Blackmagic Design Fusion Studio firmware
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Latest firmware for the Blackmagic Design Fusion Studio is v21.1.1 (October 2, 2026).
Changelog
Fusion Studio firmware changelog
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v21.1v21.1.1sTrace Create stability improved, combined text field handling enhanced, and performance increased. -
v21.0.4v21.1Adds 25+ new Krokodove shape and 3D tools, new multi-input material node, and editor improvements.
Firmware history
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sTrace Create stability improved, combined text field handling enhanced, and performance increased. — summary by updatemystuff.com
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This software update improves stability with the sTrace Create tool, provides better handling of combined text fields, and includes general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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Adds 25+ new Krokodove shape and 3D tools, new multi-input material node, and editor improvements. — summary by updatemystuff.com
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This software update adds over 25 new Krokodove based shape and 3D tools, support for a new multi-input material node, improvements for the macro editor as well as MultiText layer alignment and Fusion metadata variable improvements.
This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves long path length support on Windows as well as general performance and stability updates. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves viewer overlays, drfx asset handling, and Krokodove tool controls. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves text display in the inspector as well as correctly displaying modifiers when switching versions in the inspector. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update includes improvements for transform crosshair positioning after tracking, improved dual screen layouts, and general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves multitext styling when using advanced controls as well as adding new colorspace and gamma options for Fujifilm camera footage. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update adds support for importing PSD files with irregularly sized layers, improves Fusion previews for transforms and merges and includes general performance and stability updates.
This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves 3D rendering of shadow, reflect, and refract layers as well as improving the loading behaviour of Open FX plugins and the ping pong effect in spline editor. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update adds support for up to 4x faster Magic Mask and Depth Map performance on Windows Intel GPUs, as well as better deep image proxy scaling and flipbook previews, better save functionality of interlaced file formats and support for Blackmagic RAW 5.1.
This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves the editing of spline ease in values, removes duplicate viewer menu entries, provides better loading of some USD texture paths, as well as improving viewing of names layers from Renderer3D.
This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update restores Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text recognition in MultiText, as well as improving animation performance in USD Replace Material and Film Look Creator tools. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves MultiText align and transformation tools, adds support for animated image inputs for USD tools, as well as multilayer shading support for 3D renderer and multilayer AOV channel support for USD renderer.
This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves PSD handling, adds more reliable single frame sequence loading in the loader node and provides better version saving in macros. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves immersive video workflows with a new immersive option in the 360º views menu, new immersive patcher tool and new immersive distort tool.
In addition, there is support for AI Magic Mask 2, improved MultiText character and paragraph level styling, as well as support to import CSV files as column aligned MultiText text boxes.
This update also includes support for Blackmagic RAW 5.0 and general performance and stability improvements.
This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update improves compatibility with DeckLink cards, restores Fuse examples in the developer folder and improves consistency when using OpenColorIO. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle, a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or activation key.
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This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW files shot on Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 camera. In addition, this update addressed an issue with some GPU preference device settings. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update improves metadata retention of OpenEXR files as well as providing general performance and stability improvements.
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This software update improves handling of Open EXR metadata, provides better inspector selection of 3D texture projection as well as improvements to memory usage when using the splitter control. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update improves saving tools with edited controls as well as providing greater stability when rendering linear b-splines.
There is also better loading from disk caches on macros and when using disk caches on transformation tools.
In addition, there is improved saving of OpenEXR files after disk caching and rendering of spheremaps.
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This software update adds new Fusion titles and effects as well as better handling of interlaced media. This update also includes support for USD 24.08, USD scene export from compositions, and polygon and B-spline viewer toolbar controls. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW 4.3, as well as improved loading of USDs on some Windows systems, better applying of OCIO looks, improved cascaded expressions in the inspector and better tabbing between fields in the preferences window.
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This software update adds new, simpler color swatch options in edited controls, multiple open color IO improvements and more consistent application of jitter or 3D extrude effects on shapes. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update improves loading of DRFX files on Mac, as well as correctly displaying SVG fonts, improving Text+ character level animation and providing better execution of compiled Lua scripts on Windows. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update improves performance when loading OpenEXR files, better render performance while previewing tool configurations and general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update improves grid warp performance when changing grid sizes and adds better transform performance when moving USD objects. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update improves 2D particle positioning using image emitters, as well as improved trim and time scaling when adding new assets using USD loader and better placement when updating overlay controls. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update improves multiple tracking and drawing functions for magic mask and improves the speed of transforming objects with MaterialX materials in Fusion as well as general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update improves stability when using 3D text, as well as improvements to grid depth compositing in the universal scene description view. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update adds support for extruding and beveling 3D shapes, rendering USD scenes with materials and volumes and support for seven new Resolve FX tools. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update adds more reliable use and clearing of memory when working with saver in the default color space or with depth map nodes, as well as the ability to select different viewer modes when working with universal scene descriptions in Windows and Linux.
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This software update installs the full shipping version of Fusion Studio 18.5 which adds support for Universal Scene Description files, new multi-merge tool and support for a native AI based depth map tool. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update adds new color selection options for highlight and glow tools, as well as better Text+ performance, improved encoding of 12-bit DNxHR files and more reliable loading of DNG files. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update improves reliability with animation curves trimming, loading paths, mouse scrolling with the macro editor, LUA module render node path maps as well as general performance and stability improvements.
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This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW 2.8, improved rendering of Text3D characters with intersections and better importing of tracking data as well as general Text+ rendering and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update now adds support for magic mask in the Fusion page, up to 10x faster text+ playback and render performance and updated Fusion node search functionality using common keywords and categories. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update adds general performance and stability improvements for Fusion Studio.
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This software update addresses an issue with scaling of hue curves control, improves mask edge behavior, provides better importing of FBX files and improved tracker modifier handling on transforms. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update addresses a color issue with the Mandelbrot tool on Apple silicon machines, as well as a language translation issue with user controls. Fusion 18.0.1 also improves gain and gamma display when normalizing viewers. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update adds the ability to execute startup script commands from terminal, improved stability with 3D renders on Apple Mac models with M1 Max processors and general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update adds improvements to Fusion’s color corrector, Text+ fonts and 3D texts as well as general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW 2.3 clips, improves stability for stereo viewer modes and 3D material memory usage plus adds more accurate rendering of Text+ outlines. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle
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This software update adds improvements to Lua libraries and better optical flow retiming on Apple silicon computers, as well as improvements to group node effects and render performance with 3D text. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This update adds better Wacom tablet performance and improved system stability when working in custom locations. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update fixes issues with rendering nested macros and working with scaled displays as well as adding improvements for playback performance for Text+ with character styling. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update adds improved Text+ support for combined glyph languages such as Arabic and Hebrew in addition to improved vertical layout, rotation and line direction for all supported languages.
This update also adds the ability to read Blackmagic RAW metadata per frame.
This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update adds improved stability when using tracker modifiers, better planar transform performance, and more reliable saving of Fusion settings. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update adds general performance and stability improvements for Fusion Studio.
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This software update adds support for viewing node type and name through keyboard shortcuts plus general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle
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This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW 2.1 as well as general performance and stability improvements. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update improves performance for Fusion custom effects and adds, more reliable loading of Fusion template bundles.
The update also enables better undo functionality when using color correction tools as well as improved performance when updating or overwriting existing Fusion templates.
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This software update adds improved startup performance, support for Fusion template bundles, more reliable node connectivity when using mask groups, improved image previews when using multiple view LUTS and general performance and stability improvements.
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This software update adds improved brightness for ambient light in 3D camera setups, better spin and rotation assignments for new particles, and improvements to directional light shadows when working with 2D and 3D objects. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update adds universal app support for Macs running Apple M1 processors and is compatible with Mac OS Big Sur. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software installs the full shipping version of Fusion Studio 17 which includes new Fusion effects templates, shape nodes, animation curves and improved optical flow as well as 3rd party workflow integration and more. This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.
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This software update improves render performance when using custom tools and addresses issues with aux channel and combiner nodes, gradient modifiers on color controls, gain controls on the duplicate fuse, and Blackmagic Design camera LUTs. This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update installs Fusion Studio 16.2.3 which adds improved masking with Text+ when using image shading, more reliable gradient point editing, better frame previews with LUTs and certain bit formats, improved composition view preferences, more consistent behavior when using saver nodes with file extensions and more.
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This software update improves the reliability of OCIO (Open Color IO) tools when processing canvas color.
Fusion Studio 16.2.1 also improves the paint color picker, DeltaKeyer reliability when using solid mattes, masking and more.
This update also adds better support for fonts on Macs when using Fusion’s text tools and features improved scripting and plug-in reliability on Macs running Mojave.
This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update adds GPU accelerated support for gradient backgrounds, digital video effects (DVE), corner pinning, stereo 3D and more.
It also adds support for write on/off, end-cap style and miter limits in the mask tools, new “show folder” and “show macro” options in the effects library, support for reversing temporal behavior in the keyframe stretcher too, fusion transition template support, RED SDK 7.2.1 support, improved OpenEXR on Linux and more.
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This update addresses an issue where channel names for the wand mask and paint fill tools would not properly reflect the colorspace, as well as general performance and stability improvements.
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This software update adds support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Presets to Fusion Studio’s Camera 3D and tracker tools, support for ACEScg color gamut options, improves memory management on multi-GPU systems, and features better interactivity and playback performance on single GPU systems.
In addition, Fusion Studio 16.1 improves the status display of all render and saver nodes, improves auto arranging of tools in the node editor, makes 3D lighting options in the 3D viewer more reliable, and makes Open FX and Resolve FX plugins more stable when adding images with different resolutions.
This version requires a Fusion Studio license dongle.
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This software update provides added support for external Python scripting to Fusion Studio as well as enhanced script evaluation and general performance enhancements.
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This software update adds the render node installer plus general performance improvements and enhancements to Fusion Studio.
Fusion Studio features enhanced tools such as Generation studio management, network rendering, optical flow tools, stereoscopic 3D and more, in addition to all the VFX compositing and motion graphics animation tools in Fusion.
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