Fusion Studio
Blackmagic Design · Video
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This software update improves text display in the inspector as well as correctly displaying modifiers when switching versions in the inspector. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio...
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Version 21.0.1 Jun 24, 2026
This software update includes improvements for transform crosshair positioning after tracking, improved dual screen layouts, and general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio licen...
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Version 20.3.2 Feb 12, 2026
This software update improves multitext styling when using advanced controls as well as adding new colorspace and gamma options for Fujifilm camera footage. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci R...
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Version 20.3.1 Dec 18, 2025
This software update adds support for importing PSD files with irregularly sized layers, improves Fusion previews for transforms and merges and includes general performance and stability updates. This version requires a...
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Version 20.3 Dec 1, 2025
This software update improves 3D rendering of shadow, reflect, and refract layers as well as improving the loading behaviour of Open FX plugins and the ping pong effect in spline editor. This version requires a Fusion St...
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Version 20.2.3 Nov 5, 2025
This software update adds support for up to 4x faster Magic Mask and Depth Map performance on Windows Intel GPUs, as well as better deep image proxy scaling and flipbook previews, better save functionality of interlaced...
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Version 20.2.2 Oct 15, 2025
This software update improves the editing of spline ease in values, removes duplicate viewer menu entries, provides better loading of some USD texture paths, as well as improving viewing of names layers from Renderer3D....
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Version 20.2.1 Sep 23, 2025
This software update restores Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text recognition in MultiText, as well as improving animation performance in USD Replace Material and Film Look Creator tools. This version requires a Fusion St...
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Version 20.2 Sep 10, 2025
This software update improves MultiText align and transformation tools, adds support for animated image inputs for USD tools, as well as multilayer shading support for 3D renderer and multilayer AOV channel support for U...
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Version 20.1.1 Aug 26, 2025
This software update improves PSD handling, adds more reliable single frame sequence loading in the loader node and provides better version saving in macros. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, a DaVinc...
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Version 20.1 Aug 7, 2025
This software update improves immersive video workflows with a new immersive option in the 360º views menu, new immersive patcher tool and new immersive distort tool. In addition, there is support for AI Magic Mask 2, im...
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Version 20.0.1 Jun 30, 2025
This software update improves compatibility with DeckLink cards, restores Fuse examples in the developer folder and improves consistency when using OpenColorIO. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, a DaV...
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Version 19.1.4 Mar 21, 2025
This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW files shot on Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 camera. In addition, this update addressed an issue with some GPU preference device settings. This version requires a Fusion...
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Version 19.1.3 Jan 20, 2025
This software update improves metadata retention of OpenEXR files as well as providing general performance and stability improvements.
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Version 19.1.2 Dec 18, 2024
This software update improves handling of Open EXR metadata, provides better inspector selection of 3D texture projection as well as improvements to memory usage when using the splitter control. This version requires a F...
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Version 19.1.1 Dec 2, 2024
This software update improves saving tools with edited controls as well as providing greater stability when rendering linear b-splines. There is also better loading from disk caches on macros and when using disk caches o...
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Version 19.1 Nov 12, 2024
This software update adds new Fusion titles and effects as well as better handling of interlaced media. This update also includes support for USD 24.08, USD scene export from compositions, and polygon and B-spline viewer...
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Version 19.0.3 Oct 17, 2024
This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW 4.3, as well as improved loading of USDs on some Windows systems, better applying of OCIO looks, improved cascaded expressions in the inspector and better tabbing betw...
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Version 19.0.2 Oct 2, 2024
This software update adds new, simpler color swatch options in edited controls, multiple open color IO improvements and more consistent application of jitter or 3D extrude effects on shapes. This version requires a Fusio...
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Version 19.0.1 Sep 4, 2024
This software update improves loading of DRFX files on Mac, as well as correctly displaying SVG fonts, improving Text+ character level animation and providing better execution of compiled Lua scripts on Windows. This ver...
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Version 18.6.6 Mar 20, 2024
This software update improves performance when loading OpenEXR files, better render performance while previewing tool configurations and general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Stud...
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Version 18.6.5 Feb 7, 2024
This software update improves grid warp performance when changing grid sizes and adds better transform performance when moving USD objects. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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Version 18.6.4 Dec 5, 2023
This software update improves 2D particle positioning using image emitters, as well as improved trim and time scaling when adding new assets using USD loader and better placement when updating overlay controls. This vers...
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Version 18.6.3 Nov 14, 2023
This software update improves multiple tracking and drawing functions for magic mask and improves the speed of transforming objects with MaterialX materials in Fusion as well as general performance and stability improvem...
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Version 18.6.1 Oct 6, 2023
This software update improves stability when using 3D text, as well as improvements to grid depth compositing in the universal scene description view. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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Version 18.6 Sep 15, 2023
This software update adds support for extruding and beveling 3D shapes, rendering USD scenes with materials and volumes and support for seven new Resolve FX tools. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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Version 18.5.1 Aug 14, 2023
This software update adds more reliable use and clearing of memory when working with saver in the default color space or with depth map nodes, as well as the ability to select different viewer modes when working with uni...
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Version 18.5 Jul 21, 2023
This software update installs the full shipping version of Fusion Studio 18.5 which adds support for Universal Scene Description files, new multi-merge tool and support for a native AI based depth map tool. This version...
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Version 18.1.3 Feb 6, 2023
This software update adds new color selection options for highlight and glow tools, as well as better Text+ performance, improved encoding of 12-bit DNxHR files and more reliable loading of DNG files. This version requir...
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Version 18.1.2 Dec 22, 2022
This software update improves reliability with animation curves trimming, loading paths, mouse scrolling with the macro editor, LUA module render node path maps as well as general performance and stability improvements.
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Version 18.1.1 Nov 23, 2022
This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW 2.8, improved rendering of Text3D characters with intersections and better importing of tracking data as well as general Text+ rendering and stability improvements. Th...
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Version 18.1 Nov 11, 2022
This software update now adds support for magic mask in the Fusion page, up to 10x faster text+ playback and render performance and updated Fusion node search functionality using common keywords and categories. This vers...
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Version 18.0.4 Sep 30, 2022
This software update adds general performance and stability improvements for Fusion Studio.
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Version 18.0.2 Sep 7, 2022
This software update addresses an issue with scaling of hue curves control, improves mask edge behavior, provides better importing of FBX files and improved tracker modifier handling on transforms. This version requires...
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Version 18.0.1 Jul 26, 2022
This software update addresses a color issue with the Mandelbrot tool on Apple silicon machines, as well as a language translation issue with user controls. Fusion 18.0.1 also improves gain and gamma display when normali...
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Version 17.4.6 Mar 29, 2022
This software update adds the ability to execute startup script commands from terminal, improved stability with 3D renders on Apple Mac models with M1 Max processors and general performance and stability improvements. Th...
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Version 17.4.5 Mar 7, 2022
This software update adds improvements to Fusion’s color corrector, Text+ fonts and 3D texts as well as general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dong...
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Version 17.4.4 Feb 16, 2022
This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW 2.3 clips, improves stability for stereo viewer modes and 3D material memory usage plus adds more accurate rendering of Text+ outlines. This version requires a Fusion...
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Version 17.4.3 Dec 21, 2021
This software update adds improvements to Lua libraries and better optical flow retiming on Apple silicon computers, as well as improvements to group node effects and render performance with 3D text. This version require...
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Version 17.4.2 Nov 18, 2021
This update adds better Wacom tablet performance and improved system stability when working in custom locations. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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Version 17.4.1 Oct 29, 2021
This software update fixes issues with rendering nested macros and working with scaled displays as well as adding improvements for playback performance for Text+ with character styling. This version requires a Fusion Stu...
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Version 17.4 Oct 22, 2021
This software update adds improved Text+ support for combined glyph languages such as Arabic and Hebrew in addition to improved vertical layout, rotation and line direction for all supported languages. This update also a...
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Version 17.3.2 Oct 8, 2021
This software update adds improved stability when using tracker modifiers, better planar transform performance, and more reliable saving of Fusion settings. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license...
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Version 17.3.1 Sep 2, 2021
This software update adds general performance and stability improvements for Fusion Studio.
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Version 17.3 Aug 20, 2021
This software update adds support for viewing node type and name through keyboard shortcuts plus general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle
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Version 17.2.2 Jul 1, 2021
This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW 2.1 as well as general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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Version 17.2.1 Jun 2, 2021
This software update improves performance for Fusion custom effects and adds, more reliable loading of Fusion template bundles. The update also enables better undo functionality when using color correction tools as well...
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Version 17.2 May 12, 2021
This software update adds improved startup performance, support for Fusion template bundles, more reliable node connectivity when using mask groups, improved image previews when using multiple view LUTS and general perfo...
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Version 17.1.1 Mar 31, 2021
This software update adds improved brightness for ambient light in 3D camera setups, better spin and rotation assignments for new particles, and improvements to directional light shadows when working with 2D and 3D objec...
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Version 17.1 Mar 10, 2021
This software update adds universal app support for Macs running Apple M1 processors and is compatible with Mac OS Big Sur. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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Version 17.0 Feb 25, 2021
This software installs the full shipping version of Fusion Studio 17 which includes new Fusion effects templates, shape nodes, animation curves and improved optical flow as well as 3rd party workflow integration and more...
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Version 16.2.4 Jul 15, 2020
This software update improves render performance when using custom tools and addresses issues with aux channel and combiner nodes, gradient modifiers on color controls, gain controls on the duplicate fuse, and Blackmagic...
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Version 16.2.3 Jun 18, 2020
This software update installs Fusion Studio 16.2.3 which adds improved masking with Text+ when using image shading, more reliable gradient point editing, better frame previews with LUTs and certain bit formats, improved...
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Version 16.2.1 Apr 21, 2020
This software update improves the reliability of OCIO (Open Color IO) tools when processing canvas color. Fusion Studio 16.2.1 also improves the paint color picker, DeltaKeyer reliability when using solid mattes, masking...
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Version 16.2 Mar 6, 2020
This software update adds GPU accelerated support for gradient backgrounds, digital video effects (DVE), corner pinning, stereo 3D and more. It also adds support for write on/off, end-cap style and miter limits in the ma...
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Version 16.1.1 Nov 1, 2019
This update addresses an issue where channel names for the wand mask and paint fill tools would not properly reflect the colorspace, as well as general performance and stability improvements.
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Version 16.1 Oct 18, 2019
This software update adds support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Presets to Fusion Studio’s Camera 3D and tracker tools, support for ACEScg color gamut options, improves memory management on multi-GPU systems, and f...
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Version 7.7.1 Mar 19, 2015
This software update provides added support for external Python scripting to Fusion Studio as well as enhanced script evaluation and general performance enhancements.
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Version 7.7 Feb 12, 2015
This software update adds the render node installer plus general performance improvements and enhancements to Fusion Studio. Fusion Studio features enhanced tools such as Generation studio management, network rendering,...
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