{"id":25004,"date":"2026-09-08T23:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=25004"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:42:19","slug":"blackmagic-design-release-fusion-studio-21-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2026\/09\/08\/blackmagic-design-release-fusion-studio-21-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackmagic Design Release Fusion Studio 21.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blackmagic Design are pleased to announce the release of Fusion Studio 21.1. This release is available at no charge for existing customers from our support web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackmagicdesign.com\/support\/family\/davinci-resolve-and-fusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.blackmagicdesign.com\/support\/family\/davinci-resolve-and-fusion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What&#8217;s New in Fusion Studio 21.1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following features have been added or updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New Krokodove based shape and 3D tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for OpenPBR material shaders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for DJI D-Gamut2 and D-Log2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for GoPro Log.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for Leica L-Log IDT and LUT.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for Vivo Wide Gamut and Vivo Log.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved MultiText layer align behavior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Font browser option to display text from title.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calibrate lens distort from user drawn lines on viewer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time based animation action support for OGraf assets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for frame, ease and scale controls in OgrafLoader.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macro Editor supports loading and saving multi-template DRFX files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved Macro Editor batch select, grouping and organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Macro Editor update macro action adds tools from node selection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to import externally tracked results to Camera Tracker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tracker controls to trim tracks, view and navigate to reference frame.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for flipbook previews for deep image toolset.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for hard mix in tools with blend modes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loader and Saver support for EXR with HTJ2K compression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Option to bypass Lens distort and vignette for DNG sources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for OCIO 2.5 including ACES 2.0 workflows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhanced variable syntax for use in evaluations or substitutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-divide and post-multiply alpha handling in log conversion tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for matte objects for Renderer3D in deep mode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for deep motion blur for Renderer3D.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up to 8x faster hardware accelerated 3D deep renders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved desktop video monitoring performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Python 2 is no longer supported.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General performance and stability improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Minimum System Requirements for macOS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>macOS 15 Sequoia or later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for improved performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apple Silicon based computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Minimum System Requirements for Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Windows 10 Creators Update.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for improved performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AMD\/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NVIDIA Studio driver 570.65 or newer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Minimum System Requirements for Windows for Arm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Windows 11 for ARM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for 4K.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Minimum System Requirements for Linux<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rocky Linux 8.6.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32 GB of system memory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NVIDIA Studio driver 570.26 or newer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackmagic Design are pleased to announce the release of Fusion Studio 21.1. This release is available at no charge for existing customers from our support web site. www.blackmagicdesign.com\/support\/family\/davinci-resolve-and-fusion What&#8217;s New in Fusion Studio 21.1 The following features have been added or updated. Minimum System Requirements for macOS Minimum System Requirements for Windows Minimum System Requirements&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2026\/09\/08\/blackmagic-design-release-fusion-studio-21-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blackmagic Design Release Fusion Studio 21.1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[213],"tags":[189],"class_list":["post-25004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware-software","tag-blackmagic","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fusion-logo.png?fit=450%2C450&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25008,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25004\/revisions\/25008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}