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html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Autodesk has rebranded Wonder Studio, its AI-powered online platform for inserting 3D characters into video footage, as Autodesk Flow Studio.The change in branding officially makes Wonder Studio part of Flow, Autodesks cloud services platform for media and entertainment, but there are no changes to availability or pricing.In separate news, an update to the platform last month makes it possible to extract a camera track or clean plates from footage as standalone services, or Wonder Tools.An AI-powered CG film-making platform that can export scenes to Blender, Maya and UE5Launched in 2023 and acquired by Autodesk the following year, Wonder Studio is an AI-powered, cloud-based platform for VFX and animation work.It provides an all-in-one solution for inserting CG characters into video footage, tracking the motion of a live actor, replacing them with a CG character, and automatically matching the lighting of the character to the background.As well as the final rendered video, Wonder Studio generates clean plates and alpha masks for the actor, camera tracks, and motion-capture data.The data generated can also be exported as a 3D scene to Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine, or in USD format for use in applications like 3ds Max, Houdini or Unity.Now officially part of Autodesks Flow cloud platformAutodesk has now rebranded Wonder Studio as Autodesk Flow Studio, officially making it part of Flow, its new industry cloud for media and entertainment.When it acquired Wonder Studio developer Wonder Dynamics last year, Autodesk said that it saw a strong synergy between its AI tools and the platform we are trying to build with Flow.However, aside from the new name, there are no other changes to Wonder Studio so far.Autodesks email to Wonder Studio users says that the Wonder Dynamics brand stays the same and that users will continue to experience Wonder Studio as [they] always have. https://www.cgchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/250314_WonderStudioNowAutodeskFlowStudio_tw.mp4February 2025 update adds new standalone Wonder ToolsIn separate news, an update to Wonder Studio last month made extracting clean plates and camera tracking data from source footage available as standalone services, or Wonder Tools.Unlike when processing a complete Live Action project that is, generating a new rendered video and supporting data the new Camera Track Wonder Tool can be used on footage that does not include an actor.In contrast, the Clean Plate Wonder Tool can only be used to remove human actors from footage, not animals or objects, although it can be used for up to four actors per shot.Price and system requirementsThe Autodesk Flow Studio platform is browser-based, and runs in Chrome or Safari. It does not currently support mobile browsers.Lite subscriptions have a standard price of $29.99/month or $299.88/year, can export rendered video at 1080p, and can export mocap data, clean plates, camera tracks and 3D scenes.Pro subscriptions have a standard price of $149.99/month or $1,499.88.year, raise the maximum export resolution of 4K, and also make it possible to export roto masks.Usage is credit-based: processing one second of video uses 20 credits. Lite subscriptions include 3,000 credits/month, Pro subscriptions 12,000 credits/month.The Terms of Service give Autodesk a non-exclusive licence to use any content created via the platform to develop its AI models.Read Autodesks email to users about the rebranding of Wonder Studio to Autodesk Flow StudioRead more about latest features in Autodesk Flow Studio in the online changelog(Login required)Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.