About Blackmagic Fusion Studio 20.0

Welcome to Blackmagic Fusion Studio 20.0!

This installer will add Fusion Studio software to your system.

Installing Fusion Studio Software

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

What's new in Fusion Studio 20.0

The following features have been added or updated.

• New Deep image compositing toolset.
• Multi layer pipelining for OpenEXR, PSD and stereoscopic 3D.
• Vector warping toolset for image patching and cleanup.
• MultiText tool with layers and easy transform, clip and wrap controls.
• Text+ paragraph, line wrapping and bounding tools.
• Support for 180 VR.
• Support for ACES 2.0.
• Support for OCIO 2.4.2 with ACES 2.0 support.
• 3D Scene Dome Light.
• Support for native Cryptomatte workflows.
• Support for Film Look Creator.
• Faster GPU based pano map and spherical stabilizer tools.
• Ability to search tool based on effects category.
• General performance and stability improvements.

Minimum System Requirements for macOS

• macOS 14 Sonoma 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 or GPU which supports Metal.

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 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.

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 May 27, 2025.