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Fusion 10 requests

PostThu Jan 11, 2018 3:53 pm

This is a pretty big request I know but I would love to see the addition of a PBR renderer.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostFri Jan 12, 2018 1:32 am

Do you have a specific need for that right now?
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostFri Jan 12, 2018 2:13 pm

Theo, it's slow going. There's some components of the SDK related to particles and barrels that I thought were there that aren't, so have to build more stuff than I was planning on. But for PBR BRDF materials, we have what we need for both OpenGL and SW.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostFri Jan 12, 2018 2:18 pm

I have a need for a Raytrace engine. Native or plug-in. And the need for this is 10 years already. With each release I expect this one above all.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 13, 2018 3:05 pm

oh boy you are using the wrong tool for the job if you've been waiting 10 years for a raytracer in fusion.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 13, 2018 9:30 pm

I am a motion designer. I do a lot of advertising. There was not a single project where I did not use native 3D fusion. A lot of packshot. Many product packages. Every time you need to do fake reflection, fake refraction or other fake interactions. I almost stopped using large 3D packages. because it's a long time and you do not see the result instantly. I try to do everything in Fusion. BMD - make a raytrace!
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 13, 2018 9:48 pm

I almost stopped using large 3D packages. because it's a long time and you do not see the result instantly

The large 3D packages don't show their results instantly, because they raytrace.
As soon as you put a raytracer inside of Fusion, it will no longer be instant.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 13, 2018 10:15 pm

I do not mean speed of rendering. I'm talking about the speed of getting the final look of the frame. This is rather the speed of the Pipeline.

P.S. what's wrong with a combination of vray + Nuke? It's just an ocean of new opportunities.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSun Jan 14, 2018 1:12 am

That's not a request for BDP, that's a request for Chaos Group.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSun Jan 14, 2018 2:26 am

Max Seredkin wrote:I almost stopped using large 3D packages. because it's a long time and you do not see the result instantly.


Have you tried rendering in a 3d package using something along the lines of Corona, VrayRT, or something along those lines. There are several render engines for 3d packages that will give you realtime feedback with finished quality look, especially if you are doing scenes with lighter weight geo like product packages.

...or rather than Blackmagic developing technology that they are not familiar with convince Chaos Group that it is worth their effort to develop for Fusion.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSun Jan 14, 2018 6:30 pm

I would not even bother with third party RT unless it's GPU based. Octane is super fast but it still requires few seconds to make the frame legible for anything in post on single high end Nvidia GPU.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSun Jan 14, 2018 9:06 pm

1)
Possibility to add some nodes to work with sound (frequency of sound). Now sets of nodes of work with sound is very small.

2) Opportunity realtime rendering.
This option will open up very good functions and allow to develop your software in a new direction.

3) Additional options to work with particles.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 16, 2018 6:21 pm

+1 to audio data reading!

My two cents:

Independent UVMapping for different material channels.

For instance: Being able to texture difuse and bump with it's UV's, then add displace with its own UV's, then add transparency with it's own UV's too.

That would make Fusion a lot more self-sufficient or, at least, allow waaaay simpler compos.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostFri Jan 19, 2018 2:39 pm

On particle rotation params, instead of a "Look at Camera" checkbox , we need "Look at": and then, if you check it on, a Node selector to choose who to follow, and axis selection, to choose alignment.


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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostFri Jan 19, 2018 11:47 pm

I am new to the Blackmagic world, I have spent more time in Resolve over Fusion and now realiser that Fusion is what I needed.
I make audio visualisers. This is possible in Fusion.
I am limited to what I know, so I know I will learn more as I go, but from what I see online, it appears to be limited to what audio interaction it can do compared to the competition.
I am looking for something that rivals After Effects at this type of animation.
Can I request more in depth interaction with audio effected animation design?
I think this engine could easily be the new industry standard for graphic visualizers if it had more interaction with audio, it certainly wins on the animation front.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 20, 2018 1:08 am

I would like a means of creating a clean Flow layout of the nodes. As in Nuke, you can create clean, 90 degree angled connections between nodes, so that the lines between nodes aren't shooting off in all different directions.

EDIT: While watching a Fusion tutorial, I found out you just hold ALT and click the connection between nodes to create an "elbow", thus allowing you to create a schematic type Flow layout. So...I guess this request has been met.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 20, 2018 1:41 am

I would like to see the Polygon node be capable of containing multiple masks in one node, like Nuke has, as shown in this image.
What's nice about this setup, is that you can create multiple masks, and then use the "Root" as a point where you can attach a track.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 20, 2018 10:26 am

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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 20, 2018 2:23 pm

Theodor Groeneboom wrote:No, keep everything as seperate nodes is a philosophy that better suits fusion. Just stack your roto nodes one after the other and add a transform at the bottom for the same effect.


In a heavy comp nodes can get crowded. Why not give you the choice of using either a single mask node or multiple mask node? The roto node in Nuke allows you to use the Root folder as a transform point. You can also create multiple folders, with each folder acting as a transform point for masks you attach to that folder.

You’re insisting on an approach that takes up excessive space, not to mention creating redundancy. A well designed program caters to multiple workflows.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 20, 2018 3:56 pm

Theodor Groeneboom wrote:If multiple nodes are indeed bothering you (and how is it redundant?) ) due to the space, collaps them into a group. Stick a transform at the end and you've pretty much got a simiar setup.


I'm new to Fusion, and I didn't know about the group choice. Very cool.

Regarding Nuke's roto node, there was a time a few versions ago when the node could not handle a lot of masks. But, that time passed a long time ago. I've had Nuke roto nodes with well over 30 masks in one node without any issue. The Foundry made a lot of improvements to roto in Nuke starting back in Nuke 8.

Thanks for the group tip!! :D
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 20, 2018 4:13 pm

I would love to see some lens effects, glows and blurs able to be a match for Frischluft/ReelSmart/Sapphire etc.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSat Jan 20, 2018 5:34 pm

Most of the tools fram sapphire can be built by using fusion's native tools. Check out the various glows and blur macros out there for fu And if you need something like Sapphire, just buy Sapphire then :)

I agree with having a better custom kernel defocus effect like Frischluft's OutOfFocus node built in, as its a bread and butter tool for matching defocus to plates which isn't available to Fu. Esoteric glows are not.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 23, 2018 2:15 pm

My Top 10 Features:

- Point3D selection, movement, add, kill, etc.
- Polygon3D selection, editing, subdivide, add, kill, etc.
- Bevel3D including subdivison and shape
- Boolean3D (most awaited Tool since Fu5)
- Area Light3D -> Poly/Object as light emitter
- Glow/HighLight shader support for Material Input
- Limitless Texture Support per model (just 16 right now)
- Shape3D based volumetric Fog3D
- UV-Map3D improvements: ProjectionCubeMapping incl. 6 texture inputs
- Much improved ->Memory/Caching Management ->CPU/GPU Performance
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 23, 2018 2:27 pm

Marcus Bauer wrote:My Top 10 Features:
- Much improved ->Memory/Caching Management ->CPU/GPU Performance


Big, thumbs up on that one.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSun Jan 28, 2018 4:27 pm

Depth of field for the AmbientOcclussion (SSAO) output.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSun Jan 28, 2018 10:05 pm

My dream set:

Zoom Lens tracking - without fixed 3d object LIDAR data
The ability to edit etc all tracking points before a solve
A Shadow catcher material - that only displays the material shadow
a Custom 3D Shader
A Ray-trace engine - that can be turned on and off ...
The ability to generate a depth map from a track
better check in/ check out / collaboration on assets across a network with multiple users
Make point light a 3d shadow caster - not only spot light....
and a magic tree that makes money :-)

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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostSun Jan 28, 2018 10:21 pm

+1 for Shadow Catcher.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostMon Jan 29, 2018 3:10 am

Rolfe Klement wrote:a Custom 3D Shader


https://indicated.com/blackmagic-fusion ... shader-3d/

It's pretty amazing what you can do with it...
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostMon Jan 29, 2018 4:41 pm

Compared to the other requests I would be happy with minor UX improvements like:

- Connecting nodes is very fiddly. making the connectors larger or ideally like in nuke drop them entirely and just connect with arrows or so. This gives a lot cleaner Flowgraph. Like Todd Groves already mentioned, Fusions Flowgraph isn't particularly pretty, even with his requested (and found) dot-connectors.
Also you can't snap/align nodes to the relative position of connected nodes, like in Nuke. You can only snap/align to the flowgraphs grid, which isn't always what I need. And in combination with these (for my taste awefully looking and working) connectors you get a flowgraph that always looks kinda messy and 1995ish.

- The "Select Tool" popup should insert the node when you click it. Selecting a tool from the list and always confirming it with "OK" I find is a very annoying workflow. Plus: clicking outside the "Select Tool" popup should close it. This way the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons become redundant and the workflow feels a lot more modern, streamlined and not so 1995ish. It would also be great if there was a possibility to bring up the "Select Tool" popup with TAB instead of ctrl+space. TAB is currently not assigned to anything anyway and by calling "Select Tool" this way there is better musclememory compatability with Nuke and Houdini.

- Oh...almost forgot. Please make the center values X and Y sliders, or anything that allows for adjusting the values interactively instead of manually typing them in.

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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostMon Jan 29, 2018 6:18 pm

ThomasManz wrote:- Connecting nodes is very fiddly. making the connectors larger or ideally like in nuke drop them entirely and just connect with arrows or so. This gives a lot cleaner Flowgraph. Like Todd Groves already mentioned, Fusions Flowgraph isn't particularly pretty, even with his requested (and found) dot-connectors.
Also you can't snap/align nodes to the relative position of connected nodes, like in Nuke. You can only snap/align to the flowgraphs grid, which isn't always what I need. And in combination with these (for my taste awefully looking and working) connectors you get a flowgraph that always looks kinda messy and 1995ish.

- The "Select Tool" popup should insert the node when you click it. Selecting a tool from the list and always confirming it with "OK" I find is a very annoying workflow. Plus: clicking outside the "Select Tool" popup should close it. This way the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons become redundant and the workflow feels a lot more modern, streamlined and not so 1995ish. It would also be great if there was a possibility to bring up the "Select Tool" popup with TAB instead of ctrl+space. TAB is currently not assigned to anything anyway and by calling "Select Tool" this way there is better musclememory compatability with Nuke and Houdini.

- Oh...almost forgot. Please make the center values X and Y sliders, or anything that allows for adjusting the values interactively instead of manually typing them in.

Just my 2 cents.


1. Right click in flow Arrange Tools > To Connected.
2. For TAB to use Add tool
A) View > Customize Hotkey
B) Edit your fusion.fu file to include your own Custom Scripts to run as hotkeys like "Comp_Choose_Tool)
3. If you'e looking for more interactive ways to adjust X and Y positions just use the on screen controls.

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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostMon Jan 29, 2018 7:41 pm

- Oh...almost forgot. Please make the center values X and Y sliders, or anything that allows for adjusting the values interactively instead of manually typing them in.

And until that happens, why don't you do it yourself? It's a relatively easy thing to add in macro-form, so it could be a nice way to get started with building macros.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 8:53 am

ThomasManz wrote:
- Connecting nodes is very fiddly. making the connectors larger or ideally like in nuke drop them entirely and just connect with arrows or so. This gives a lot cleaner Flowgraph.


You can hold down ALT while dragging a connection on a node to get a big nice dropdown menu of what input to connect, its better than hitting exactly on that tiny input.

Agree on the UX thing, the Fu nodegraph could use a good overhaul in terms of UX and usability. But I wouldn't use Nuke as an example of good UX....
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 11:34 am

You can also use a right click and drag to get the "connect to" menu
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 1:31 pm

alan bovine wrote:1. Right click in flow Arrange Tools > To Connected.
2. For TAB to use Add tool
A) View > Customize Hotkey
B) Edit your fusion.fu file to include your own Custom Scripts to run as hotkeys like "Comp_Choose_Tool)
3. If you'e looking for more interactive ways to adjust X and Y positions just use the on screen controls.

1. Thanks, didn't see that.
2. I can't find the appropriate action to open the select tool window. But I may just download your script (which looks cool) and grep for TAB.
3. On screen controls don't allow for ctrl+drag for fine adjustment.

alan bovine wrote:You can hold down ALT while dragging a connection on a node to get a big nice dropdown menu of what input to connect, its better than hitting exactly on that tiny input.


michael vorberg wrote:You can also use a right click and drag to get the "connect to" menu


Yeah, but that menu isn't much better because it requires you to do three things: grab the connector, navigate the popup menu, choose and click. It works but still isn't very straightforward. It still requires you to grab that little connector in the first place. I usually connect from child to parent (a nuke habit I think) and since the parent in most cases only has one output, the connect to menu feels pretty in the way since it requires me to do something completely needless.

But while we're on it...
I forgot to mention
- insert nodes between connected nodes by dropping it on the pipe.
- and I find it horrorbly annoing that the order of the connectors changes all the time when you move the node or connect something to it. Yes they are color coded but my brain has to evalute every node, everytime I look at the flow, to see what's going on.

alan bovine wrote:But I wouldn't use Nuke as an example of good UX....

I feel the need to aks why but that's off topic here, so just thanks to all for your tipps.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 1:50 pm

On screen controls don't allow for ctrl+drag for fine adjustment.

No, but when they're active, ctrl+arrow keys does allow for fine adjustments and shift+arrow keys allow for big adjustments.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 1:51 pm

- insert nodes between connected nodes by dropping it on the pipe.

That works for me. What doesn't work about it for you?
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 2:03 pm

Yeah, but that menu isn't much better because it requires you to do three things: grab the connector, navigate the popup menu, choose and click. It works but still isn't very straightforward. It still requires you to grab that little connector in the first place. I usually connect from child to parent (a nuke habit I think) and since the parent in most cases only has one output, the connect to menu feels pretty in the way since it requires me to do something completely needless.


Nuke habits or not; SOME level of adaptability on your behalf is required with any new tool. Fusion favours node output to input instead of nuke's input output. But both works in Fu. If you quickly want to insert nodes just use shift-space/TAB add tool whilst a node is selected and its automatically inserted after the selection; zero-1 clicks!

- insert nodes between connected nodes by dropping it on the pipe.


Hold Shift whilst dropping it on the pipe.

I can't find the appropriate action to open the select tool window. But I may just download your script (which looks cool) and grep for TAB.


You only need to add "TAB = "Comp_Choose_Tool"" to the hotkey section of your fusion.fu config file, which is very similar to nuke's init and menu.py files. Like Nuke; fusion is VERY scriptable and extendable.

See my complete fusion.fu file below for inspiration :

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{
   Action
   {
      ID = "My_ShowHideControls", -- use a prefix to avoid conflict with builtins.
      Category = "My Stuff",
      ShortName = "SHC",

      Args =
      {
         { "show", Type = "boolean", Required = false }, -- optional, toggles if not specified
      },

      Targets =
      {
         GLView =
         {
            Execute =
            [[
               local viewer = obj.CurrentViewer

               if args.show == nil then
                  args.show = not viewer:AreControlsShown()
               end

               viewer:ShowControls(args.show);

               viewer:Redraw()
            ]],
         },
      },
   },

   Hotkeys
   {
      Target = "FlowView", -- Only one Target per Hotkeys { ... } definition.

      B = "AddTool{ id = 'Blur' }",
      C = "AddTool{ id = 'ColorCorrector' }",
      G = "AddTool{ id = 'BrightnessContrast' }",
      M = "AddTool{ id = 'Merge' }",
      T = "AddTool{ id = 'Transform' }",
      R = "AddTool{ id = 'Loader' }",

   
      M = "RunScript{filename = 'Scripts:/Utility/stx_mergeConnect.lua'}",
      K = "RunScript{filename = 'Scripts:/Utility/stx_kissConnect.lua'}",
 
   
      W = "AddTool{ id = 'Saver' }",
      D = "Execute{ cmd = 'obj:Comp():DisableSelectedTools()' }",
      -- O = "AddTool{ id = 'Polygon' }",
      P = "AddTool{ id = 'PolylineMask' }",
      X = "AddTool{ id = 'Background' }",
      A = "AddTool{ id = 'MatteControl' }",
      OEM_PERIOD = "AddTool{ id = 'PipeRouter' }",

      SHIFT_M = "RunScript{filename = 'Scripts:/Utility/stx_merge3DConnect.lua'}",
      SHIFT_C = "AddTool{ id = 'Camera3D' }",
      SHIFT_R = "AddTool{ id = 'Renderer3D' }",
      SHIFT_I = "AddTool{ id = 'ImagePlane3D' }",
      SHIFT_T = "AddTool{ id = 'Transform3D' }",

      SHIFT_E = "AddTool{ id = 'pEmitter' }",
      SHIFT_P = "AddTool{ id = 'pRender' }",

      TAB = "Comp_Choose_Tool",

      -- Putting these in FlowView (and any other specific targets) still allows arrows to 'nudge'
      -- controls in view and control view, but does limit them to only functioning
      -- in certain places.

      LEFT  = "Time_Step_Back",
      RIGHT = "Time_Step_Forward",
   },

   Hotkeys
   {
      Target = "GLView",

      F = "Viewer_Scale_Abs{ scale=0 }",
      Q = "My_ShowHideControls",
   },

   Hotkeys
   {
      Target = "FuFrame",

      J = "Playback_Mode{ play = true, reverse = true}",
      K = "Playback_Mode{ play = false }",
      L = "Playback_Mode{ play = true }", -- can leave out play = true if you want toggle.
   },
}


I feel the need to aks why but that's off topic here, so just thanks to all for your tipps.


Its not off topic as far as I'm concerend, If you want to talk UX for node based tools check out all the stuff SideFX have done to modernizing working with houdini's node graph (16.5). Not just the look, but all the clever little things you can do to connect, disconnect, draw, navigate and organize the graphs. Nuke is an industry standard, but not the holy grail; there's plenty of room to choose a different path.

There has been an increase in feature requests for things that are already present in Fusion. BMD; care to help out here with communication ?
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 5:05 pm

ThomasManz wrote:- Connecting nodes is very fiddly. making the connectors larger or ideally like in nuke drop them entirely and just connect with arrows or so. This gives a lot cleaner Flowgraph. Like Todd Groves already mentioned, Fusions Flowgraph isn't particularly pretty, even with his requested (and found) dot-connectors.


Have you tried playing with the Flow --> Pipe Grab Distance setting in Preferences? I found this made a big difference for me. Still not quite as good as Nuke, but waaay better than defaults which were infuriating.

ThomasManz wrote:- Oh...almost forgot. Please make the center values X and Y sliders, or anything that allows for adjusting the values interactively instead of manually typing them in.


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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 6:04 pm

Sander de Regt wrote:...ctrl+arrow keys does allow for fine adjustments and shift+arrow keys allow for big adjustments.

Thanks, nice to know.

alan bovine wrote:Nuke habits or not; SOME level of adaptability on your behalf is required with any new tool.

It's not that I'm wilfully obstruktive, it's just that this thread is for bringing up suggestions and that's what I did. I am actually very adaptable but that's just my subject view of improving fusion. And I brought that up because I thought it's easy to implement, I'm not asking for a new, super advanced, ultra high technology whatever feature. The piece of script that connects the nodes only has to evaluate:
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if(the dragged connector is an input && the target node has an output){
    directly connect to the output without the need of a menu
}else if (the dragged connector is an output && the target node has only one input){
    directly connect to the input without the need of a menu
}else{
   open connection menu
}

This way you get the best of both worlds.

alan bovine wrote:Hold Shift whilst dropping it on the pipe.

Unfortunately not.

alan bovine wrote:See my complete fusion.fu file below for inspiration

I will do so happily, thanks.

alan bovine wrote:If you want to talk UX for node based tools check out all the stuff SideFX have done to modernizing working with houdini's node graph (16.5). Not just the look, but all the clever little things you can do to connect, disconnect, draw, navigate and organize the graphs

I know, I always have the latest apprentice license installed, I really enjoy and support where SideFX and Houdini is going (just like Blackmagic with Fusion, DaVinci) and I can generally agree but there are places where I would wish Houdini to be a little more like Nuke. But I know that that's arguable. ;)

Jed Mitchell wrote:Have you tried playing with the Flow --> Pipe Grab Distance setting in Preferences?

Yes, already maxed out. ;)


Edit:
I remember one more request I have. Apart from a full multichannel workflow with exr support I find the boolean tool very cumbersome to work with. Maybe back in the days when Eyeon started Fusion having five dropboxes was very fancy but these days there should be more elegant ways to solve this. I always loose track on what the boolean tool is doing. I know, I hate that I always have to come up with Nuke comparisons but the shuffle node and the shufflecopy node illustrate the relation between interacting inputs much better. Maybe not the holy grail either but much better.
With the boolean tool you end up setups like:
subtract to red do nothing
or
subract to red z buffer
Which is horrorble to read and interpret. And even if I set it up, everytime I look at I have to process "Wait....what is doing again?"
Also:
Drop the Negative operation and make a distict invert node. I don't concider inverting a boolean operation so it's not very semantic.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 7:13 pm

ThomasManz wrote:
alan bovine wrote:Hold Shift whilst dropping it on the pipe.

Unfortunately not.


See the gif below, you can most definitley insert or remove nodes using the shift button. Drop them onto the pipe and it snaps into place. Not sure whats wrong with your copy of fusion. But I've never had a issue with this.

Refresh the link if it stopped playing
https://imgur.com/a/8jf4h


ThomasManz wrote:Drop the Negative operation and make a distict invert node. I don't concider inverting a boolean operation so it's not very semantic.


* Set channel boolean to "negative"
* Press f2 to rename the node to "invert"
* Copy paste the node and drop it into a text editor, save the file into your macro folder as "invert.setting".
* You now have a dedicated node called invert.

Not trying to be pedantic, but fusion can fit the majority of your needs IF you spend a little time customizing it. I've done EXACTLY the above because I was tired of the way channel booleans worked. Does channelBoolean still suck ? Yes but it sucks a little less now. Is it a work around ? Not really; its being adaptive. I've got a whole folder of tools to do things like this, and it fits my workflow perfectly.

Is the transform node missing an X and Y slider ? Here you go, paste it into the node view and check out the bottom two sliders :
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{
   Tools = ordered() {
      Transform1 = Transform {
         CtrlWZoom = false,
         Inputs = {
            Center = Input { Expression = "Point(xslider, yslider)", },
         },
         ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 57, 74 } },
         UserControls = ordered() {
            xslider = {
               LINKS_Name = "xslider",
               LINKID_DataType = "Number",
               INPID_InputControl = "SliderControl",
               INP_Integer = false,
               INP_MinScale = -2,
               INP_MaxScale = 2,
               ICS_ControlPage = "Controls"
            },
            yslider = {
               LINKS_Name = "yslider",
               LINKID_DataType = "Number",
               INPID_InputControl = "SliderControl",
               INP_Integer = false,
               INP_MinScale = -2,
               INP_MaxScale = 2,
               ICS_ControlPage = "Controls"
            }
         }
      }
   },
   ActiveTool = "Transform1"
}


The main point I'm trying to make; is that Fusion certanly isn't perfect, but there is A LOT OF STUFF in there that you can tailor it to your specific workflow needs.

If you are presenting a problem, try to also come up with a solution. :)
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostTue Jan 30, 2018 11:44 pm

ThomasManz wrote:
It's not that I'm wilfully obstruktive, it's just that this thread is for bringing up suggestions and that's what I did. I am actually very adaptable but that's just my subject view of improving fusion. And I brought that up because I thought it's easy to implement, I'm not asking for a new, super advanced, ultra high technology whatever feature. The piece of script that connects the nodes only has to evaluate:
Code: Select all
if(the dragged connector is an input && the target node has an output){
    directly connect to the output without the need of a menu
}else if (the dragged connector is an output && the target node has only one input){
    directly connect to the input without the need of a menu
}else{
   open connection menu
}

This way you get the best of both worlds.

you can also drop the connection directly onto the node, fusion will connect to the next best input it finds. for the simple "input -> output" workflow it should work. also a "output -> input" works most of the time to the desired input connection
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostWed Jan 31, 2018 6:25 am

ThomasManz wrote:Compared to the other requests I would be happy with minor UX improvements like:

- Connecting nodes is very fiddly. making the connectors larger or ideally like in nuke drop them entirely and just connect with arrows or so. This gives a lot cleaner Flowgraph. Like Todd Groves already mentioned, Fusions Flowgraph isn't particularly pretty, even with his requested (and found) dot-connectors.


One of my biggest annoyances in Fusion since I started using it. I frequently 'miss' with a connectors.

Try dragging an input from one tool to another tool that already has a tool connected to its output (its icon body not the output square), it fails. If there is only one output why not just default to that? I would also like to see greater than 10 pixels for the Grab distance.

Often when working quickly it doesn't even connect even though I am releasing the mouse button over top of the tool, but do it slow and it works.

Talking of Render integration, would love to see Redshift in there, a few people on here recommended this for GPU rendering, I downloaded the trial and had a play with it and was blown away at the quality and speed.

Also any performance improvements would be awesome. I spend a lot of my time waiting for interactive renders. I wonder if some smarter embedded DOD would help with this, I often go through larger comps and manually set DOD to speed things up (and they do substantially).
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PostWed Jan 31, 2018 7:18 am

Any 3rd party renderer integration is the business of the render software developer. There is a sdk for fusion and if somebody sees a opportunity to make a business out of a render plugin they free to make one.

But with a price of 300$ for fusion who will spend 300$ for a plugin? (which is the price of most render plugins in the 3d world)
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PostWed Jan 31, 2018 9:24 am

Not sure if this kind of thing is possible already, but this is something what I'm missing from my Nuke workflow. I'd love to hear if someone has good alternative workflow in Fusion.

https://mamoworld.com/tutorials/mochaim ... h-tutorial
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostWed Jan 31, 2018 10:53 am

michael vorberg wrote:Any 3rd party renderer integration is the business of the render software developer. There is a sdk for fusion and if somebody sees a opportunity to make a business out of a render plugin they free to make one.

But with a price of 300$ for fusion who will spend 300$ for a plugin? (which is the price of most render plugins in the 3d world)

BMD isn't really encouraging such integrations either, by not releasing the SDK publicly. If SDK were public, it opens up a lot more possibilities to fiddle with stuff like this. I'd take a peek just out of curiosity. But I certainly won't fill a deck of NDA papers to get it from BM.

Blender for example has several render engine integrations, most of them done not by engine developers. And I'd bet most of them started as someones simple test to see "if it goes".

Also, the fact that Blender is free doesn't stop people from buying the render engines. There is considerable amount of people using Octane and VRay with Blender which cost an infinity of Blenders price. If price of software versus plugins is some kind of limiting factor for someone, he probably either doesn't really need the tool that much or has his priorities skewed. Neither of these reasons is changed by changing the price of base software.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostWed Jan 31, 2018 7:22 pm

alan bovine wrote:See the gif below, you can most definitley insert or remove nodes using the shift button. Drop them onto the pipe and it snaps into place. Not sure whats wrong with your copy of fusion. But I've never had a issue with this.

I tried to make a gif of my situation but ended up to big and I have nohing to upload it to. I figured out that the shift+drag generally works but is VERY fiddly again. I have to be super precise in order to get it working. But granted in your gif it looks pretty easy, but not for me.

alan bovine wrote:
ThomasManz wrote:Drop the Negative operation and make a distict invert node. I don't concider inverting a boolean operation so it's not very semantic.


* Set channel boolean to "negative"
* Press f2 to rename the node to "invert"
* Copy paste the node and drop it into a text editor, save the file into your macro folder as "invert.setting".
* You now have a dedicated node called invert.

Not trying to be pedantic, but fusion can fit the majority of your needs IF you spend a little time customizing it. I've done EXACTLY the above because I was tired of the way channel booleans worked.

Ok, again this is not about what can or cannot be done with customizing. Some folks might be skillful enought to wright their own 3d camera tracker in a lua script. This thread is about "Fusion 10 requests" and I personally would just love to see these features being implemented nativly. To provide a modern and comfortable user experience. For people who start with Fusion and don't want to spend the first 2 weeks customizing it or for people who don't want to maintain a vast number of custom scripts and stuff everytime they move to another workstation, another company who doesn't have the same custom tools infrastructure or just adding some new workstations to your pipeline which you have to settup with the same customizations as the existing ones. ....and so on.

And apart from that:
Theodor Groeneboom wrote:No, keep everything as seperate nodes is a philosophy that better suits fusion


EDIT:
By the way, I installed some of your shortcuts like for TAB, Blur, Merge, Transform and so on and Fusion instantly feels SO much sexier. :D
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostWed Jan 31, 2018 8:02 pm

ThomasManz wrote:
This thread is about "Fusion 10 requests" and I personally would just love to see these features being implemented nativly. To provide a modern and comfortable user experience.



But this is natively tho. Its right there. Channelboolean could use a touch up but the functionality you're requesting is already there, without workarounds.

ThomasManz wrote:For people who start with Fusion and don't want to spend the first 2 weeks customizing it or for people who don't want to maintain a vast number of custom scripts and stuff everytime they move to another workstation, another company who doesn't have the same custom tools infrastructure or just adding some new workstations to your pipeline which you have to settup with the same customizations as the existing ones. ....and so on.


Boiiii do I have some good news for you.

The good people at the other fusion forum https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuckless/ have put together Reactor, which is a central tool, macro, script, comps all fusion related repository.

Its a one-click App-store for all things fusion releated. It's very feature rich, and makes installing 3rd party tools as easy as clicking with a single button.

Check it out here https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuckless/viewtopic.php?p=13348

Your second option for not wanting to keep re-installing stuff is to use a central folder to store your comps, preferences, macros, scripts, presets etc. You already have one of these folders in your user directory, you can copy this on a usb stick and point fusion to this folder on new installs. You can even have the folder on a shared network path, so you can easily install new users, fusion versions, workstations etc without having to install ANY of the thirdparty stuff again. This is what I do at my company, store things centrally, cause like you; I don't want to spend time re-installing stuff needlessly.

EDIT:
Just adding that by using a networked folder for your fusion setup lets you do things like having a specific setup on per project/show. I've got multiple projects running at the same time, and each project is pointing to a different fusion folder so it has sensible defaults relating to that projects (resolution, naming convention, tools etc)

Both options are production proven and friendly.

ThomasManz wrote:By the way, I installed some of your shortcuts like for TAB, Blur, Merge, Transform and so on and Fusion instantly feels SO much sexier. :D


Thanks man appreciate that, I hope they're as useful for you as they are for me.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostWed Jan 31, 2018 9:21 pm

michael vorberg wrote:But with a price of 300$ for fusion who will spend 300$ for a plugin? (which is the price of most render plugins in the 3d world)


I would. I can think of a bunch of jobs I've done where it would have saved me going out to the 3D software to render, plus the flexibility of altering lighting and materials in Comp would be huge.
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostWed Jan 31, 2018 10:09 pm

I got one more!!!!!

Maybe there is again some nifty way to get that by customizing, maybe not.
I really miss the ability to compare 2 or more nodes by simply using the number keys. I know about the A/B comparison feature but it's not what I'm looking for. In Nuke you simply select a node hit 1, select another node hit 2, select another node hit 3 and you can cycle through them by just hit the number keys. And because this loads the output in the same viewer you can see even very little variations because the image "jumps" i.e. makes a rapid change. Fusions approachs with either the A/B comparison or the two viewers side by side are not giving you this clear feedback even close. Once again Nuke is the role model because it let's you do all possible ways. It let's you directly compare multiple nodes in one viewer, you can set up a side by side comparison or an A/B swipe comparison. Advantage Nuke.

EDIT:
alan bovine wrote:The good people at the other fusion forum https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuckless/ have put together Reactor, which is a central tool, macro, script, comps all fusion related repository.

Its a one-click App-store for all things fusion releated. It's very feature rich, and makes installing 3rd party tools as easy as clicking with a single button.

Check it out here https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuckl ... hp?p=13348


I downloaded the Reactor-Installer.lua, dragged it into the fusion console, error:
The file could not be opened as a composition:
[string "Composition"]:40: '<eof>' expected near '='"


copy/pasting the script into the console gives me:
[Reactor Installer] Version 1.0.1 - January 23, 2018
[Created By] Andrew Hazelden <andrew@andrewhazelden.com>
[Reactor] Detected Fusion 9.00 running on Linux

[Closing Comp] Composition1
[GitLab Branch] "master"
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Re: Fusion 10 requests

PostThu Feb 01, 2018 8:25 am

ThomasManz wrote:I got one more!!!!!

Maybe there is again some nifty way to get that by customizing, maybe not.
I really miss the ability to compare 2 or more nodes by simply using the number keys. I know about the A/B comparison feature but it's not what I'm looking for. In Nuke you simply select a node hit 1, select another node hit 2, select another node hit 3 and you can cycle through them by just hit the number keys. And because this loads the output in the same viewer you can see even very little variations because the image "jumps" i.e. makes a rapid change. Fusions approachs with either the A/B comparison or the two viewers side by side are not giving you this clear feedback even close. Once again Nuke is the role model because it let's you do all possible ways. It let's you directly compare multiple nodes in one viewer, you can set up a side by side comparison or an A/B swipe comparison. Advantage Nuke.


I hear you. As you mentioned before, some things are simply better in Nukeland. Viewer with 12345... is simply too handy to ignore. We don't want Fusion to be Nuke, but there is always a room to be better than it is now so why not borrow good parts from the competitor.

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