Simon Ubsdell
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One of the things that puzzled me about this interesting presentation was that Cioni talks about ProRes as though DNxHD never existed.
DNxHD was first supported in Avid DS Nitris (Sept 2004), then Avid Media Composer Adrenaline with the DNxcel option (Dec 2004) and finally by Avid Symphony Nitris (Dec 2005).
ProRes was introduced in 2007.
Simon Ubsdell
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[Shawn Miller] “maybe I’ll tutorialize some bits from that project. “
Please do. I’d really like to see that!
[Shawn Miller] “node based compositing reminds me of my old days of audio recording”
That’s a really interesting analogy – I too started out in audio back in the patchbay days so I see exactly what you mean.
As you say, it’s having the freedom to make those instant connections (so different from the layer-based model where it’s so much more of a hassle) that means you experiment with stuff that you’d never otherwise try. I doubt I’m anywhere near your level when it comes to multi-pass 3D but I’ve been really pleased with some of the results I’ve got back in Fusion for exactly that reason. My compositions end up looking seriously messy with scores of criss-crossing noodles but all those experiments really add to the finished result.
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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[Shawn Miller] “Fusion has turned out to be the best tool for the job.”
That’s cool! I had thought you were a Nuke user.
It would be fascinating to hear a bit more detail about your compositing workflow for this – if anybody should do a tutorial on this it should be you not me!
There are several advantages that stand out for me but the two main ones that I can think of right now are a) the ability to pipe anything anywhere at any time (which means you can be massively more sophisticated with the way you actually composite the multi-pass elements), and b) the ease of applying Effect Masks to filters, which doesn’t just have productivity benefits, it also facilitates a lot more creative possibilities.
[Shawn Miller] “EDIT: I miss Conduit! :-)”
Actually I think Conduit is still going and it’s now free. But I totally agree! It was my gateway drug into compositing, and ridiculously powerful and sophisticated when you dug deep into it.
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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[Shawn Miller] “I would be interested in hearing your opinions about working in Fusion after the project!”
One question I keep meaning to ask you, since I know you are a seriously hardcore 3D user, and that’s what you do with your multi-pass renders.
For my part, I really enjoy putting these together using a linear workflow in Fusion. Using nodal compositing for this seems to me to mean that you can go places very easily that are either very cumbersome or almost not possible at all in After Effects.
Are you using Ae for this or is that where you use Nuke? Or something else?
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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Hi David
Great to see you here!
I’d recommend that you watch my new tutorial on Fusion Connect here to get an understanding of the basics of how it works:
It’s essentially very simple but there are a few gotchas that it’s worth knowing about. And probably still a few that I haven’t quite got around to understanding myself so please let me know of any problems you run up against.
I suspect BMD have some great new things around the corner for Fusion, so it’s definitely time to watch this space!
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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[Richard Herd] “I will definitely watch it!”
I managed to get this together today:
I hope it’s useful to you.
There are a few curious little corners that I am sure BMD will iron out soon enough but I really do enjoy using Fusion Connect. For me it’s a case of: “it just works” – just the right combination of power and simplicity.
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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Hi David
I’ve now posted my Fusion Connect tutorial now which I hope you find useful:
I hope I’ve covered all the key points but please let me know if you still have unanswered questions about this.
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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[David Mathis] “There is still the bottleneck of the Fusion Clip Connection (whatever it is called).”
I’m not sure what you mean by “bottleneck”. Fusion Connect works well for me. But if you have any specific questions, please bring them over to the COW Blackmagic Fusion forum and let’s talk about them there.
I’m hoping to get around to doing an introduction to Fusion Connect tutorial some time soon, as I sense that a lot of potential users are missing out on just how simple, powerful and useful it actually is.
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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Good for you! I hope it goes well.
I don’t know what level of proficiency you already have, but if you are starting out, you may find these two tutorials of mine helpful – the first looks at the issues of what constitutes “project frame size” in Fusion (which often trips up beginners), and the second looks at co-ordinates and expressions, and both try to explain things from an Ae user’s point of view:
If you need any help with anything however small, don’t forget to pop over the the COW Blackmagic Fusion forum, where I (and others) are more than happy to answer any questions.
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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[Frans Suijs] “Excuse my ignorance but it looks like I can only adjust offset values numerically. I don’t see any sliders. Is there a shortcut that I need to use to drag to another value?”
Check out the tutorial for the correct way of setting up a Clone version:
As you say, there are no sliders to adjust the Offset values there, although you could set up an Expression (Modify with Expression on the Center value) which would allow you to assign sliders to them.
Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
hawaiki