Fusion Reviews & Product Details

I like being able to do VFX work within DaVinci Resolve, and not having to outsource to another program, like I would with Adobe Premiere and After Effects. I can keep everything under one project file and one program, which makes rendering much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is hard, very hard when coming from After Effects. But I still prefer the GPU utilization that Blackmagic offers, so I refuse to switch back to After Effects for now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Black Magic Design Fusion has been my go-to software for compositing for several years. I love its intuitiveness. Each node has just enough options while not being overly populated with parameters and not being excessively scant with options—just the right balance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fusion's handling of 32Bit multichannel exrs definitely could do with an overhaul; as it stands currently, one has to create a copy of the input source to extract individual channels, which does affect memory performance. Also, the fact that one needs to make additional tweaks in composite/viewer/settings for true 32Bit linear workflow is something new users might not know. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact it works and is usable from the word go, it open any file and can complete VFX and Film Compositing work to a professional and cinema level ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing at all I dislike with a fusion it works great and does what you script or commend it to go extremely well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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me as a business owner i was very pleased with everything they had to offer me and my business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No doubt one of the best features of Fusion is the business model. As a freelancer, having the opportunity to work on a high level compositing environment for free enables you to use the technology on low budget projects.

On a technical level, the short learning curve and 3D features, deep channels and scripts are clearly a big plus for Fusion, enabling really great results. It opens a new level of creative freedom to compositors searching for a cost effective solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I still miss more advance tracking features and a tighter connection with Resolve, perhaps even a blended version to take editing, color grading and compositing in one seat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like this product a lot it provides a lot of great features and is very reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it had more automated sequences features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that you can use it easily but the design is also very modern. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The bugs that can sometimes occur (or at least whenever I used it with my company). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Visually, Fusion 360 has a clean and easy to understand interface. It is generally intuitive and there are many tutorial videos that are available. The feature that sets Fusion apart from competitors like solidworks is its "Sculpt" modeling workbench. This freeform tool is great for roughing out what would normally be very complex surfaces and is handy for creating ergonomic models like handles. The ability to blend sculpted forms with a more parametric modeling system is similar to the capabilities one might have in Catia using Imagine and Shape. This is however a more simplified version.

The price is also a hard aspect not to like. Free for enthusiasts and $300/year for businesses is impossible to beat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Fusion has many positive features, It does have some quirks that make it feel like a work in progress relative to some of the more mature 3D modeling platforms. One area that could use improvement is the sketching function. There are a number of issues here. The most annoying is the inability to reference model geometry without projecting it into the sketch. In larger models, sketching also becomes tedious when sketching on a plane that is in the middle of other components in the model. It makes it nearly impossible to select and edit the sketch. A solution to this might be to be able to toggle the visible geometry in the model on and off while in the sketch so that it is unselectable when not needed.

A few other quirks:

There does not seem to be any function to make parts transparent (other than changing the material). This gets very irritating in more complex models.

Difficult to quickly change the color of parts (without changing the material)

True 3D sketching is lacking

In the Sculpt workbench, when creating bodies, if multiple are created in the same instance (sometimes I will create multiple iterations of a form and then only use one), if bodies are hidden, they dont always stay hidden which can often show way more surfaces than is necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What is not to like with Fusion as its entry cost is free, unlike a lot of free apps, Fusion's free version allows you to create commercial projects (with a maximum resolution of 1080p). Fusion comes with a full suite of compsoiting tools, and is much friendlier than the main competition, NUKE. 3D compositing is well supported with full alembic and FBX support. With a great particle system and now with Fusion 8, a mac version Fusion is well placed to become the nodal compositor of choice for many artists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like many nodal compositors there is a lot to get your head around, and training is lacking in some areas. Compared to After Effects some of the motion graphics toolsets are lacking. Fusion feels 'slower' than NUKE when working at full speed, and there is always the feeling that Blackmagic don't quite know what they have, and its the lesser brother compared to resolve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This isn't HitFilm. This isn't Premiere Elements. This is a full-featured VFX powerhouse program. I am so impressed with the capabilities of this program. Though its interface is unfamiliar, and its integration with Resolve doesn't (yet) exist, there's a lot here (and I think a bright future). For free, you cannot do better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface needs updating—not just in design but in workflow and user experience. It's an isolated system that's unfamiliar for the crowd I'm certain Blackmagic wants to attract. For this program to really become a big deal, too, it needs to be accessible for the average editor and it needs to integrate nearly seamlessly with Resolve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.