quebec as the entertainment division of Autodesk. This division produces software used in feature films, television commercials and computer games. It also provides products for management and distribution to complement its...

. They share the same software base, but differ mainly in hardware configuration. Traditionally Inferno ran on the SGI

Silicon Graphics

Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...

 Onyx series, while Flame and Flint ran on the SGI Octane, or SGI Indigo2. In 1998 Gary Tregaskis (design), Dominique 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 7 Flint 7 Effect 7	Onyx2 (Inferno) Octane (Flint) O2 (Effect)	IRIX 6.5.7	July 2000	?	?
Inferno 5 Flame 8 Flint 8	?	IRIX	January 2003	inferno 5 - $571,500 flame 8 - $266,500 flint 8 - $99,000	?
Inferno 5.5, Flame/Flint 8.5	?	IRIX, Linux	December 2003 (IRIX), September 2004 (Linux)	$119,990 (Flint Linux turnkey)	?
Inferno 6 Flame 9 Flint 9	Onyx3200 (Inferno) Onyx350 (Inferno) Tezro (Flame) IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...  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	HP xw9400 Onyx3200 (Inferno) Onyx350 (Inferno) Tezro (Flame)	IRIX 6.5.28, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U2 or U3	?	?	?
Inferno/Flame/Flint 2009	HP xw8600, Nvidia NVIDIA Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...  Quadro FX 5600, AJA AJA Aja or AJA may refer to:In anthropology:*Aja people, a people living in Benin**Aja language , the language of the Aja people, part of the Gbe dialect continuum*Aja , an ethnic group living in Sudan...  2K HDIO	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U3		?	?
Inferno/Flame/Flint 2010	HP Z800, Nvidia NVIDIA Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...  Quadro FX 5800, AJA AJA Aja or AJA may refer to:In anthropology:*Aja people, a people living in Benin**Aja language , the language of the Aja people, part of the Gbe dialect continuum*Aja , an ethnic group living in Sudan...  2K HDIO	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux-based operating system developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z, and desktop versions for x86 and x86-64...  5 U3	April 2009	?	?
Inferno/Flame/Flint 2011	HP Z800, Nvidia NVIDIA Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...  Quadro FX 5800, AJA AJA Aja or AJA may refer to:In anthropology:*Aja people, a people living in Benin**Aja language , the language of the Aja people, part of the Gbe dialect continuum*Aja , an ethnic group living in Sudan...  2K HDIO	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux-based operating system developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z, and desktop versions for x86 and x86-64...  5 U3	May 2010	?	?
Inferno/Flame/Flare 2012	HP Z800, Nvidia NVIDIA Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...  Quadro  6000, AJA AJA Aja or AJA may refer to:In anthropology:*Aja people, a people living in Benin**Aja language , the language of the Aja people, part of the Gbe dialect continuum*Aja , an ethnic group living in Sudan...  Kona 3G	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux-based operating system developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z, and desktop versions for x86 and x86-64... 5 U3	March 2011	Flare 2012 - $20,000	stereoscopic 3D Finishing Flame FX