Blackmagic Fusion (formerly eyeon Fusion and briefly Maya Fusion, a version produced for Alias-Wavefront) is

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image compositing developed by

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and originally authored by eyeon Software. It is typically used to create

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and

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for movies, TV-series and commercials and employs a

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-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. Fusion is available for

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, and with the release of Fusion 8,

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History

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,

acquired eyeon Software Inc, and is now developing the Fusion software. Released in 2018, version 15 of

DaVinci Resolve DaVinci Resolve (originally known as da Vinci Resolve) is a color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, originally developed by da Vinci Systems, and now ...

, also developed by Blackmagic Design, added an integrated version of Fusion within the application.

Version history

Uses

Fusion has been used on over 1000 major Hollywood blockbuster feature films as of 2015 as well as on many TV shows, among them: Fusion has also been used in video games such as Halo 5: Guardians, Destiny: Rise of Iron and Dawn of War III.

References

External links

Official Fusion Product Page

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