About Blackmagic Fusion Studio 8.2.1

Fusion 8 is a VFX compositing and motion graphics application. This version is a major update of Fusion to operate on, and allow interoperability across, multiple operating systems and platforms.

What's new in Blackmagic Fusion Studio

Blackmagic Fusion Studio 8.2.1

• UI and workflow improvements
• General performance and stability improvements

Notes

Some features of Fusion Studio require network access, including network rendering, network licensing, shared bins, and some external scripts. To use these features, the following ports must be opened in your system’s firewall (if any):

• TCP port 1144
• UDP port 1144
• TCP ports 49152-49159
• UDP ports 49152-49159

Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed Render Node crash on exit
• Edit box contents are reselected after pressing enter if Auto Control Advance is disabled
• Operations in range control edit boxes weren't being evaluated after pressing enter
• Fixed creation of undo events for multiline text edits
• Ensure bin state is saved on exit
• Stop an occasional inadvertent attempt to replace a tool with itself when pasting in the flow view
• Macro tools weren't available for toolbar customisation until after the Tools menu had been used
• Comp file requester would always browse to Comps: rather than the path of the last loaded comp
• Fixed flow group background in HiDPI/Retina
• OFX plug requests for images outside of normal render processing will now get them at the current comp quality instead of always high-quality, non-proxy
• Allow OFX plugins to force interactive rendering in some cases

Minimum system requirements for Mac OS

• OS X 10.10 Yosemite or later
• At least 1 GB disk space
• Minimum 8 GB RAM, 16 GB recommended
• USB 2.0 port for Fusion Studio Licensing Key

Minimum system requirements for Windows

• Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit
• At least 1 GB disk space
• Minimum 8 GB RAM, 16 GB recommended
• GPU with at least 2GB memory
• USB 2.0 port for Fusion Studio Licensing Key

Minimum system requirements for Linux

• CentOS 6.6 or later
• At least 1 GB disk space
• Minimum 8 GB RAM, 16 GB recommended
• USB 2.0 port for Fusion Studio Licensing Key

Additional Information

Some applications may use third party code under license. For details please refer to the included "Third Party Licenses.rtf" document.

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Updated December 9, 2016.