About Blackmagic Fusion Studio 21

Welcome to Blackmagic Fusion Studio 21.1.1!

This installer will add Fusion Studio software to your system as well as additional utilities for setting up hardware control panels. It also installs Blackmagic RAW Player and Blackmagic Proxy Generator into the applications folder.

Installing Fusion Studio Software on MacOS

Double-click the Fusion Studio Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove Fusion Studio from your system, double-click the Uninstall Resolve icon.

Installing Fusion Studio Software on Windows

Double-click the Fusion Studio Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove Fusion Studio from your system, go to the Programs and Features control panel, select Fusion Studio, click on Uninstall and follow the onscreen prompts.

Installing Fusion Studio Software on Linux

Double-click the Fusion Studio installer and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove Fusion Studio from your system, select the uninstall option after running the installer.

What's new in Fusion Studio 21.1.1

The following features have been added or updated.

• Addressed issue with sTrace Create.
• Addressed issue with deselecting combined text fields.
• Addressed issue with copy and select all shortcuts in Console.
• Addressed issue with with dual screen layouts.
• Addressed OGraf caching and path relinking issues.
• OGraf animation improvements for duration aware sizing and outro.
• Improved Magic Mask creation performance.
• General performance and stability improvements.

Minimum System Requirements for macOS

• macOS 15 Sequoia or later.
• 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for improved performance.
• For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Apple Silicon based computer.

Minimum System Requirements for Windows

• Windows 10 Creators Update.
• 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for improved performance.
• For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
• GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.
• AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
• NVIDIA Studio driver 570.65 or newer.

Minimum System Requirements for Windows for Arm

• Windows 11 for ARM.
• Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.
• 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for 4K.

Minimum System Requirements for Linux

• Rocky Linux 8.6.
• 32 GB of system memory.
• For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
• GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.
• AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
• NVIDIA Studio driver 570.26 or newer.

Additional Information

You will also need to download and install the latest Blackmagic Design Desktop Video software for monitoring with your Blackmagic Design video hardware. Desktop Video is available from www.blackmagicdesign.com/support.

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Updated October 01, 2026.