Blackmagic Fusion (formerly eyeon Fusion and briefly Maya Fusion, a version produced for Alias-Wavefront) is post-production image compositing developed by Blackmagic Design and originally authored by eyeon Software. It is typically used to create visual effects and digital compositing for movies, TV-series and commercials and employs a node-based interface in which complex processes are built up by connecting a flowchart or schematic of many nodes, each of which represents a simpler process, such as a blur or color correction. This type of compositing interface allows great flexibility, including the ability to modify the parameters of an earlier image processing step "in context" (while viewing the final composite). Upon its acquisition by Blackmagic Design, Fusion was released in two versions: the freeware Fusion, and the commercially sold Fusion Studio. Fusion is available for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and with the release of Fusion 8, macOS.

History

Fusion was originally developed in 1987 as in-house software developed for use by New York Production & Design (NYPD), a post production and visual effects boutique based out of Sydney, Australia. The very first version of the software was written in DOS and consisted of little more than a UI framework for quickly chaining together the output of pre-existing batch files and utilities. eyeon Software Inc. was formed specifically to commercialize Fusion, and all operations relating to the software were moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2014, Blackmagic Design acquired eyeon Software Inc, and is now developing the Fusion software. Released in 2018, version 15 of DaVinci Resolve, also developed by Blackmagic Design, added an integrated version of Fusion within the application.

Version history

Uses

Fusion has been used on over 1000 major Hollywood blockbuster feature films as of 2015 as well as on many TV shows, among them: • 2012 (film) • 300 (film) • 9 (2009 animated film) • Adventure Time • Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) 2010 Oscar nominated film • American Horror Story • Anonymous (film) • Avatar (2009 film) 2009 Oscar nominated film • Avengers: Age of Ultron • Batman Begins • Barely Lethal • Battlestar Galactica • Black Hawk Down (film) 2001 Oscar nominated film • Blade: Trinity • Breaking Bad • Bunraku • Captain America: The Winter Soldier • Clash of the Titans (2010 film) • Doctor Strange (2016 film) • Dolphin Tale • Downton Abbey • Dragonball Evolution • Edge of Tomorrow (film) • Empire (2015 TV series) • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer • Final Destination III • From Dusk till Dawn: The Series • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra • Game of Thrones • Gangs of New York • Get Smart (film) • Ghost Rider • Gothika • Gulliver's Travels • Gnomeo & Juliet • Gravity (film) 2013 Oscar nominated film • G-Force • Green Lantern (film) • Grimm • Guardians of the Galaxy • Hancock (film) • Happy Feet 2006 Oscar nominated film • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) • Hellboy 2 • Hell on Wheels • Hercules (2014 film) • His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass • How to Get Away with Murder • Hugo (film) 2011 Oscar nominated film • I, Robot • Independence Day (1996 film) 1996 Oscar nominated film • Iron Man (2008 film) • Immortals • Jumanji 2 • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island • Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 theatrical film) • Kingsman: The Secret Service • King Kong (2005 film) 2005 Oscar nominated film • Legion (2010 film) • London Has Fallen • Lost • Maleficent (film) • Master and Commander 2003 Oscar nominated film • Minority Report (film) • Mr. & Mrs. Smith • Nashville • NCIS • NCIS: New Orleans • Night at the Museum • Noah (2014 film) • Oliver Twist • Orphan Black • Panic Room • Poseidon • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film) • Prometheus (2012 film) • Resident Evil: Apocalypse • RBG 2019 Oscar nominated film • Saw 3D • Scandal • Sin City • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow • Skyfall 2012 Oscar nominated film • Snakes on a Plane • Soul Surfer (film) • Spider-Man 3 • Splice (film) • Spy • Spy Kids II • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace • Sucker Punch (2011 film) • Superman Returns • Soul Surfer • Teen Wolf • Terminator Salvation • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 • The Aviator 2004 Oscar nominated film • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film) • The Da Vinci Code (film) • The Day After Tomorrow • The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) • The Expendables 2 • The Forbidden Kingdom • The Halcyon • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 • The Illusionist (2006 film) • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus • The Last Samurai • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen • The Matrix Reloaded • The Matrix Revolutions • The Martian • The Mechanic (2011 film) • The Social Network 2010 Oscar nominated film • The Terminal • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse • The Witch • Thor (film) • Titanic (1997 film) • Tropic Thunder • Twilight (2008 film) • Underworld: Awakening • Underworld: Evolution • Unknown (2011 film) • Watchmen • White House Down • X2 (film) • X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fusion has also been used in video games such as Halo 5: Guardians, Destiny: Rise of Iron and Dawn of War III.