OpenCL Fuses: Interpolation
This is the fourth article in a series on OpenCL Fuse development for Blackmagic Fusion. I am attempting to convert the lessons from the Book of Shaders into wo...
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OpenCL Fuses: Position and Time
This is the third article in a series on OpenCL Fuse development for Blackmagic Fusion. I am attempting to convert the lessons from the Book of Shaders into wor...
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...
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: 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...
Card Wipe Transition for Fusion – Developer’s Diary
The Glitch Tools macro collection I am working on is, in large part, based on a template for After Effects that we have at work. I am not sure where the templat...
Blackmagic Fusion: Expressions
In order to get some early feedback on this chapter of a forthcoming book, I am publishing it early. There are references to other chapters that have been writt...
An Exploration of Euler’s Identity
I have long been fascinated by the mysterious mathematical formula called Euler’s Identity. I enjoy it so much that I even have it framed on my wall: &nbs...
Some rather attractive compositing math
This morning, one of my coworkers, Dan, presented a problem: We commonly merge translucent elements such as smoke on top of themselves in order to thicken them ...