Eyeon Fusion
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| Developer(s) | eyeon Software |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 6.4 |
| Operating system | Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux |
| Type | Compositing software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Fusion 6.4 |
Fusion (formerly Digital Fusion) is an image compositing software program created by eyeon Software Inc. It is typically used to create visual effects and digital compositing for film, HD and commercials. It 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).
Fusion is available for 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Microsoft Windows and Linux (via a customized version of Wine).
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.
Version history
| Official name | version | date of release | comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Fusion 1.0 | 1.0 | November 1996 | First public Windows release (older versions for DOS or not commercially available) |
| Digital Fusion 1.1 | 1.1 | March 1997 | Support for direct hardware playback/preview |
| Digital Fusion 2.0 | 2.0 | November 1997 | Added timeline, 16 bit integer color processing, SCSI tape I/O |
| Digital Fusion 2.1 | 2.1 | April 1998 | Render queue/batch rendering. |
| Digital Fusion 2.5 | 2.5 | December 1998-2000 | Network rendering, deep-pixel processing, AE plugin support. |
| Digital Fusion 3.0 | 3.0 | October 2000-2001 | UI rewritten, added paint capabilities, advanced text tool. |
| Digital Fusion 3.1 | 3.1 | January 2002 | 3D particle system (2.5D UI) introduced, added new color corrector. |
| Digital Fusion 4.0 | 4.0 | October 2002-2004 | eyeonscript (Lua based scripting language), float and HDRI color processing, concatenated transforms, nested flow groups, macro tools, new darker UI, OpenEXR, OpenFX plugins. |
| Fusion 5.0 | 5.0 | August 2005 | 3D compositing environment, ASCII save files, 16bit float processing, straight node connections. |
| Fusion 5.1 | 5.1 | December 2006 | consoleslave, elbow nodes, multistroke paint. |
| Fusion 5.2 | 5.2 | July 2007 | 3D look up tables, fuses (just in time scripted tools), external python scripting, FBX geometry import |
| Fusion 5.3 | 5.3 | April 2008 | 64 bit executable |
| Fusion 6.0 | 6.0 | June 2009 (preview release) | 3D material shaders, Region of Interest / Domain of Definition, stereo display |
| Fusion 6.1 | 6.1 | July 2010 | GPU Supercomputing framework |
| Fusion 6.2 | 6.2 | June 2011 | World Position Pass Tools / QuickTime 64 bit support /Linux 64bit / SVG import |
| Fusion 6.3 | 6.3 | November 2011 | Additional color tools / New version of Primatte - 5 / Direct support for "KONA 3G - AJA Video Systems" (already existed as plugin from AJA) |
| Fusion 6.4 | 6.4 | July 2012 | Connect to AVID, new camera formats, advanced 3D and geometry particles, LPeg scripting, PFTrack lens distortion, DirectX view spanning, Windows 8 compatibility. |
| Fusion 7.0 | 7.0 | eyeon fusion 7 preview webinar on October 16th. | New interface layouts and "tear off" sections..,New 3D engine,Alembic importing,Latest FBX scene importing,Linear light and Colorspace control sources and tools,Open Color I/O,new tooling to speed up rotoscoping,Stereo roto mapping,3D splines,New Deep Volume tooling,Plus so much more... |
Uses
Fusion has been used in many movies and TV shows,[1][2] among them:
- Terminator Salvation
- Watchmen
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Aayirathil Oruvan (2010 film)
- Sivaji The Boss
- Alias
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Something's Gotta Give
- Battlestar Galactica
- Final Destination II
- Lost
- Master and Commander
- Oliver Twist
- Panic Room
- Poseidon
- Sin City
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Snakes on a Plane
- Spy Kids II
- The Aviator
- 300
- Avatar
References
- ↑ "Current Productions". Eyeon. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ↑ "Productions". Eyeon. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
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