What’s new in Blackmagic Design Fusion Studio 16.2?
BMD just launched the latest update for its VFX and motion graphics software, Fusion Studio 16.2. The updated Visual Effects software adds GPU-accelerated gradient backgrounds, DVE, corner pinning, and stereoscopic 3D combiner, new mask features, options for viewing macros and folders in the effects library, support for Fusion transition templates in DaVinci Resolve, and more.
New features of Fusion Studio 16.2 are as follows:
- Support for write on/off, end-cap style and miter limit in mask tools
- Support for a “show folder” option in the Fusion effects library
- Support for showing macros in the Fusion effects library
- Support for inverting the temporal behavior of the keyframe stretcher tool
- Support for resolve parameter modifier, for transition template animation
- Support for using DaVinci Resolve dongles with Fusion Render Nodes
- Support for RED SDK 7.2.1 and decoding clips from the Komodo camera
- Improved OpenEXR support on Linux
- Improved persistence of view settings
- Improved kerning of some Adobe type 1 fonts in text+ and text 3D tools
- Improved display of localized font names in text+ and text 3D tools
- Improved performance with gradient background now in GPU
- Improved performance with dve now in GPU
- Improved performance with corner pin now in GPU
- Improved performance with stereo combining in 3D renderer now in GPU
- General performance and stability improvements
Hardware configuration:
- Windows: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit, minimum 16 GB RAM, GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM which supports Metal, OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 10, latest graphics driver as recommended by your GPU manufacturer.
- Mac: Mac OS X 10.14.6 Mojave, minimum 16 GB RAM, GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM which supports Metal, OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 10, the latest graphics driver as recommended by your GPU manufacturer.
- Linux: CentOS 7.3, minimum 16 GB RAM, GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM which supports Metal, OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 10, the latest graphics driver as recommended by your GPU manufacturer.
Fusion Studio customers can now download the update free of charge from Blackmagic Design’s website.