About Blackmagic Fusion Studio 18

What's new in Blackmagic Fusion Studio 18.0

• Fractional UI scaling support, including 150%, in preferences.
• Support for setting user interface to French, Spanish and other languages.
• Multi-button mode selection in inspector for multiple tools.
• Support for all modern and future python 3 versions for scripting.
• Support for OpenColorIO 2.1.1.
• Support for OpenEXR 3.1.4.
• Support for live previews when using the Text+ color picker.
• New expression animated Custom Poly modifier for masks and strokes.
• Faster GPU accelerated paint tool with smoother strokes.
• Faster duplicate tool with additional blur, glow and size controls.
• Improved Linux installation and compatibility.
• Improved Open FX compatibility.
• Improved text renders with better tessellation and cleaner outlines.
• Multiple new composition blend modes.
• Improved tracker pattern grabbing behavior.
• Clearing Fusion disk cache is now more selective.
• Improved OpenEXR zip compression type compatibility.
• Support for H.265 renders from savers on Mac.
• New dropdown menu for Macro editor window.
• General performance and stability improvements.

Minimum system requirements

• macOS 11 Big Sur
• Windows 10
• Linux CentOS 7.3

• 8 GB of system memory. 16 GB+ for improved performance.
• GPU with at least 2 GB of VRAM which supports Metal, OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 10.
• Latest graphics driver as recommended by your GPU manufacturer.

Installing Blackmagic Fusion Software

Double-click the Fusion Installer icon, follow the onscreen instructions and then restart the computer after installation.

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.

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 July 15, 2022.