Sat Oct 16, 2021 4:07 pm
although many nodes can do multiple operations at once, when first learning fusion, it may be easier to think of every node in the chain, as a new operation you want to perform.
As Hedrick was saying:
I want a black background. Add a background node. (Node 1)
I want to bring in a phone shape. add a loader node, (Node 2)
add a merge node to merge them together. (Node 3)
I want to add some footage. Add a loader node (Node 4)
I want to put the footage inside the phone shape..add a merge node. (Node 5)
I want to resize the footage. Add transform tool after Node 4, before Node 5. (Node 6)
I want to move everything around. Add a transform tool after the last node in the branch (Node 7)
I want to blur the footage. Add a blur node after node 4. (Node 8)
I want to...add a node...(you get the idea)
Yes the above is a very simplistic way of doing things, and is not meant as a "this is how I would do your above example"...just a workflow thought. As you learn, you will see that some nodes can be removed, and allow other nodes to do multiple functions. For example Node 6's operation of resize could be performed by the Merge node in Node 5. Size in the merge node will affect the fg operation...but again, as you are learning your way around the nodes, I would start by doing everything in order, and as its own node. Then as you play, you will start to streamline your process.