Notably, Blackmagic has opted not to tackle 360-degree image stitching - the process by which images from multiple cameras facing in different directions are “stitched” together to form a single wrap-around view. Within Fusion, any node can be routed to any viewing monitor and the VR headset simply presents itself as an extra one of those. A neat feature is that Fusion 9 can directly drive VR headsets such as Oculus Rift. There is also a new stabilizer for 360 wrap-around shots. Another useful tool allows a portion of a 360-degree image to be unwrapped (or un-distorted) so that restoration or compositing work can be easily carried out on it before it is perfectly re-wrapped back into the 360-degree image. In addition, new tools are provided to cross-convert between many 360 video image formats. It can create, manipulate, texture and light 3D scenes made from imported CGI models and built-in primitives and particles.Īdded in Version 9 is a spherical camera that can capture a scene as a 360 2D or stereo 3D image. That said, as a post production suite for 360 video, Fusion already has a very strong tool set. Also announced with the new release is a price drop to $299 for the full studio version, which, judging by global resellers instantly running out of stock (Fusion ships via dongle), seems to have been a popular move!Īs with other manufacturers in the film and broadcast area, the term “VR” is a little misused as they are really referring to “360 video.” VR, although a more exciting term, would demand interactivity. The raft of new updates in Version 9 could be categorized into one of two areas: features created in response to user requests, and a set of tools for VR.
Its closest competitor is Nuke from The Foundry. For those not familiar with Fusion, it is a highly flexible node-based compositor that can composite in 2D and 3D spaces. At Siggraph in August, Blackmagic Design released a new version of its compositing software Fusion.
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