Fusion Fundamentals

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‌Fusion Fundamentals

PART 1 — CONTENTS

1 Introduction to Compositing in Fusion 6

2 Exploring the Fusion Interface 12

3 Getting Clips into Fusion 60

4 Rendering Using Saver Nodes 85

5 Working in the Node Editor 110

6 Node Groups, Macros, and Fusion Templates 158

7 Using Viewers 181

8 Editing Parameters in the Inspector 223

9 Animating in Fusion’s Keyframes Editor 247

10 Animating in Fusion’s Spline Editor 265

11 Animating with Motion Paths 296

12 Using Modifiers, Expressions, and Custom Controls 315

14 Fusion Connect 347

15 Preferences 361

Introduction to Compositing in Fusion What Is Fusion?The Fusion Page within DaVinci Resolve The Fusion Studio Stand-Alone Application What Kinds of Effects Does Fusion Offer?How Hard Will This Be to Learn?Exploring the Fusion Interface The Fusion User Interface The Work Area Interface Toolbar Choosing Which Panel Has Focus Viewers Zooming and Panning into Viewers Loading Nodes Into Viewers Clearing Viewers Viewer Controls Time Ruler and Transport Controls Time Ruler Controls in the Fusion Page Time Ruler Controls in Fusion Studio The Playhead Zoom and Scroll Bar Transport Controls in the Fusion Page Audio Monitoring Transport Controls in Fusion Studio Changing the Time Display Format Keyframe Display in the Time Ruler The Fusion RAM Cache for Playback Toolbar Customizing the Toolbar Node Editor Adding Nodes to Your Composition Removing Nodes from Your Composition Identifying Node Inputs and Node Outputs Node Editing Essentials Navigating the Node Editor Vertical Node Editor Layouts Keeping Organized Status Bar Effects Library The Inspector The Tools and Modifiers Panels Parameter Header Controls Parameter Tabs Keyframes Editor Keyframes Editor Control Summary Adjusting Clip Timings Adjusting Effect Timings Adjusting Keyframe Timings Spline Editor Spline Editor Control Summary Choosing Which Parameters to Show Essential Spline Editing Essential Spline Editing Tools and Modes Thumbnail Timeline in the Fusion Page The Media Pool in the Fusion Page Importing Media Into the Media Pool on the Fusion Page Bins in Fusion Studio Bins Interface The Bin Studio Player The Console Customizing Fusion The Fusion Settings Window Showing and Hiding Panels Resizing Panels Fusion Studio Floating Frame Fusion Keyboard Remapping Fusion Studio Keyboard Remapping Undo and Redo Getting Clips into Fusion Preparing Compositions in the Fusion Page Working on Single Clips in the Fusion Page Turning One or More Clips into Fusion Clips Adding Fusion Composition Generators Creating a Fusion Composition Clip in a Bin Resetting a Fusion Clip Using Fusion Transitions Adding Clips from the Media Pool Finding Clips in the Media Pool from the Node Editor Adding Clips from the File System Using MediaIn Nodes MediaIn Node Inputs Inspector Properties of MediaIn Nodes Using Loader and Saver Nodes in the Fusion Page Importing Universal Scene Descriptor (USD) Files The USD Loader Replacing Materials with Imported MaterialX Files Scene Tree Dialog for Object Selection in USD Files Preparing Compositions in Fusion Studio Setting Up a Composition Reading Clips into Fusion Studio Aligning Clips in a Fusion Studio Composition Loader Node Inputs Using Proxies for Better Performance Presetting Proxy Quality File Format Options Loading Audio WAV Files in Fusion Studio Rendering Using Saver Nodes Rendering Overview Rendering in the Fusion Page Rendering in Fusion Studio Rendering with the Saver Node Setting Filenames for Export Using the Render Settings Dialog Render Settings Dialog Options Rendering Previews Setting Up Network Rendering in Fusion Studio Licensing for Network Rendering Configuring the Render Master and Render nodes Setting Up the Render Manager Submitting Comps to Network Render Using the Render Settings Dialog for Network Rendering Using the Render Manager Window for Network Rendering Working with Node Groups Viewing the Render Log Using Third-Party Render Managers with Fusion Studio Preparing Compositions for Network Rendering Using Relative Paths Using Mapped Drives Installing All Fonts on Render Nodes Installing Third-Party Plugins on Render Nodes Other Uses of Network Rendering Flipbook Previews Disk Cache When Renders Fail Automatic Rejoining of the Queue Relaunching Render Nodes with Fusion Server Frame Timeouts Heartbeats Managing Memory Use Override Composition Settings Render Several Frames at Once Simultaneous Branching Limitations of Render Nodes Time Stretching Linear Tools Saving to Multi-Frame Formats Troubleshooting Checking the Render Log Check the Composition Working in the Node Editor Learning to Use the Node Editor Navigating within the Node Editor Automatic Node Editor Navigation Using the Node Navigator Node View Bookmarks Adding Nodes to a Composition Adding, Inserting, and Replacing Nodes Using the Toolbar Adding Nodes Quickly Using the Select Tool Window Adding Nodes from the Effects Library Adding, Inserting, and Replacing Nodes Using the Contextual Menu Deleting Nodes Disconnected Nodes Selecting and Deselecting Nodes Selecting Nodes The Active Node Deselecting Nodes Loading Nodes into Viewers Viewed Nodes When You First Open Fusion Node View Indicators Drag and Drop Nodes into a Viewer Using the Contextual Menu Clearing Viewers Create/Play Preview Connecting and Disconnecting Nodes Node Basics How to Connect Nodes Dropping Connections on Top of Nodes Identifying Node Inputs Node Order Matters Upstream and Downstream Nodes Disconnecting and Reconnecting Nodes Tracing Connections Through the Node Tree Branching Connecting Merge Nodes Automatically Creating a Merge Node When Adding Nodes Automatically Creating a Merge Node by Connecting Two Outputs Connection Options and Routers Using Routers to Reshape and Branch Connections Swapping Node Inputs Extracting and Inserting Nodes Cut, Copy, and Paste Nodes Cut, Copy, and Paste in the Node Editor Pasting Node Settings Copying and Pasting Nodes to and from Any Text Editor Instancing Nodes Using Instanced Nodes De-Instancing and Re-Instancing Specific Parameters Keeping Node Trees Organized Moving Nodes Renaming Nodes Changing Node Colors Using Sticky Notes Using Underlay Boxes Node Thumbnails Choosing Which Nodes Show Thumbnails Switching Thumbnails between Images and Icons Finding Nodes Performing Simple Searches Using Regular Expressions Custom Node Settings Managing Saved Settings Resetting Defaults Saving and Loading Alternate Node Settings Adding Saved Settings from the File System Node Modes Including Disable and Lock Node Editor Options Node Tooltips and the Status Bar Node Groups, Macros, and Fusion Templates Groups Creating Groups Deleting Groups Expanding and Collapsing Groups Panning and Scaling within Open Group Windows Ungrouping Nodes Saving and Reusing Groups Macros Creating Macros Using Macros Re-Editing Macros Other Macro Examples Creating Fusion Templates Getting Started with a Fusion Title Template Saving a Title Macro Using Your New Title Template Getting Started with a Fusion Transition Template Creating a Fusion Transition Template Using Your New Transition Template Getting Started with a Fusion Generator Template Creating a Fusion Generator Template Using Your New Generator Template Creating a Fusion Effect Template Changing Durations of a Template Creating Media Drop Zones in Templates Creating a Custom Template Icon Using Fusion Template Bundles Using Viewers Viewer Overview Single vs. Dual Viewers Floating Viewers in Fusion Studio Video Output Clean Feed Loading Nodes into Viewers Clearing Viewers Position and Layout The Viewer Divider Zooming and Panning into Viewers Flipbook Previews Creating Flipbook Previews Playing Flipbook Previews Removing Flipbook Previews Flipbook Preview Render Settings Onscreen Controls Showing and Hiding Onscreen Controls Making Fine Adjustments to Onscreen Controls Toolbars Viewer Toolbar Node Toolbars A/B Buffers Flipping between Buffers Split Wipes between Buffers Moving the Wipe Divider Subviews Showing and Hiding Subviews Changing the Subview Type Swapping the Subview with the Main View Viewer and Subview Types Viewing Selective Channels Viewing Color Channels Viewing Auxiliary Channels The 3D Viewer Panning, Scaling, and Rotating a 3D Viewer Viewing Objects via Wireframe Changing the POV of a 3D Viewer Copying a Viewer’s POV to a Camera Lighting and Shadows in 3D Viewers Transparency in 3D Viewers Grid Vertex Normals Quad View Quad View Layouts Using Quad Views for 2D Scenes Guides Frame Format Settings Domain of Definition and Region of Interest Domain of Definition (DoD)Region of Interest (RoI)Enabling RoI Controls Managing Viewer Lookup Tables (LUTs)How Lookup Tables Work in Fusion Types of Viewer LUTs Using Viewer LUTs Editing Viewer LUTs LUT Processing Order Applying Multiple LUTs Saving Custom LUTs LUT Files Viewer Preferences and Settings Viewer Settings The Viewer Options Menu Locking the Viewer (Command-L)Additional Viewer Options Status Bar Information Editing Parameters in the Inspector Overview of the Inspector The Tools and Modifiers Panels Customizing the Inspector Inspector Height Inspector Display Preferences Opening Nodes in the Inspector Pinning Multiple Nodes in the Inspector Hiding Inspector Controls Using the Inspector Header Selecting and Viewing Nodes in the Inspector Using Header Controls Versioning Nodes Parameter Tabs The Settings Tab Inspector Controls Explained Fusion Slider Controls Thumbwheel Range Controls Checkboxes Drop-Down Menus Button Arrays Color Chooser and Picker Gradients Modifiers Animating Parameters in the Inspector Removing Animation From a Parameter Attaching a Parameter to an Existing Animation Curve Connecting Parameters Connecting Parameters by Publishing Connecting Parameters by Pick Whipping Contextual Menus Customizing Node Parameters with User Controls An Example of Customizing Directional Blur Animating in Fusion’s Keyframes Editor Keyframing in the Inspector Removing Animation in the Inspector Attaching a Parameter to an Existing Animation Curve Keyframes Editor Overview Keyframes Editor Tracks The Timeline Header The Playhead Spreadsheet Scaling and Panning the Timeline Working with Segments in the Timeline Moving Segments in the Timeline Trimming Segments Holding the First or Last Frame Working with Keyframes in the Timeline Drag and Drop Keyframe Editing Keyframe Editing Using the Time Editor The Keyframe Spreadsheet Duplicating Spline Keyframes Time Stretching Keyframes Showing Keyframe Values Timeline Filters Selected Filtering Sorting in the Timeline The Tree Item Order Menu The Sort Menu Markers Jumping to Markers Renaming Markers Show Marker List Deleting Markers Autosnap Autosnap Points Autosnap Markers The Spreadsheet Editor Selecting a Node to Edit Inserting Keyframes Selecting Multiple Nodes to Edit Customizing the Keyframes Editor Line Size Display Point Values Animating in Fusion’s Spline Editor Spline Editor Overview Spline Editor Interface The Graph, Header, and Toolbar Renaming Splines Changing Spline Colors Navigating Around the Spline Editor Markers Autosnap Creating Animation Splines Animating with Different Spline Types Working with Keyframes and Splines Adding Keyframes Locked and Unlocked Controls Points Selecting, Moving, and Deleting Keyframes Showing Key Markers Copying and Pasting Keyframes Time and Value Editors Modifying Spline Handles Reducing Points Filtering the Spline Editor Working with Filters Changing a Spline’s Status Selection States Reshaping Splines Using the Toolbar Interpolation Reversing Splines Looping Splines Time Stretching Shape Box Ease In/Out Importing and Exporting Splines Animating with Motion Paths Animating Using Motion Paths Types of Motion Paths Polyline Path Path Modifier Controlling Speed and Orientation along a Path XY Path Types of Control Points Locked Points Unlocked Points Locking and Unlocking Points Tips for Manipulating Motion Paths Compound Motion Paths Using Path Centers Copying and Pasting Motion Paths Removing Motion Paths Recording Motion Paths Importing and Exporting Polylines Native Format Using Modifiers, Expressions, and Custom Controls The Contextual Menu for Parameters in the Inspector Using Modifiers Adding the Right Modifier for the Job Adding Modifiers to Individual Parameters Combining Modifiers and Keyframes Publishing a Parameter Connecting Multiple Parameters to One Modifier Adding and Inserting Multiple Modifiers Performing Calculations in Parameter Fields Using SimpleExpressions Pick Whipping to Create an Expression Removing SimpleExpressions Customizing User Controls FusionScript Bins Bins Overview Bins Interface Viewing and Sorting Bins Organizing Bins Adding and Using Content File Type Details Using Content from Bins Jog and Shuttle Stamp Files Using the Studio Player Playing a Single Clip Creating a Reel Connecting Bins Over a Network Adding a Remote Bin Entry Accessing Remote Bins Permissions Studio Player and Bin Server Fusion Connect Fusion Connect Overview System Requirements The Effects Palette The Layer Input Dialog Applying Fusion Connect to a Transition Point Export Clips Edit Effect Browse for Location Auto Render in Fusion Red on Missing Frames Compress Exported Frames Edit Effect Also Launches Fusion Versioning Create New Version Version About RAW Images About Color Depth Manual vs. Auto-Render Fusion/Avid Project Relationship Rendering with Fusion Directory Structure of Fusion Connect Media Advanced Project Paths Configuring Paths on macOS Configuring Paths on Windows Fields and Variables Environment Variables Preferences Preferences Overview Categories of Preferences Preferences In Depth 3D View AVI Defaults Flow Frame Format General GPU Layout Loader Memory Network Path Maps Preview QuickTime Script Spline Editor Splines Timeline Tweaks User Interface Video Monitoring View VR Headsets Bins/Security Bins/Server Bins/Settings EDL Import Customization Shortcuts Customization Customizing Preferences

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