Blackmagic Fusion 9: Closing the Gap
I have just finished up two days of doing demos and answering questions at Blackmagic‘s booth on the expo floor at SIGGRAPH. I had a fine time meeting the...
Author: Bryan
Web admin for the Christian Gamers Guild and co-host of the Geek @ Arms podcast. Bryan primarily runs character-driven narrativist RPGs such as Primetime Adventures and Tales From the Loop.
OpenCL Fuses: Hello World
In the previous article in this series, I introduced the notion of making a series of Fuses based on the lessons from Vivo & Lowe’s Book of Shaders. I...
Compositing with Blackmagic Fusion: Table of Contents and Glossary
Chapters Getting Started The Basics The Interface and Tracking Rotoscoping and Keying Clean Plates Elements and Effects Expressions Macros Multipass CG Composit...
OpenCL Fuses: Fuse Template and Structure
That Voronoi Fuse I documented recently is really slow, and there are quite a few features that I would like to add to it. Unfortunately, each new feature will ...
Blackmagic Fusion: Multipass CG Compositing
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...
Blackmagic Fusion: Macros
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...
Voronoi Fuse — Developer’s Diary
In my efforts to expand my capabilities in Fusion, and in visual effects generally, I have taken my first steps into the creation of Fuses. A Fuse is a custom t...
Blackmagic Fusion: Elements and Effects
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...
Gradient Map for Blackmagic Fusion
A quick little macro. A couple of days ago, I needed a gradient map, a la Photoshop. My brain was on the fritz all week, so I asked my excellent coworker Joe La...
Blackmagic Fusion: Clean Plates
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 ...