Blackmagic announcements NAB 2018

[Kevin Rag]

Resolve 15 is super exciting!!!! And can’t wait for the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K:)
It’s good to be in TV:D

K

[Shawn Miller]

These announcements are just crazy. I love BMD’s vision and commitment to small and independent producers. They really just seem to (honestly) want to empower creative people with powerful and inexpensive tools. I can’t wait to dig into the Resolve/Fusion workflow. I was skeptical about the Fusion panel… but the demo makes me feel like they may have gotten the integration piece right. I’m curious to see if BMD’s approach will make Fusion more appealing to the average editor.

Shawn

[Kevin Rag]

Love it! Love it! Been using it for over half an hour now. Really, really good. And it is 3am here in Singapore:)

K

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Shawn Miller] “the demo makes me feel like they may have gotten the integration piece right”

I’m on the one hand extremely impressed at how they’ve integrated Fusion – typical BMD genius at work there.

And on the other hand decidedly unhappy that Fusion as a tool for VFX professionals in its own right might be disappearing.

Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
hawaiki

[Shawn Miller]

[Simon Ubsdell] “And on the other hand decidedly unhappy that Fusion as a tool for VFX professionals in its own right might be disappearing.”

Good point – I hope that dedicated VFX artists don’t abandon the application to avoid the rest of the Resolve package. I like the look of the integrated UI, but as a rule generally prefer standalone software as well. Fingers crossed for something that makes most users happy! Or at least, the ability to run any of the applications in a standalone mode.

Shawn

[Neil Sadwelkar]

BM’s web site still shows Fusion 9 Studio as a product. Priced at $299.

On the Support page Fusion 9.0.2 Studio and Fusion 9.0.2 are still there, so, they don’t seem to have discontinued it. Whether it will be upgraded or not remains to be seen.

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[Tim Wilson]

[Neil Sadwelkar] “On the Support page Fusion 9.0.2 Studio and Fusion 9.0.2 are still there, so, they don’t seem to have discontinued it. “

If the three products are all tied up in one executable, the assumption is that you should be able to launch into the one you were in last by default. Then if they gave you a choice of splash screens, you’d be able to — in essence — launch Resolve, Fusion, OR Fairlight, and ONLY the one of your choice. You could ignore the components you don’t use, and functionally launch only “your” application.

Right?

[Tero Ahlfors]

[Tim Wilson] “Right?
“

Not at the moment and probably not in the future. It’s Reslightsion not separate pieces. Also the standalone Fusion still feels like a different thing compared to the page version. There’s probably not even render farm support for that, though I’ll have to check that. I probably wouldn’t start building hardcore comps in Resolve, but I probably will use that to do small fx stuff.

[Simon Ubsdell]

The Fusion community is not happy:

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=71891

https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuckless/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2035

This comment more or less sums up the general feeling:

In the name of all Saints…please let there be an announcement from BMD that Fusion will continue as a standalone product.
As cool as it is to have it inside Resolve for the occasional quick fix, or to previz stuff for the comp team,
for major VFX work this is just no solution….

Fusion fires up in no time, you add your stuff, build your flow, do your magic. Wham-bam, thank you mam. Next shot.
Having Resolve on every VFX Artists’ desk?
Start Resolve, wait half an eternity for that to happen, select the appropriate Project (or create a new one),
add Media, do some editing (place media on timeline), and then go to the Fusion tab?
That’s like Flame/Inferno workflow back in the olden days…

Also, from what I see so far, the pipeline stuff I did (and many others did on this forum) for the last couple years
just won’t work within Resolve. Meaning it’ll bust our entire inhouse pipeline.

Again: Resolve is great. Fusion in Resolve is fantastic.
But having a standalone Fusion for the pure vfx work is an absolute must.

Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
hawaiki

[Shawn Miller]

[Simon Ubsdell] ”
Again: Resolve is great. Fusion in Resolve is fantastic.
But having a standalone Fusion for the pure vfx work is an absolute must.”

I agree with this. I had a chance to play with Resolve 15 last night, and I have to say that I’m quite impressed so far. I like the way Fusion has been integrated and I could see myself going to Resolve/Fusion much more often for keying interviews and lighter projects. What I’m much more skeptical about is using the same workflow when heavier composites, VFX and animation are involved… I think I would prefer a dedicated Fusion in those cases.

Shawn