IMPORTANT UPDATE! May 12 13, 2026



Tomorrow Today Last Wednesday, on the 13th of May, the manual Patrons group (the one that gives you your green username AND access to dedicated Patrons spaces on WSL) will be has been DELETED.

This means that your access to those spaces will be has been revoked until you connect your Patreon account to WSL using the link below, which will give you access to the NEW, future-proof Patrons+++ group.

With the imminent release of ZEPPO BETA 2 - tentatively planned for released Friday today yesterday (!!) - I wouldn't dawdle... with Beta 2 (i.e. all my late nights in the past month), Zeppo has become something truly special, battle-tested and multi-user hardened in an actual production.

Yes, there will be a Reactor release eventually, and no, it won't have all the bells and whistles - those are for Patrons, because they are the ones keeping WSL afloat, which is still only barely these days...

I'd better get back to prepping that done did release then!

Thank you,

Pieter


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The Venerable Stress Reducer Is Back! In Reactor Now!

Eyeons have passed...yet despite the apparent annihilation by the Dimension-controlling force "DUH",
The venerable Fusion Stress Reducer has come back to life and re-entered our Universe.

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SecondMan wrote: 7 months ago

Eons have passed

'Eyeons have passed'....


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I hang my head in shame for missing that one.


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It even has all the new nodes! Brilliant. Of course being a true veteran I couldn't remember the original access code, because it's been over 20 years!


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In my case - no joke - it was still in muscle memory (my dirty little secret is that I tried it every time there is a major Fusion release) :D


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ShadowMaker SdR wrote:
SecondMan wrote: 7 months ago

Eons have passed

'Eyeons have passed'....

I am stealing this with permission, because it's too good not to... :)


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Hi,
tried to install the StressReducer_Win.plugin with Reactor (Version 4 all updated) in Davinci Resolve (VERSION 20.2.1 BUILD 6) - but the plugin will not be installed (path should be C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Fusion\Reactor\Deploy\Plugins). Reactor Plugin Scanner Tool shows me only three plugins (see image).

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I am an idiot - let me quickly fix that for you :wip:


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OK try that again? Perhaps you need to uninstall in Reactor first.


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Hi,

maybe you need some exercises in the new StressReducer_Win.plugin (I highly recommand that!!!!)

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Will do thanks!

PS. for your Resolve to look much nicer with Stress Reducer:

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Stress Reducer/Time Waster - Patayto/Patahtoh


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macOS Usage Tip

To use mouse based control of Stress Reducer on macOS, you need to enable the macOS "Privacy and Security > Accessibility" preference pane entry for Resolve/Fusion. If this option is turned off for Resolve/Fusion you will notice erratic control of the Stress Reducer paddle.

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OH this is fantastic thanks for this!