Blackmagic Fusion

eyeon Fusion

File:EyeonFusionScreenshotSmall.jpg Fusion 5 green-screen composition
Developer(s)	eyeon Software
Stable release	6.1
Operating system	Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux
Type	Compositing software
License	Proprietary
Website	Fusion 6

Fusion (formerly Digital Fusion) is an image compositing software program created by eyeon Software Inc. It is typically used to create visual effects and digital compositing for film, HD and commercials. It employs a node-based interface in which complex processes are built up by connecting a flowchart or schematic of many nodes, each of which represents a simpler process, such as a blur or color correction. This type of compositing interface allows great flexibility, including the ability to modify the parameters of an earlier image processing step "in context" (while viewing the final composite).

Fusion is available for 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Microsoft Windows and 32-bit Linux (via a customized version of Wine).

History

Fusion was originally developed in 1987 as in-house software developed for use by New York Production & Design (NYPD), a post production and visual effects boutique based out of Sydney, Australia. The very first version of the software was written in DOS and consisted of little more than a UI framework for quickly chaining together the output of pre-existing batch files and utilities. eyeon Software Inc. was formed specifically to commercialize Fusion, and all operations relating to the software were moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Version history

Official name	version	date of release	comments
Digital Fusion 1.0	1.0	November 1996	first public windows release (older versions not commercially available)
Digital Fusion 1.1	1.1	March 1997	support for direct hardware playback/preview
Digital Fusion 2.0	2.0	November 1997	added timeline, 16 bit integer color processing
Digital Fusion 2.1	2.1	April 1998	Render queue/batch rendering.
Digital Fusion 2.5	2.5	December 1998	Network rendering introduced.
Digital Fusion 3.0	3.0	October 2000	UI rewritten, added paint capabilities, advanced text tool, deep pixel.
Digital Fusion 3.1	3.1	January 2002	2D particle system introduced, added new color corrector.
Digital Fusion 4.0	4.0	October 2002	eyeonscript (Lua based scripting language), float and HDRI color processing, concatenated transforms, nested flow groups, macro tools, new darker UI.
Fusion 5.0	5.0	August 2005	3D compositing environment, ASCII save files, 16bit float processing, straight node connections.
Fusion 5.1	5.1	December 2006	consoleslave, elbow nodes, multistroke paint.
Fusion 5.2	5.2	July 2007	3D look up tables, fuses (just in time scripted tools), external python scripting, FBX geometry import
Fusion 5.3	5.3	April 2008	64 bit executable
Fusion 6.0	6.0	June 2009 (preview release)	3D material shaders, Region of Interest / Domain of Definition, stereo display
Fusion 6.1	6.1	July 2010	GPU Supercomputing framework

Uses

Fusion has been used in many movies and TV shows, among them:

• Terminator Salvation
• Watchmen
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Sivaji The Boss
• Alias
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Something's Gotta Give
• Battlestar Galactica
• Final Destination II
• Lost
• Master and Commander
• Oliver Twist
• Panic Room
• Poseidon
• Sin City
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Snakes on a Plane
• Spy Kids II
• The Aviator
• 300
• Avatar

External links

• Official Fusion Product Page
• eyeon Software
• eyeon's own Wiki