If we compare the features and options offered by the freeware version of Fusion Studio, we discover that there are hardly any, compared to aforementioned Lightworks. Regardless of the reason, we now have the opportunity to work with the same tools as the seasoned professionals in Hollywood and possibly create works on par with the gems of the silver screen. Another reason might be the increasing power of domestic PCs and the fact that these applications keep being developed further, so it shouldn't be a problem to release some older version or a light version stripped of some functions. Of course, if the user learned to use some product, he has a tendency to stay with it and work with it in the professional field with the paid, commercial version. So what sparked this initiative the companies took as of late? Maybe the ever growing competition in the field. The times are gone when these tools were only available to the professional studios and a common user couldn't get them thanks to the high price, let alone learn to work with them.

The first was DaVinci Resolve which we also wrote about. that is just a short list of movies where Fusion contributed to their 'film look.' It is already a second product of this company being released to the wide public. which is being used mostly for visual effects postproduction. It is Fusion 7 by Blackmagic Design, formerly developed by Eyeon Software Inc. After Editshare released its Lightworks, however limited, we now have another professional tool widely spread throughout the current Hollywood production.

It is amazing what we are witnessing lately in the field of professional software tools.

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