As part of the port to Mac OS X, the underlying architecture in Fusion has been modernized. Now that the port to Mac OS X is complete, the Fusion engineering team will work with the visual effects community to add even more powerful new features and continue modernizing the software’s workflow and user interface.įusion has been one of Hollywood’s leading visual effects and motion graphics tools for over 25 years, and has been used on thousands of feature film and television projects, including blockbusters like Thor, Live Die and Repeat, the Hunger Games trilogy, White House Down, Battlestar Galactica and more.įeaturing a powerful node based interface, Fusion makes it extremely easy to build sophisticated visual effects compositions very quickly. Nodes are small icons that represent effects, filters and other image processing operations that can be connected together in any order to create unlimited visual effects. Nodes are laid out logically like a flow chart, so customers won’t waste time hunting through nested stacks of confusing layers with filters and effects. Unlike timeline based applications, it’s easy to see and adjust any part of a project in Fusion by simply clicking on a node. With a massive toolset consisting of hundreds of built in tools, customers can pull keys, track objects, rotoscope, retouch images, animate titles, create amazing particle effects and much more, all in a true 3D workspace. Fusion can also import 3D models, point cloud data, cameras or even entire 3D scenes from Maya, 3ds Max or Lightwave and render them seamlessly with other elements. Deep pixel tools can be used to add volumetric fog, lighting and reflection mapping of rendered objects using world position passes so customers can create amazing atmospheric effects that render in seconds, instead of hours. Keep on learning!Ĭheck out Blackmagic Design’s website for all the details.“Some of the world’s best animators, designers and visual effects artists prefer using the Mac, but their choices for software have been either too limited or too expensive,” said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. Even if you haven’t thought about how to implement these into your workflow, maybe you can make good use of them in the near future. But in the end it’s nice to see that the company grants us access for very high end pieces of software. What do you think about Blackmagic’s policy on their high end software products? Sure, they try to drive you into buying accompanying hardware for their software, such as with their UltraStudio playback solution. The learning curve for Fusion 8 seems to be quite steep–but actually, Adobe After Effects is not the simplest tool out there either. The only problem is to harness all that power you are being given. Maybe this is about to change as well as Blackmagic opens the gates for Fusion 8 on Linux for free? We live in exiting times, that’s for sure. The dongle of the studio versions (Mac and Windows) won’t work with the Linux version. Unfortunately, this is the only option if you want to work on Linux. But you have to purchase the full blown version which includes the advanced grading panel and a Linux dongle. Linux seems to be the sytem of choice when it comes to hardcore performance! DaVinci Resolve is available for Linux, too. Mac and Windowsįor many years, professional users have relied on Linux based workstations in order to harness unlimited render nodes and high performance pipelines. Well, I could live with that but I have to admit that I’m not a hardcore user who sits in dark compositing suite for days (and nights). For example, the output is limited to UHD resolution in the free version. Just like DaVinci Resolve you have to dig a bit into the comparison chart in order to spot the limitations of the free version. In the realm of serious compositing this platform is a standard anyway. As of today you can download the geeky Linix version, in addition to the Windows and Mac versions. Blackmagic Design Fusion 8īlackmagic Design Fusion 8 is a serious tool for all kinds of VFX, 2D and 3D compositing and following the steps of their acquisition of DaVinci Resolve, the Australian company offers Fusion 8 in two flavours: A free version and a paid ($995) studio version. After offering support for both, Windows and Mac platforms, the company just has announced Fusion 8 for Linux. After acquiring Fusion back in 2014 from Canadian company eyeon software Inc, Blackmagic Design has put a lot of energy into developing one of the most advanced pieces of compositing software out there.
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