Eyeon Fusion Master Class 101 Interface Overview Video Lecture - Eyeon

this video covers setting up Fusion for
a new project and some of the changes
that can be made to the interface to
accommodate new users the settings we
are changing are going to assist new
users to working within fusion let's
begin on opening the fusion application
choose file preferences here you will
see on the left of the dialog the
Global's and neucom preferences and
perhaps composition one which is created
by default when fusion is launched based
on factory preference settings we're
currently interested in the Global's and
new comp settings open the flow settings
under force choose all tile pictures
this will force each node in the flow to
show a small thumbnail which helps you
visualize the construction of the
composition at the expense of flow
real-estate as you become familiar with
the flow view you may wish to alter
these settings to just source and mask
tile pictures for a compromise between
flow readability and real estate next
check the full tile render indicators
under the options section this will turn
each node of the flow green and shade a
progress bar as they render indicating
the progress of the overall composition
next we need to choose our file format
generally you should set this to the
format you use most in your facility if
you are typically working in broadcast
than something like HD 720 or HD 1080
would be appropriate if you're working
on a feature film something like 2k or
4k full aperture would be good again
this will only affect new compositions
any comps already created or Copps
loaded from disk will have their own
frame format settings under the general
section we can choose a few options for
however you are most comfortable working
with in the usability area the first of
the bottom two choices offers the
ability to alter all sequence start
frame numbers displayed in fusion to 0 1
or sequence start
the second offers the ability to change
which scale color information is
displayed either as a float value
between 0 & 1 or as an integer 8-bit
value between 0 and 255 or as an integer
value between 0 and 65,535 the next
option alters the behavior of the text
entry boxes within fusion after entering
a value by pressing enter by selecting
or deselecting auto control advanced you
can choose a fusion will move the cursor
from a control field to the next in tool
control field or reselect the last
edited field if you disable this
preference you can still select the next
control field in a tool by hitting tab
try adjusting this preference as you
work to see which you are more
comfortable with lastly for the
Preferences the autosave options can be
adjusted enabling the autosave and save
before render options will add a level
of security to your work setting the
autosave time to less than 10 minutes
can increase the level of security for
working with a cop but on larger
projects the time to save a comp can
compete with the frequency that the
autosave occurs for now let's alter this
value to 5 minutes and we can save the
preferences one last section new users
may wish to alter is the toolbars that
bound the views on either the left or
right when certain tools are highlighted
these tools generally have several
options for masking and paint nodes it
can be difficult to comprehend the icons
functions by opening one of these tools
such as the polygon mask we can set the
toolbar to display the text and icons or
text only this makes it easier to
understand the function of each item as
you learn the application by
right-clicking in a view to call the
context menu and selecting settings save
defaults all subsequent new comps will
use the text and icon or text only
setting follow this procedure in the
future to revert back to icons only
these operations should help you begin
learning Fusion and producing your first
projects as always for the most
up-to-date description
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