
The update also adds five new Merge operations, including Conjoint and Disjoint for combining alpha channels, and Mask and Stencil for combining mattes The Merge node gets a number of new blending modes, shown in the video at the top of this story, and imported PSD files should also retain their blend modes. The actual new features in Fusion Studio 18.0 itself include a Custom Poly modifier for creating masks and strokes, which can be animated via expressions.

New Custom Poly modifier and blend modes, updates to the paint and duplicate tools In addition, at the time of writing, the page has not been updated for the new release, and lists features that were actually added in DaVinci Resolve 17.0 and Fusion Studio 17.0. Released in parallel to the updated version of Fusion inside Da Vinci Resolve 18.0Ī version of the Fusion toolset is included in DaVinci Resolve 18.0, the latest version of Blackmagic Design’s colour grading, editing and post-production tool, which has also just been released.Īs a result, the feature descriptions on the What’s New page on Blackmagic’s website are written for the integrated version of the Fusion toolset within DaVinci Resolve, and include changes unique to it. New features include a Custom Poly modifier for creating animatable strokes and masks, new blending modes, updates to the paint and duplicate tools, fractional UI scaling, and support for Python 3. Originally posted on 22 April 2022, and updated with details of the stable release.īlackmagic Design has released Fusion Studio 18.0, the latest version of the compositing software, in beta.

Some of the new features in compositing software Fusion Studio 18.0, as covered in Blackmagic Design’s livestream on DaVinci Resolve 18.0, which features a version of the Fusion toolset.
