About Blackmagic Fusion Studio 8.2

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

• Fusion Studio for Linux
• Fusion Render Node for Linux
• 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

New Features

• Improved DNG support: Resolve matching
• Double click in the empty area of comp tabs to create a new comp
• New animation indicator shortcuts:
• double-click to animate, or set key if already animated
• ctrl/cmd+double-click to add expression
• shift+double-click to remove modifiers/expressions
• Can now add expressions to non-master colour wheel inputs. The expression edits will only be visible for the currently active wheel range (ie. master, low, mid, high).
• Changed default font for Text+ and Text3D to Open Sans, for platform consistency
• Can now specify multiple license servers (semicolon-separated) in FUSION_LICENSE_SERVER env var, * to scan local subnet (8.1)
• Added Global Options/Background Color options to image view's menu
• Added Save Version to the File menu
• Can now set Gamut control custom values with a context menu
• Can turn off image view description/RoI/DoD labels.
• F1 brings up the PDF help files, with context awareness where possible
• New Hotkey Manager

Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed occasional random crash on some platforms
• Fixed highlighting of animated tools in timeline view
• Audio playback improvements
• Fixed occasional corrupted Loader tooltip
• Scripts can load comps again even when Allow Network Renders is off
• Fixed updating of some menu items like Allow Network Renders
• Improved playback “fast” mode timing calculations
• Fixed luminance clipping during some YUV conversions
• View LUT macros work again
• .viewlut files now show up in all cases, and fixed selecting them from the menu
• Deleting Loader and OpenCL cache folder works again
• Double clicking on the control window title zoom icon now works like a normal click
• Fixed a RenderNode startup crash on systems without OpenGL
• Improved .ma file compatibility with Maya 2016
• View activation improvements
• Fixed possible crashes when closing comp
• Fixed possible crash with tear-off menus
• GamutViewLUT can optionally apply gamma to alpha
• Can now use file names containing extended chars with QuickTime on Windows.
• Gamut Custom inputs can be set from standard colour spaces from a context menu. Groups labels let all custom chromaticities or gamma option be set at once.
• Dragging expanded flow group edges no longer re-centres the reference point.
• Clicking in an empty flow area anywhere will deselect tools, instead of needing to click in the group that had the active tool.
• Can now insert tools into and remove tools from pipes that lead outside flow groups. There are still restrictions, such as not being able to disconnect a pipe leading outside a group if that would cause the group's link to be connected to nothing inside the group, or itself (eg. its output to its input). The pipes themselves can't be dragged/moved either.
• Fixed crash when deleting an inner nested group.
• A mouse click isn't ignored in the flow view if it was made active due to the application becoming active without a mouse click (eg. Windows alt+tab).
• Adding a tool by dropping from the toolbar into GLView will now add after the viewed tool even if it's within a group.
• Fixed possible hang with Monitor Output on Windows
• FuServer as a service now gets restarted if it fails, after a 30sec delay
• Improved hotkey mapping to better support non-US keyboards
• Fixed a crash with FBX importing
• Arrow keys now work in the Add Tool box on Linux
• Fixes and improvements for fullscreen flipbooks
• Fixed Bins permissions issue in some installation cases
• Fixed Render Manager queue autosave backups on Linux
• Fixed script crash in FuView:GetAttrs()
• User and Tool Manual improvements
• LUT cube fuses get context help
• Various stability improvements

User Interface

• New (actually noticeable!) console warning indicator
• New larger, clearer icons for File Requester
• Lighter image view background colour
• Depth control buttons layout changes
• Default control width expanded by 25 pixels
• Improved graphics for console icons & slider/screw controls
• Fixed flow view link positioning when changing active tool
• Better timeline colours
• Timeline bars are drawn brighter when selected
• Fixed loader arrow at right edge of timeline bar
• Better centering of timeline text
• Tips don't affect the initial console icon
• Improved control label rendering
• Fixed maximising of floating views
• Fixed view visibility on layout changes
• Improved active-view border drawing in some cases
• Fixed view border when fullscreen.
• Fixed arrow & tab key handling in LUT and Mesh controls
• Fixed context menu on fullscreen flipbooks on Windows
• Disallowed other views on floating Image views (use floating frame instead)
• Better drawing of time ruler when using fields
• Fixed status bar negative time display on audio scrubbing

Fixes & Improvements since Beta 2

• Fixed BMD Film output for URSA Mini 4.6K files
• Render Node About box and Status dialogs get close buttons on Gnome
• Many memory handling improvements on Linux
• Timeline performance improved

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 September 9, 2016.