Problem Delivering Fusion Comp

Hi All,

I am trying to make what I think is a very simple Title for a documentary I am making. I have copied and pasted the code that I have made so far. I hope I have done that correctly.
My problem is that the delivery process stops when it comes to the point where I use a paint object to draw lines against the text.
Let me explain. It delivers the file correctly if I choose the mp4. H264 option, but I want the background to the text to be transparent so as I understand it I have to tick the Export Alpha tick box. I can get this to show if I use Quicktime and choose DNxHR with Individual Clips ticked. There is only one clip - the composition clip. It seems to me that it somehow believes that there are more than one and this causes it to stop before my lines are painted. I can confirm that the "Entire Timeline" is selected.
I have deleted my work and started again from scratch in case I had a glitch in Fusion but the same thing happens so it appears I am doing something wrong. Does anyone have a suggestion?

I am using the free version of Davinci Resolve. 16.1.2

Regards

Nigel

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Hey Nigel,
I am curious - why bother with a transparent graphic render? You have the video footage, you have the fusion comp, just layer those on top of each other in the Edit page and you should be good to go.

Personally, only time I have to render transparent graphics is if I am only making the graphics, and handing them over to someone else who is editing the project using Adobe or FCP.

Sadi

Oh, and your text rendered just fine on my end. Quicktime, DNxHR, Export Alpha.
No issues here.



Sadi

Hi Saad
Thanks for the reply. I know that I could incorporate the video footage into the composition but I have to give my colleague a series of options before we agree on a final version. That’s why I thought it would be better to leave it out.
Strange that it delivered for you without problems. That implies that there is a glitch at my end. I will copy the code into a completely new project and see if that works.
Thanks again

Yeah man, no prob. If you still cant get your graphics to render correctly and you have a project deadline or whatnot, shoot me an email or PM and I will render the files for you.
Cheers!
Sadi

Hi Sadi

Thank you for your help and offer. It is much appreciated. I think I am going to give up on Fusion I am wasting far too much time. It is continually crashing for no apparent reason.

I made a completely new project and pasted my code back into it. The project works fine on the Edit page and on the Fusion page. When I try to deliver it it seems to go into some sort of never ending loop. I cancel it and then the whole page hangs. The only way out is to cancel it with the Task manager. So more time wasted.

The pity is that Davinci Resolve as an editor is great and so far never crashes but Fusion .....! I persevered with Fusion as I hoped that with a little effort it would become as easy to use as the editor and colour page. I am sure you will say that my PC is not up to spec but I don't think it is that bad.

Nigel

Hey Nigel
You are most welcome, man! I think you will find most Fusion artists to be very helpful and accommodating. Thats just how we roll
Hey, sorry to hear you are ready to give up on Fusion and move on. There's many ways to skin a cat, as they say. I am sure you will find a solution to continue your creative journey. And as long as you get what you want, its not the tools that matter, but what you create with those tools. So onwards, to amazing creations.
And if you ever need help with Fusion related stuff, you are most welcome to reach out!

Regards
Sadi

Thanks Sadi. I have noticed that the Fusion members appear more ready to help than most. A good group of people! I will keep an eye on Fusion for the future. In the meantime I have reluctantly gone back to HitFilm which does not crash my PC and probably is powerful enough for my current needs.
Regards
Nigel

I have to say I was favorably impressed by Hitfilm when I gave it a test-drive a few weeks ago. It's a very fluid and fast environment. If it's compositing module were node-based, I'd probably be giving it a very hard look.

Bryan. I am not at all technical savvy but it seems to me that the nodes in Fusion are the problem. The same compost in Hitfilm using layers works so much smoother. I do find that Hitfilm’s key frames are not so easy to work with as Fusion’s though. The nodes on Davinci’s colour page are great. I understand what is going on there much better than with layers.
Nigel

It's not the paradigm that's the issue; the problem is that Resolve is Frankenstein's monster—a colorist tool that's had editing and audio and compositing bolted on, some with greater success than others. Fusion's a square peg in a hole that never existed to start with. Hitfilm appears to have been designed to be a combined editor and compositor from the beginning (the name of the company, FXHome, is a bit of a giveaway!)