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Eyeon Fusion now Black Magic Fusion 7.5 is out, light version free, No OSX
For bigger setup the pricetag is $995
Still, windows only… we’ll just have to wait…
Helge
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[Helge Tjelta] “Still, windows only… we’ll just have to wait…”
Darn. Take those exclamation points of the post title then. 😉
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
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Said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO: “Now, with the free version of Fusion, everyone from individual artists to the biggest studios can create Hollywood caliber visual effects and motion graphics!”
That’s so true. All you need is access to free software and you’re instantly a Hollywood standard visual effects artist.
You’ve got to love democratisation.
Simon Ubsdell
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When I started working with Fusion it looked something like this (albeit in colour):
I say, bring back those crazy tiles!
Simon Ubsdell
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Great timing. Today I nearly managed to use Resolve as a total finishing tool for a simple short film but came up short on a simple focus effect on a shot. I am hoping that there will be some sort of dynamic link style integration between Fusion and Resolve in the future so I am downloading and diving in. I have a 4k green screen job in a few months with integrated animation so time to learn some skills.
Windows – no problem. Will I be a Hollywood grade VFX artist by the weeks end? Hardly expect the tools to make up for experience and skill but thank you Blackmagic for making it easier to expand my toolset and skills.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO: “Now, with the free version of Fusion, everyone from individual artists to the biggest studios can create Hollywood caliber visual effects and motion graphics!” That’s so true. All you need is access to free software and you’re instantly a Hollywood standard visual effects artist. You’ve got to love democratisation.”
An awful lot of people are about to realize just how convenient layer-based compositing/design is.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Walter Soyka] “An awful lot of people are about to realize just how convenient layer-based compositing/design is.”
Haha – yes, indeed.
But how easy they will find it is perhaps another question.
Simon Ubsdell
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[Michael Gissing] “Will I be a Hollywood grade VFX artist by the weeks end? Hardly expect the tools to make up for experience and skill but thank you Blackmagic for making it easier to expand my toolset and skills.”
If Mr Petty were to buy ProTools and release it for free next week, you might be just a little hacked off if he suggested that ownership of the application was all you needed to become a top flight audio engineer.
I know that’s not exactly what he’s saying here about Fusion but he sure as hell is letting the implication dangle …
To elaborate on that point a bit:
There’s owning the software.
There’s knowing how to operate the software.
There’s knowing how to get results with the software.
And there’s knowing how to get great results with the software.
The distance from the first step to the last is very considerable in some disciplines – audio is one and VFX is another. Editing considerably less so, I’d say, but nonetheless the journey from step one to step four is still not a hop, skip and a jump.
Does the cheapness of today’s software perhaps disguise some of this?
Simon Ubsdell
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[Simon Ubsdell] “The distance from the first step to the last is very considerable in some disciplines – audio is one and VFX is another. Editing considerably less so, I’d say, but nonetheless the journey from step one to step four is still not a hop, skip and a jump.
Does the cheapness of today’s software perhaps disguise some of this?”
Well said! There is much more that goes into post-production than we sometimes realize. I often wonder how people react when they see how much Motion offers, how much power and potential it has for a very low price of admission.
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I totally understand your point. My whole career has been based on getting results from tools like Fairlight FCP Suite and now Resolve. Frankly I dont really care if powerful tools are cheap enough that there is a greater access and democratisation because that doesnt impact on any advantage I may have from 30 years of experience on previous more expensive tools.
But because of the shrinking margins and higher rate of tech turnover, software tools need to be getting cheaper as hardware has over that time. My dabblings with software like Fusion will be entirely limited to my comfort level and skills. I see it as the logical integrated tool with Resolve to make it a finishing tool. My main game is sound post and grade/ finishing for docos so most of Fusion will be of little application but titling, a bit of roto here and there and some keying will be useful. Sure I could continue with Ae or Motion but frankly I am looking for integration to keep things neat. The logic of staying node based now that I am getting used to that with Resolve is also compelling.
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[Michael Gissing] “Frankly I dont really care if powerful tools are cheap enough that there is a greater access and democratisation because that doesnt impact on any advantage I may have from 30 years of experience on previous more expensive tools.”
I think that was really my point, not so well expressed. You can’t buy your 30 years experience off the shelf, but there does seem to be a growing perception (or maybe it’s just the internet?) that owning the right tools is pretty much all you need to worry about. And there’s been quite a bit of that kind of stuff right here on this forum recently, or indeed since its inception …
(I bet you could have created a great mix on Soundtrack Pro – you don’t need Fairlight …)
Fusion is an outstanding tool and has been for a very long time and I’m delighted on the one hand that it’s finally getting its day in the sun.
However, it would be a crying shame if this ruthless offering damaged the viability of The Foundry – that would be in nobody’s interests, but there’s a distinct chance that it might.
And more importantly, it seems to me that yet again new entrants to the field of VFX are going to get caught up in the need to be using Fusion, rather than actually learning the craft from the ground up – just as we saw with Resolve. The more complex the tool you throw yourself into, the more you’re going to be wrestling with the complexities of the tool (which are not inconsiderable in this case), rather than getting to grips with the techniques which will enable you to create great work.
Obvious, I know, but I think it’s a point worth making …
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo-uk.com
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