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The Render Settings dialog options
Saver nodes in the DaVinci Resolve Fusion page
The Fusion page also includes a Saver node, although it is used for a different purpose than the Saver node in Fusion Studio. Rendering from the Fusion page is handled primarily through the MediaOut node. There is no Render Settings dialog since the rendering location and format is predetermined by DaVinci Resolve’s cache settings. Saver nodes in the Fusion page are a special case, and are used to render OpenEXR files only. Once you add a Saver node, you enter the filename with the extension. exr. Click the Browse button to select a location for the EXR sequence, and then choose Fusion > Render All Savers.
Using the Saver node is useful for optimizing extremely complex and processor-intensive compositions. For example, you can render out specific branches of a node tree that no longer requires frequent adjustment to OpenEXR via a Saver node, and then reimport the result to take the place of the original branch of nodes in order to improve the performance of your composition.
Alternatively, you can render out multi-channel mattes or EXR images containing Arbitrary Output Variables (AOVs) to bring into other applications.
Saver nodes in the DaVinci Resolve Fusion page
The Fusion page also includes a Saver node, although it is used for a different purpose than the Saver node in Fusion Studio. Rendering from the Fusion page is handled primarily through the MediaOut node. There is no Render Settings dialog since the rendering location and format is predetermined by DaVinci Resolve’s cache settings. Saver nodes in the Fusion page are a special case, and are used to render OpenEXR files only. Once you add a Saver node, you enter the filename with the extension. exr. Click the Browse button to select a location for the EXR sequence, and then choose Fusion > Render All Savers.
Using the Saver node is useful for optimizing extremely complex and processor-intensive compositions. For example, you can render out specific branches of a node tree that no longer requires frequent adjustment to OpenEXR via a Saver node, and then reimport the result to take the place of the original branch of nodes in order to improve the performance of your composition.
Alternatively, you can render out multi-channel mattes or EXR images containing Arbitrary Output Variables (AOVs) to bring into other applications.
Saver nodes in the DaVinci Resolve Fusion page
The Fusion page also includes a Saver node, although it is used for a different purpose than the Saver node in Fusion Studio. Rendering from the Fusion page is handled primarily through the MediaOut node. There is no Render Settings dialog since the rendering location and format is predetermined by DaVinci Resolve’s cache settings. Saver nodes in the Fusion page are a special case, and are used to render OpenEXR files only. Once you add a Saver node, you enter the filename with the extension. exr. Click the Browse button to select a location for the EXR sequence, and then choose Fusion > Render All Savers.
Using the Saver node is useful for optimizing extremely complex and processor-intensive compositions. For example, you can render out specific branches of a node tree that no longer requires frequent adjustment to OpenEXR via a Saver node, and then reimport the result to take the place of the original branch of nodes in order to improve the performance of your composition.
Alternatively, you can render out multi-channel mattes or EXR images containing Arbitrary Output Variables (AOVs) to bring into other applications.
Ensure that the frame range and other parameters are correct and click Start Render.
Render Settings Dialog Options
Many of the options in the Fusion Studio Render Settings dialog are used when you need to create a quick preview or a test render. The options in this dialog allow you to increase performance by disabling some of the image-processing operations that are time consuming but deliver higher quality results. Often the first settings you set are those in the Configurations section. This section determines whether you want to produce a final high quality render or a faster preview render.
Selecting Final prevents you from modifying the options that will limit the quality.
Settings
When the Configuration section is set to Preview, the Settings section of the Render dialog includes three options that determine the overall quality and appearance of your final output. These buttons also have a significant impact on render times. When the Configurations setting is set to Final, these options cannot be disabled
— HiQ: When enabled, this setting renders in full image quality. If you need to see what the final output of a node would look like, then you would enable the HiQ setting. If you are producing a rough preview to test animation, you can save yourself time by disabling this setting.
— MB: The MB in this setting stands for Motion Blur. When enabled, this setting renders with motion blur applied if any node is set to produce motion blur. If you are generating a rough preview and you aren’t concerned with the motion blur for animated elements, then you can save yourself time by disabling this setting.
— Some: When Some is enabled, only the nodes specifically needed to produce the image of the node you’re previewing are rendered.
Size
When the Configurations section is set to Preview, you can use the Size options to render out frame sizes lower than full resolution. This is helpful when using the Render dialog to create proxies or just creating a smaller file size.
Network
The Network setting controls the distribution of rendering to multiple computers. For more information, see the network rendering section in this chapter.
Shoot On
Again, this option is only available when Configurations is set to Preview. The Shoot On setting allows you to skip frames when rendering. You can choose to render every second, third, or fourth to save render time and get faster feedback. You can use the Step parameter to determine the interval at which frames are rendered.
Frame Range
Regardless of whether the Configurations is set to Final or Preview, this option defaults to the current Render In/Out Range set in the Time Ruler to determine the start and end frames for rendering. You can modify the range to render more or fewer frames.
Configurations
When set to Final, the Render Settings are set to deliver the highest quality results, and you cannot modify most of the options in this dialog. When set to Preview, you can set the options to gain faster rendering performance. Once you’ve created a useful preview configuration, you can save it for later use by clicking the Add button, giving it a name, and clicking OK.