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Fusion VFX (Node Based Compositor for Windows) Now Totally FREE

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Fusion VFX software has been used in many Hollywood blockbusters (Harry Potter, 300 etc), TV series and high-end commercials, but tended to be restricted to the elite end of the visual effects market. Now Blackmagic Design is claiming the move to make Fusion 7 available free of charge will revolutionise the industry.

Fusion 7 features an infinite 3D workspace and a node based workflow for quickly building unlimited effects. Customers get advanced 3D compositing, paint, rotoscope, retiming, stabilisation, titling, a 3D particle generator and multiple keyers, including Primatte. Fusion 7 also lets customers import and render 3D geometry and scenes from other applications as well as create their own elements from scratch.

Official website here & link to direct download here (thanks buzzlight9).


System Requirements:

  • Processor
    Fusion will take advantage of Intel and AMD processors equally well. It is recommended to have at least a Pentium 4 or Athlon 64 processor to operate Fusion. The 64-bit version of Fusion requires dual core and hyperthreaded processors, and thrives when multiple processors are available.

  • Graphics 1
    Fusion requires OpenGL capable ATI or NVIDIA graphics cards. Available graphics memory should be 2GB or greater.
    The Fusion interface requires a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels or greater at 32-bit per channel (true color). Higher resolutions are suggested.

  • Graphics 2
    Fusion’s graphics card requirements will be higher for 3D intensive composites. For example, 3D scenes employing large numbers of textures, or very large textures will require significantly more memory for the graphics card. Additionally Fusion makes more extensive use of the GPU for many 3D operations. A modern graphics card will have a big impact on interactivity and performance in Fusion.

  • Graphics 3
    High-end workstation class graphics cards should not be required; a decent mid-class gaming class card with large
    amounts of memory is generally sufficient. Fusion Render Slaves will be unable to render OpenGL 3D scenes unless they have an OpenGL-capable graphics card. Software rendering of 3D scenes will not require a graphics card.

  • Memory
    Fusion is designed to make use of every kilobyte of memory available. A minimum of 8GB of memory is required, and
    16GB or greater is strongly recommended.

  • Operating Systems
    Fusion 7.0 supports the following operating systems:
    Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
    Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit

  • QuickTime
    Fusion requires Apple QuickTime to be installed on the workstation and render nodes in order to read and write to the MOV and PNG file formats.

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closed Comments

  • Thanks for that- my daughter will be interested.

    I kind of expected it to be larger than 53mb somehow?

    Cheers

    • I would have expected a larger file size as well.

    • +1

      Quality software doesn't have to be large, just look at the thousands of open source projects

    • +1

      Cheers buzzlight9… if you don't mind, I'll include it in the post :)

    • For all Windows platforms?

  • +1

    Can't download with my mac. :(

    • +12

      Well if you're "smart" enough to buy a Mac, I'm sure you can figure it out ;)

      • +1

        Nvm, apparently it does right down at the bottom. Might want to put in the title Windows only :)

  • Great node-based compositing program.

  • +2

    Could I make the next blockbuster CGI feature film with this?

    • +2

      If you get off your bum and make a film, yeah. I know it's a joke comment, but really, these days you could make a pretty damned high quality movie with free or next to free software. Software doesn't make movies though. People with talent and skill make movies. And Michael Bay.

      • +1

        Bingo.

        Youtube content creator, here :)

  • +3

    Harry Potter 8 is now in production…

    • +2

      But my Harry Potter 8 is already in production too!

      Maybe we can combine them? ;)

  • +6

    And kids, this is how we made The Bargainers of Oz

  • edit: NVM

    • +1

      Why edit it? I believe this program will be "too hard basket" for most of OzBargainers.

  • +1

    Dang, that is impressive. Nuke is still king, but free is free and Fusion is a very good node-based compositor. If you have any interest in VFX I would heartily recommend this over After Effects.

    Source: ex-compositor.

  • +7

    Now to wait until Udemy releases a free course on how to use this thing

    • I'm one of the original coders of it; I can give you some tips :-)

      Shame I missed when this was posted (was O/S at the time, and kinda busy getting it ready for release..)

  • This is pretty cool, does anyone know what kind of 3D model file formarts it supports?

    • It imports FBX, OBJ, 3DS, DXF, DAE, Alembic, and a bunch of others I don't recall off the top of my head.

  • Check out Digital Tutors and FXPhD for training as well.

    DT is good for beginner stuff, FXPhD for high level stuff. The FXPhD stuff is a bit old and might not be on offer still, so best check with them, but not too much major stuff has changed and it will certainly teach you to make competent composites.

  • +1

    As a long time user I can vouch for this deal. The software is amazing.

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