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Blackmagic Fusion

December 15, 2023

Blackmagic Fusion (formerly eyeon Fusion and briefly Maya Fusion, a version produced for Alias-Wavefront) is post-production image compositing developed by Blackmagic Design and originally authored by eyeon Software. It is typically used to create visual effects and digital compositing for movies, TV-series and commercials and employs a node-based interface in which complex processes are built up by connecting a flowchart or schematic of many nodes, each of which represents a simpler process, such as a blur or color correction. This type of compositing interface allows great flexibility, including the ability to modify the parameters of an earlier image processing step "in context" (while viewing the final composite). Upon its acquisition by Blackmagic Design, Fusion was released in two versions: the freeware Fusion, and the commercially sold Fusion Studio.

Blackmagic Fusion
Fusion 9 3D composition
Original author(s)eyeon Software
Developer(s)Blackmagic Design
Stable release
18.6 / 13 September 2023; 2 months ago (2023-09-13)
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows
TypeCompositing software
LicenseFreeware, commercial
WebsiteOfficial website

Fusion is available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and with the release of Fusion 8, macOS.

History edit

Fusion was originally developed in 1987 as in-house software developed for use by New York Production & Design (NYPD), a post production and visual effects boutique based out of Sydney, Australia. The very first version of the software was written in DOS and consisted of little more than a UI framework for quickly chaining together the output of pre-existing batch files and utilities. eyeon Software Inc. was formed specifically to commercialize Fusion, and all operations relating to the software were moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

In 2014, Blackmagic Design acquired eyeon Software Inc, and is now developing the Fusion software.

Released in 2018, version 15 of DaVinci Resolve, also developed by Blackmagic Design, added an integrated version of Fusion within the application.[1][2]

Version history edit

Official name version date of release comments
Digital Fusion 1.0 1.0 November 1996 First public Windows release (older versions for DOS are not commercially available)
Digital Fusion 1.1 1.1 March 1997 Support for direct hardware playback/preview
Digital Fusion 2.0 2.0 November 1997 Added timeline, 16 bit integer color processing, SCSI tape I/O
Digital Fusion 2.1 2.1 April 1998 Render queue/batch rendering.
Digital Fusion 2.5 2.5 December 1998 – 2000 Network rendering, deep-pixel processing, AE plugin support.
Digital Fusion 3.0 3.0 October 2000 – 2001 UI rewritten, added paint capabilities, advanced text tool.
Digital Fusion 3.1 3.1 January 2002 3D particle system (2.5D UI) introduced, added new color corrector.
Digital Fusion 4.0 4.0 October 2002 – 2004 eyeonscript (Lua based scripting language), float and HDRI color processing, concatenated transforms, nested flow groups, macro tools, new darker UI, OpenEXR, OpenFX plugins.
Fusion 5.0 5.0 August 2005 3D compositing environment, ASCII save files, 16bit float processing, straight node connections.
Fusion 5.1 5.1 December 2006 consoleslave, elbow nodes, multistroke paint.
Fusion 5.2 5.2 July 2007 3D look up tables, fuses (just in time scripted tools), external python scripting, FBX geometry import
Fusion 5.3 5.3 April 2008 64 bit executable
Fusion 6.0 6.0 June 2009 (preview release) 3D material shaders, Region of Interest / Domain of Definition, stereo display
Fusion 6.1 6.1 July 2010 GPU Supercomputing framework
Fusion 6.2 6.2 June 2011 World Position Pass Tools / QuickTime 64 bit support /Linux 64bit / SVG import
Fusion 6.3 6.3 November 2011 Additional color tools / New version of Primatte - 5 / Direct support for "KONA 3G - AJA Video Systems" (already existed as plugin from AJA)
Fusion 6.4 6.4 July 2012 Connect to AVID, new camera formats, advanced 3D and geometry particles, LPeg scripting, PFTrack lens distortion, DirectX view spanning, Windows 8 compatibility.
Fusion 7.0 7.0 June 2014 Animation Indicators, Drag and Drop Layout, User Interface Templates, Learning Environment, Multi Projects/Documents, Connected Node Position and Prediction, Templates, Native Camera Support, Screen Space Ambient Occlusion, 3D Custom Vertex, Alembic Import, Latest FBX Library, Replace Normals 3D, 3D Interactive Splines, 3D Ribbon, UV Render and Super Sampling, 3D Text Bevel Shaper, Dimension – Optical Flow and Stereoscopic Tools, Just-In-time Compiling, Script Development Interface, Linear Light Color/Open Color IO, Roto Onion Skinning
Fusion 7.5 7.5 November 2014 Logo redesign, slight UI changes, addition of Free version lacking stereoscopic 3D, network rendering, and third-party plugin support.
Fusion 8.0 8.0 April 2016 New Mac version, UI redesign including a new darker background colour, new multi-user licenses.
Fusion 9.0 9.0 August 2017 Virtual Reality, Camera Tracking, Planar Tracking, Delta Keyer and Clean Plate, Planar Rotoscoping, Studio Player, New Formats (Support ProRes output for all platforms), GPU Acceleration and over 40 powerful new features.
Fusion Integration into DaVinci Resolve 15 August 2018 New user interface, Support all plugins for Resolve.
Fusion 16 16.0 April 2019 User interface based on DaVinci Resolve 15; Numerous improvements in the stability and productivity of different tools and the program as a whole.
Fusion 17 17.0 November 2020 Customizable Templates, Automatically Retime Animations, Sync Audio, Vector Shapes, 27 new GPU accelerated Resolve FX tools, Workflow Personalization.
Fusion 18 18.0 July 2022 Custom Poly modifier for creating animatable strokes and masks, New blending modes, Updates to the paint and duplicate tools, Fractional UI scaling, Support for Python 3.
Fusion 18.5 18.5 April 2023 Support for importing Universal Scene Description (USD) files and USD Hydra based renderers including Storm, Introduction of the USD toolset for managing USD assets, New multi-merge tool for compositing multiple layers, Support for a native AI-based depth map tool, GPU accelerated Clean Plate and Anaglyph, Support for OpenEXR DWA compression in saver nodes and BMD Film Gen 5 in CineonLog tool.
Fusion 18.6 18.6 September 2023 Support for 7 new built-in Resolve FX tools for Relight, color transform, ACES transform, gamut mapping and limiting, chromatic adaption and chromatic aberration removal. Multiple USD Enhancements. New MaterialX tools to load .mtlx files and apply them to objects.

Uses edit

Fusion has been used on over 1000 major Hollywood blockbuster feature films as of 2015 as well as on many TV shows,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] among them:

Fusion has also been used in video games such as Halo 5: Guardians, Destiny: Rise of Iron and Dawn of War III.[25][26][27]

References edit

  1. ^ Cade, DL (2018-04-09). "Blackmagic releases DaVinci Resolve 15 with all-new VFX and motion graphics module". Digital Photography Review. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  2. ^ Dent, Steve (2018-08-22). "DaVinci Resolve 15 is a free, Hollywood-grade video editor". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  3. ^ Govoni, Nick (25 February 2019). "Blackmagic Design Congratulates 2019 Oscar Nominated Films". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  4. ^ "Eyeon Fusion". Eyeon Fusion ~ Visual FX - >VFX tutorials,after effects tutorials,Autodesk Combustion tutorials,VFX training videos,VFX Video tutorials. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  5. ^ "Why You Should Care About Blackmagic's Acquisition of Eyeon Fusion". The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  6. ^ "New Magic - News". www.newmagic.com.au. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  7. ^ "New Magic - News". www.newmagic.com.au. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  8. ^ Alen. "Fusion VFX software from Blackmagic Free". sanitarac.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  9. ^ "New Magic - News". www.newmagic.com.au. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  10. ^ "Blackmagic Debuts Fusion 9". Streaming Media Producer. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  11. ^ "Video Compositing & VFX | Medianetic - Digital Media Solutions". Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  12. ^ "BLACKMAGIC DESIGN: HUNGER GAMES SCORES BIG WITH FUSION STUDIO". MelroseINC. 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  13. ^ "Editor Alan Bell Cuts 'The Hunger Games' Final Chapter". digitalmediaworld.tv. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  14. ^ "Blackmagic's Fusion 8 Updated by Brian Hallett". ProVideo Coalition. 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  15. ^ "How They Did It: Levitating a Creepy Coven in The Witch". Studio Daily. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  16. ^ . Cinefex Blog. 2015-03-31. Archived from the original on 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  17. ^ "The Making of The Martian". Jonny Elwyn - Film Editor. 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  18. ^ "The Long List Of Summer Blockbusters Using Blackmagic Design Products". INDIE Shooter. 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  19. ^ "Summer Blockbusters use Blackmagic by Jose Antunes". ProVideo Coalition. 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  20. ^ ""London Has Fallen" Destroyed London With Blackmagic's Help by Brian Hallett". ProVideo Coalition. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  21. ^ "Current Productions". Eyeon. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  22. ^ "Productions". Eyeon. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  23. ^ "Ten reasons why you need Fusion". Eyeon. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
  24. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  25. ^ Altman, Randi (2016-07-18). "Axis works with Bungie, Activision for 'Destiny: Rise of Iron' trailer". Randi Altman's postPerspective. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  26. ^ ""Halo 5: Guardians" Game Cinematic created by Axis Animation with Fusion Studio | ProductionHUB". ProductionHUB.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  27. ^ "Axis Animation Transforms 'Dawn of War III' Cinematic with Fusion Studio". www.digitalmediaworld.tv. Retrieved 2019-02-21.

External links edit

  • Official Fusion Product Page
  • We Suck Less - Forum Fusion Community

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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Blackmagic Fusion news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Blackmagic Fusion formerly eyeon Fusion and briefly Maya Fusion a version produced for Alias Wavefront is post production image compositing developed by Blackmagic Design and originally authored by eyeon Software It is typically used to create visual effects and digital compositing for movies TV series and commercials and employs a node based interface in which complex processes are built up by connecting a flowchart or schematic of many nodes each of which represents a simpler process such as a blur or color correction This type of compositing interface allows great flexibility including the ability to modify the parameters of an earlier image processing step in context while viewing the final composite Upon its acquisition by Blackmagic Design Fusion was released in two versions the freeware Fusion and the commercially sold Fusion Studio Blackmagic FusionFusion 9 3D compositionOriginal author s eyeon SoftwareDeveloper s Blackmagic DesignStable release18 6 13 September 2023 2 months ago 2023 09 13 Operating systemLinux macOS WindowsTypeCompositing softwareLicenseFreeware commercialWebsiteOfficial websiteFusion is available for Linux Microsoft Windows and with the release of Fusion 8 macOS Contents 1 History 2 Version history 3 Uses 4 References 5 External linksHistory editFusion was originally developed in 1987 as in house software developed for use by New York Production amp Design NYPD a post production and visual effects boutique based out of Sydney Australia The very first version of the software was written in DOS and consisted of little more than a UI framework for quickly chaining together the output of pre existing batch files and utilities eyeon Software Inc was formed specifically to commercialize Fusion and all operations relating to the software were moved to Toronto Ontario Canada In 2014 Blackmagic Design acquired eyeon Software Inc and is now developing the Fusion software Released in 2018 version 15 of DaVinci Resolve also developed by Blackmagic Design added an integrated version of Fusion within the application 1 2 Version history editOfficial name version date of release commentsDigital Fusion 1 0 1 0 November 1996 First public Windows release older versions for DOS are not commercially available Digital Fusion 1 1 1 1 March 1997 Support for direct hardware playback previewDigital Fusion 2 0 2 0 November 1997 Added timeline 16 bit integer color processing SCSI tape I ODigital Fusion 2 1 2 1 April 1998 Render queue batch rendering Digital Fusion 2 5 2 5 December 1998 2000 Network rendering deep pixel processing AE plugin support Digital Fusion 3 0 3 0 October 2000 2001 UI rewritten added paint capabilities advanced text tool Digital Fusion 3 1 3 1 January 2002 3D particle system 2 5D UI introduced added new color corrector Digital Fusion 4 0 4 0 October 2002 2004 eyeonscript Lua based scripting language float and HDRI color processing concatenated transforms nested flow groups macro tools new darker UI OpenEXR OpenFX plugins Fusion 5 0 5 0 August 2005 3D compositing environment ASCII save files 16bit float processing straight node connections Fusion 5 1 5 1 December 2006 consoleslave elbow nodes multistroke paint Fusion 5 2 5 2 July 2007 3D look up tables fuses just in time scripted tools external python scripting FBX geometry importFusion 5 3 5 3 April 2008 64 bit executableFusion 6 0 6 0 June 2009 preview release 3D material shaders Region of Interest Domain of Definition stereo displayFusion 6 1 6 1 July 2010 GPU Supercomputing frameworkFusion 6 2 6 2 June 2011 World Position Pass Tools QuickTime 64 bit support Linux 64bit SVG importFusion 6 3 6 3 November 2011 Additional color tools New version of Primatte 5 Direct support for KONA 3G AJA Video Systems already existed as plugin from AJA Fusion 6 4 6 4 July 2012 Connect to AVID new camera formats advanced 3D and geometry particles LPeg scripting PFTrack lens distortion DirectX view spanning Windows 8 compatibility Fusion 7 0 7 0 June 2014 Animation Indicators Drag and Drop Layout User Interface Templates Learning Environment Multi Projects Documents Connected Node Position and Prediction Templates Native Camera Support Screen Space Ambient Occlusion 3D Custom Vertex Alembic Import Latest FBX Library Replace Normals 3D 3D Interactive Splines 3D Ribbon UV Render and Super Sampling 3D Text Bevel Shaper Dimension Optical Flow and Stereoscopic Tools Just In time Compiling Script Development Interface Linear Light Color Open Color IO Roto Onion SkinningFusion 7 5 7 5 November 2014 Logo redesign slight UI changes addition of Free version lacking stereoscopic 3D network rendering and third party plugin support Fusion 8 0 8 0 April 2016 New Mac version UI redesign including a new darker background colour new multi user licenses Fusion 9 0 9 0 August 2017 Virtual Reality Camera Tracking Planar Tracking Delta Keyer and Clean Plate Planar Rotoscoping Studio Player New Formats Support ProRes output for all platforms GPU Acceleration and over 40 powerful new features Fusion Integration into DaVinci Resolve 15 August 2018 New user interface Support all plugins for Resolve Fusion 16 16 0 April 2019 User interface based on DaVinci Resolve 15 Numerous improvements in the stability and productivity of different tools and the program as a whole Fusion 17 17 0 November 2020 Customizable Templates Automatically Retime Animations Sync Audio Vector Shapes 27 new GPU accelerated Resolve FX tools Workflow Personalization Fusion 18 18 0 July 2022 Custom Poly modifier for creating animatable strokes and masks New blending modes Updates to the paint and duplicate tools Fractional UI scaling Support for Python 3 Fusion 18 5 18 5 April 2023 Support for importing Universal Scene Description USD files and USD Hydra based renderers including Storm Introduction of the USD toolset for managing USD assets New multi merge tool for compositing multiple layers Support for a native AI based depth map tool GPU accelerated Clean Plate and Anaglyph Support for OpenEXR DWA compression in saver nodes and BMD Film Gen 5 in CineonLog tool Fusion 18 6 18 6 September 2023 Support for 7 new built in Resolve FX tools for Relight color transform ACES transform gamut mapping and limiting chromatic adaption and chromatic aberration removal Multiple USD Enhancements New MaterialX tools to load mtlx files and apply them to objects Uses editFusion has been used on over 1000 major Hollywood blockbuster feature films as of 2015 as well as on many TV shows 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 among them 2012 film 300 film 9 2009 animated film Adventure Time Alice in Wonderland 2010 film 2010 Oscar nominated film American Horror Story Anonymous film Avatar 2009 film 2009 Oscar nominated film Avengers Age of Ultron Batman Begins Barely Lethal Battlestar Galactica Black Hawk Down film 2001 Oscar nominated film Blade Trinity Breaking Bad Bunraku Captain America The Winter Soldier Clash of the Titans 2010 film Doctor Strange 2016 film Dolphin Tale Downton Abbey Dragonball Evolution Edge of Tomorrow film Empire 2015 TV series Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer Final Destination III From Dusk till Dawn The Series G I Joe The Rise of Cobra Game of Thrones Gangs of New York Get Smart film Ghost Rider Gothika Gulliver s Travels Gnomeo amp Juliet Gravity film 2013 Oscar nominated film G Force Green Lantern film Grimm Guardians of the Galaxy Hancock film Happy Feet 2006 Oscar nominated film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film Hellboy 2 Hell on Wheels Hercules 2014 film His Dark Materials The Golden Compass How to Get Away with Murder Hugo film 2011 Oscar nominated film I Robot Independence Day 1996 film 1996 Oscar nominated film Iron Man 2008 film Immortals Jumanji 2 Journey 2 The Mysterious Island Journey to the Center of the Earth 2008 theatrical film Kingsman The Secret Service King Kong 2005 film 2005 Oscar nominated film Legion 2010 film London Has Fallen Lost Maleficent film Master and Commander 2003 Oscar nominated film Minority Report film Mr amp Mrs Smith Nashville NCIS NCIS New Orleans Night at the Museum Noah 2014 film Oliver Twist Orphan Black 24 Panic Room Poseidon Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest Prince of Persia The Sands of Time film Prometheus 2012 film Resident Evil Apocalypse RBG 2019 Oscar nominated film Saw 3D Scandal Sin City Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Skyfall 2012 Oscar nominated film Snakes on a Plane Soul Surfer film Spider Man 3 Splice film Spy Spy Kids II Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Sucker Punch 2011 film Superman Returns Soul Surfer Teen Wolf Terminator Salvation The Amazing Spider Man 2 The Aviator 2004 Oscar nominated film The Chronicles of Narnia The Voyage of the Dawn Treader The Curious Case of Benjamin Button film The Da Vinci Code film The Day After Tomorrow The Day the Earth Stood Still 2008 film The Expendables 2 The Forbidden Kingdom The Halcyon The Hunger Games Catching Fire The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 The Illusionist 2006 film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Last Samurai The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions The Martian The Mechanic 2011 film The Social Network 2010 Oscar nominated film The Terminal The Twilight Saga Eclipse The Witch Thor film Titanic 1997 film Tropic Thunder Twilight 2008 film Underworld Awakening Underworld Evolution Unknown 2011 film Watchmen White House Down X2 film X Men Origins Wolverine Fusion has also been used in video games such as Halo 5 Guardians Destiny Rise of Iron and Dawn of War III 25 26 27 References edit Cade DL 2018 04 09 Blackmagic releases DaVinci Resolve 15 with all new VFX and motion graphics module Digital Photography Review Retrieved 2018 09 10 Dent Steve 2018 08 22 DaVinci Resolve 15 is a free Hollywood grade video editor Engadget Retrieved 2018 09 10 Govoni Nick 25 February 2019 Blackmagic Design Congratulates 2019 Oscar Nominated Films Broadcasting amp Cable Retrieved 2019 02 27 Eyeon Fusion Eyeon Fusion Visual FX gt VFX tutorials after effects tutorials Autodesk Combustion tutorials VFX training videos VFX Video tutorials 2011 06 08 Retrieved 2019 02 23 Why You Should Care About Blackmagic s Acquisition of Eyeon Fusion The Beat A Blog by PremiumBeat 2014 10 02 Retrieved 2019 02 23 New Magic News www newmagic com au Retrieved 2019 02 21 New Magic News www newmagic com au Retrieved 2019 02 21 Alen Fusion VFX software from Blackmagic Free sanitarac com in Croatian Retrieved 2019 02 21 New Magic News www newmagic com au Retrieved 2019 02 21 Blackmagic Debuts Fusion 9 Streaming Media Producer 2017 08 14 Retrieved 2019 02 21 Video Compositing amp VFX Medianetic Digital Media Solutions Retrieved 2019 02 21 BLACKMAGIC DESIGN HUNGER GAMES SCORES BIG WITH FUSION STUDIO MelroseINC 2015 10 15 Retrieved 2019 02 21 Editor Alan Bell Cuts The Hunger Games Final Chapter digitalmediaworld tv Retrieved 2019 02 21 Blackmagic s Fusion 8 Updated by Brian Hallett ProVideo Coalition 2016 04 02 Retrieved 2019 02 21 How They Did It Levitating a Creepy Coven in The Witch Studio Daily 2016 04 05 Retrieved 2019 02 21 Kingsman The Secret Service VFX Dossier Cinefex Blog 2015 03 31 Archived from the original on 2019 02 21 Retrieved 2019 02 21 The Making of The Martian Jonny Elwyn Film Editor 2015 10 25 Retrieved 2019 02 21 The Long List Of Summer Blockbusters Using Blackmagic Design Products INDIE Shooter 2015 06 29 Retrieved 2019 02 21 Summer Blockbusters use Blackmagic by Jose Antunes ProVideo Coalition 2015 07 02 Retrieved 2019 02 21 London Has Fallen Destroyed London With Blackmagic s Help by Brian Hallett ProVideo Coalition 2016 03 16 Retrieved 2019 02 21 Current Productions Eyeon Retrieved 3 August 2012 Productions Eyeon Retrieved 12 August 2013 Ten reasons why you need Fusion Eyeon Archived from the original on 2021 12 15 YouTube YouTube Altman Randi 2016 07 18 Axis works with Bungie Activision for Destiny Rise of Iron trailer Randi Altman s postPerspective Retrieved 2019 02 21 Halo 5 Guardians Game Cinematic created by Axis Animation with Fusion Studio ProductionHUB ProductionHUB com Retrieved 2019 02 21 Axis Animation Transforms Dawn of War III Cinematic with Fusion Studio www digitalmediaworld tv Retrieved 2019 02 21 External links editOfficial Fusion Product Page We Suck Less Forum Fusion Community Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blackmagic Fusion amp oldid 1180192447, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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