Autodesk Lustre

Spec sheet

What it does

Autodesk Lustre is professional digital color-grading software for film and television finishing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

Headquarters

San Francisco, CaliforniaRead 4 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com

Founded

1982Read 4 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com

Animation

The Channel Editor uses keyframes and interpolation curves to animate grading parameters and Sparks effects.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Color management

Lustre supports floating-point scene-linear workflows, legacy 1D and 3D LUTs, Autodesk transforms and ACES input transforms.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Company facts

Autodesk reports that it was founded in 1982, is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and had about 14,300 employees worldwide as of January 31, 2026.Read 15 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com

Company legal name

Autodesk's corporate materials identify the maker as Autodesk, Inc.Read 15 Oct 2026 · investors.autodesk.com

Documentation

The Lustre 2025 help hub includes release notes, what's new, installation, keyboard shortcuts, workflow, interface, interoperability, grading, secondaries, stereoscopy and rendering topics.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Dolby Vision

Dolby Vision mastering uses a connected Content Mapping Unit and 12-bit video raster to create real-time trim-pass metadata for lower-dynamic-range displays.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Flame-family integration

Autodesk documents Lustre alongside Flame, Flare and Flame Assist, with Wiretap Gateway, Lustre Burn and Lustre SR components.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Grade preservation

Grades are stored as shot metadata, leaving the original image media unchanged.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Independent discontinuation record

Wikipedia records April 11, 2024 as the discontinuation date, with Lustre 2025 as the final version.Read 15 Oct 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

Independent hardware note

Wikipedia describes CPU and GPU optimization for real-time playback of high-resolution grading media.Read 15 Oct 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

Independent history

Wikipedia reports that Lustre began as Colorfront's Colossus and originated as a Flame plug-in called Colorstar.Read 15 Oct 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

Independent listing reviews

Diskod's Lustre listing shows no customer reviews and a review count of zero.Read 15 Oct 2026 · diskod.ma

Installation

Installers are downloaded through an Autodesk Account; trial and educational versions are not separate downloads.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

License model

Autodesk lists Lustre under single-user and multi-user commercial entitlements with product code K100.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Limit: performance

A longtime user on Logik Forum said Flame grading was less performant than Lustre on the same hardware.Read 15 Oct 2026 · forum.logik.tv

LinkedIn company profile

LinkedIn lists Autodesk as a public software-development company founded in 1982, headquartered in San Francisco, with more than 10,000 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Multi-user licensing

Multi-user licensing uses a local network license server and can be borrowed for temporary offline use.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Notable news

Autodesk's September 6, 2007 release said Lustre 2008 added a multilayer timeline, ASC-CDL support, automatic region tracking and more GPU-accelerated grading.Read 15 Oct 2026 · investors.autodesk.com

Platform support

The 2025 licensing table lists Lustre entitlement on Linux and none on macOS.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Praise: workflow flexibility

The same Logik Forum user described Flame as more flexible and powerful after moving from Lustre.Read 15 Oct 2026 · forum.logik.tv

Primary grading

The application provides interactive grading for continuity work and artistic looks in logarithmic or linear color spaces.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Product discontinuation

Autodesk announced on April 11, 2024 that Lustre 2025 would be the final release and that no further features or updates would be developed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com

Project organization

Projects contain footage and renders and are organized into scenes, libraries, cuts and grades with per-user preferences.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Rating on G2

4.4 out of 5 from 13,823 reviews for Autodesk's vendor profile; the page does not list Lustre as a reviewed product.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on Gartner Peer Insights

4.4 out of 5 from 354 reviews for Autodesk's vendor profile; the page lists other Autodesk products rather than Lustre.Read 15 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Retirement limit

Autodesk records May 7, 2024 as the date it stopped selling or renewing three-year Lustre subscriptions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · app.etx-support-stg.autodesk.com

SDK languages

The Wiretap SDK supplies C++ and Python interfaces and supports Linux, macOS and Windows client builds.Read 15 Oct 2026 · images.autodesk.com

Security compliance

Autodesk's Trust Center states that its Autodesk for Government portfolio has FedRAMP Moderate authorization.Read 15 Oct 2026 · autodesk.com

Single-user licensing

Single-user licensing is assigned to a named Autodesk account and requires online validation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Sparks extensibility

Autodesk published a Sparks plug-in API reference for Lustre, documenting custom effect plug-ins.Read 15 Oct 2026 · download.autodesk.com

Video I/O

Lustre can capture from and play out to external VTR devices and conform footage using an EDL.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.autodesk.com

Wiretap API

The Wiretap client API exposes remote media and metadata workflows for third-party applications.Read 15 Oct 2026 · images.autodesk.com

Plans and prices

Every Autodesk Lustre plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Video Color Grading Software#4 of 258.5