"Discreet's smoke 6 on the Intel-based IBM workstation running Linux gives broadcasters and mid-range post-production facilities more choice in their editing and finishing systems," said Martin Vann, vice president of sales and marketing at Discreet. "With smoke 6, digital media professionals have better access to a powerful, proven editing system, and with our program of platform transparency, customers can migrate applications to the platform which best meets their requirement."

Discreet's smoke 6 for Linux is now shipping worldwide, with North American pricing for a turnkey system starting at $68,000. For more information on configurations and pricing, please contact Discreet sales at 800-869-3504.

Discreet's (www.discreet.com) solutions are designed for digital media creation, management and delivery-across all disciplines from film and television visual effects, color grading and editing to animation, game development, Web/interactive and design visualization. Discreet is based in Montreal, Canada, and is a division of Autodesk Inc, a leading design and digital media creation, management and distribution company.