In fact, Blackmagic has 'doubled the size of the engineering team,' which should speed up the process.

It seems the sticking point, thus far, has been some 'Windows specific code in the buttons and menus in Fusion,' which are in the process of being re-coded for OSX. But what about the post and VFX professionals that ply their trade on a Mac? Blackmagic was flooded with questions of a Mac-version of Fusion, so much so that company CEO Grant Petty saw fit to address those questions via the Blackmagic forum.Īccording to Petty, the Blackmagic is indeed working on a Mac OSX version for all you Apple fans out there.

In the words of RedShark News Editor-in-Chief David Shapton, ' Blackmagic's Free Fusion Changes everything.' Paralleling its pricing structure for its color grading application Davinci Resolve, Blackmagic made a nearly-complete version of Fusion available as a free download (that caps output resolution to UHD), while offering the full application, complete with stereoscopic 3D and optical flow tool sets, as well as network rendering and OpenFX support, for $995. In a recent forum post, Blackmagic CEO Grant Petty answered some of their questions.Īt IBC2014, Blackmagic Design shocked the post and VFX communities with news of its acquisition of Eyeon Software and, in particular, the powerful node-based compositor Fusion.

Many Mac users are wondering if and when they'll see Blackmagic Fusion 7 arrive on their platform.

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