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Blackmagic Design has always admired Fusion’s node-based compositing toolset and now has another powerful tool in its portfolio alongside DaVinci Resolve. The company is certain that Fusion was used to create the most elaborate and complex effects in over 1,000 Hollywood feature films.
The acquisition is now also intended to result in better support and stronger sales assistance for Fusion and Eyeon Software. Eyeon will continue support for customers, as well as the development of solutions for the VFX and postproduction industry.
Furthermore, Blackmagic has expanded its Production Camera 4K and Cinema Camera with a PL lens mount and now sells these models as the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K PL and Blackmagic Cinema Camera PL. This means users can now also use cinema lenses together with the camera models. There are five different versions of the camera to choose from; buyers can choose between two different camera sensors and three different lenses. The choices are a 4K sensor with a 12-stop dynamic range and global shutter, or a 2.5K sensor with a 13-stop dynamic range, rolling shutter and better low-light performance. The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K PL costs 2,995 US dollars and the Blackmagic Cinema Camera PL is available from 2,295 US dollars.
All further information about the Blackmagic Cinema Camera can be found here.
Further new offerings from Blackmagic Design include the Blackmagic MultiView monitor, which can stream 16 SDI sources in SD, HD and Ultra HD in parallel. It is expected to be available from October and cost 1,495 US dollars. Also new is the SmartView Ultra HD broadcast monitor, which will be available from December for 1,995 US dollars.
All further information about Blackmagic Design can be found here.
In the upcoming DP issue 07/14, you will find an article – not on the use of Fusion, admittedly – but on Katana in "Spider-Man 2", in which Sony Pictures Imageworks reports on its work on the film.
After that, the 100th DP anniversary issue appears, and in it we will trace the history of Fusion.
