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Blackmagic Fusion: Cameras, Lenses and Sensors

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Bryan / 4 Comments

Fusion 9 has been released, and the retail price for the Studio version has dropped to a mere $299. From this article forward, I'll be using Fusion 9 Free on Wi...

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Blackmagic Fusion: The 3D Workspace

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Bryan / 2 Comments

The lines between 3D and 2D visual effects tasks are blurring more and more. Nuke and Fusion both have useful 3D toolsets built in, and After Effects users can ...

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Compositing with Blackmagic Fusion: Table of Contents and Glossary

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Bryan / 10 Comments

Chapters Getting Started The Basics The Interface and Tracking Rotoscoping and Keying Clean Plates Elements and Effects Expressions Macros Multipass CG Composit...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Multipass CG Compositing

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Bryan / 6 Comments

Sometimes the effect demanded for a shot is more complex that what can be created in the compositor. Computer animated characters, sophisticated fluid and parti...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Macros

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Bryan / 5 Comments

In the previous chapter, we created some fairly sophisticated behavior using expressions. Setting up such systems takes some time, though, and if you build some...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Elements and Effects

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Bryan / 0 Comment

Thus far we have talked a great deal about how to integrate footage together, how to manipulate it, and how to cut it apart and sew it back together in a new co...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Clean Plates

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Bryan / 0 Comment

Painting clean plates is another task commonly assigned to junior compositors. While roto is an easy and tedious job, paint can be very challenging. Every shot ...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Rotoscoping and Keying

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Bryan / 11 Comments

The creation of mattes from moving footage is a crucial, though sometimes tedious, part of making visual effects. It is a rare shot that does not require a matt...

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Blackmagic Fusion: The Interface and Tracking

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Bryan / 25 Comments

The Viewer Panels Before we get into the lesson on Motion Tracking, let's take a walk through more of Fusion's interface. We have already had an overview of the...

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Blackmagic Fusion: The Basics

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Bryan / 4 Comments

The following article is a chapter in a forthcoming compositing textbook. There are references to chapters and appendices that have not yet been written. As tho...

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