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Blackmagic Fusion: Multipass CG Compositing

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Bryan / 6 Comments

Sometimes the effect demanded for a shot is more complex that what can be created in the compositor. Computer animated characters, sophisticated fluid and parti...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Macros

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Bryan / 5 Comments

In the previous chapter, we created some fairly sophisticated behavior using expressions. Setting up such systems takes some time, though, and if you build some...

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Voronoi Fuse — Developer's Diary

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Bryan / 0 Comment

In my efforts to expand my capabilities in Fusion, and in visual effects generally, I have taken my first steps into the creation of Fuses. A Fuse is a custom t...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Elements and Effects

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Bryan / 0 Comment

Thus far we have talked a great deal about how to integrate footage together, how to manipulate it, and how to cut it apart and sew it back together in a new co...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Clean Plates

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Bryan / 0 Comment

Painting clean plates is another task commonly assigned to junior compositors. While roto is an easy and tedious job, paint can be very challenging. Every shot ...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Rotoscoping and Keying

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Bryan / 11 Comments

The creation of mattes from moving footage is a crucial, though sometimes tedious, part of making visual effects. It is a rare shot that does not require a matt...

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Blackmagic Fusion: The Interface and Tracking

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Bryan / 21 Comments

The Viewer Panels Before we get into the lesson on Motion Tracking, let's take a walk through more of Fusion's interface. We have already had an overview of the...

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Blackmagic Fusion: The Basics

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Bryan / 4 Comments

The following article is a chapter in a forthcoming compositing textbook. There are references to chapters and appendices that have not yet been written. As tho...

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Anatomy of an Image

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Bryan / 2 Comments

I am not entirely certain whether this information should be a chapter of its own, an appendix, or be sprinkled throughout the rest of the text. For now, I'm go...

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Blackmagic Fusion: Getting Started

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Bryan / 33 Comments

Getting Started in Blackmagic Fusion These articles are mostly based on Fusion 8.2 build 2 running on Windows 7 with an nVidia GPU. There are some slight differ...

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