Hi everyone, remember me? It has been a while.

So let me tell you what I have been up to. I’m sure you all heard about the all new Smoke 2013, we announce it at NAB, with a new UI, new editing conventional workflow, new timeline and effect workflow with ConnectFX, and new price!! We’ll a little over a year ago I was approached with a change of position within Autodesk; I was asked if I would like to be part of the Smoke marketing team. During this discussion I was also told of the big plan for Smoke 2013 and as I listened I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I wanted to be a part of it!  So I started working as the Technical Marketing Manager for Smoke and it has been an amazing and very busy year.

Right now you can see for yourself why I’m so excited to be part of Smoke.  Check out the free pre-release trial of Smoke 2013 running through December 2012.  A lot of work went into announcing Smoke at NAB and the response has been fantastic and the excitement around it continues to grow.

A big part of my job is to help continue that excitement. So now that I’ve reintroduced myself and you know that my focus is on Smoke, going forward I promise to be posting and blogging about what is happening with Smoke. You’ll see helpful videos with tips, trick and tutorials.

So, book mark this blog and check regularly, and be sure you download the free trail of Smoke 2013 @ www.autodesk.com/smoke-trial

If you have questions while you test the new Smoke 2013 I recommend you visit either one of these two Smoke 2013 forums.
The Area: http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-smoke/smoke-2013/ 
CreativeCOW: http://forums.creativecow.net/autodesksmoke2013

Don’t forget to check out The Smoke Learning Channel’s excellent videos to help you get up and running in the new Smoke 2013: http://www.youtube.com/user/smokehowtos?feature=results_main

Lastly Grant Kay has his own Blog here on the Area with tons of videos about the new Smoke and previous versions. http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/discreetuk