robertsaron wrote:I randomly came across this post. I had no idea about Fusion studio.
I do have a few questions, after reading the post and need some clarity.
1. If I buy a license key for davinci Resolve Studio, does that same license key work for fusion studio? So I do not need to buy a license key for Fusion Studio? I am only buying one key that works for both?
Yes I bealive so. One licensee should work for both.
robertsaron wrote:2. Is fusion studio comparable to Adobe After Effects? Is it just as good or better? Or do they do different things? I just ask this question as Adobe After Effects is or was the standard for certain things in the movie industry.
Fusion page and by extension fusion studio Is somewhere between Nuke as a node based professional compositing software and After Effects which is professional motion graphics software.
Fusion is more similar to Nuke than After Effects, meaning its node based compositing environment geared towards VFX Visual Effects, but unlike Nuke it has respectable capacity to do motion graphics as well, that makes it comparable to After Effects in that field. After Effects is more specialized motion graphics environment, and its a layer based system. So when you work with motion graphics, After Effects is probably the best, but with few caveats.
When you are working with layers as you do in After Effects, you quickly discover that layers allow you to do only so much, before you are forced to go further by using nested layers or precomps. And that again, only goes so far, before it becomes its own worse enemy. This is the main reason why for more complex compositions used in Visual Effects field, applications that rely on nodes started to be used. Adn this is true today. Nuke being the main software in Hollywood industry at the moment, not so much because Fusion is lacking is features, but for other reasons that secured contracts. Most of the things you can do in Nuke you can do in fusion. Most of the things you can do in After Effects, you can do in Fusion. Either way, Fusion is capable to do feature film, commercial and other VFX work.
This is where Nuke shines and so does Fusion, while After Effects can do it, it can be a problem if only thing you have is layers. Because the more complex the composition and needs changes the more nodes become effective and quickly blow layer based system out of the water in what you can do. Where layers are your friend in some types of compositing, for motion graphics where there is clear order of things, you start precompoing and sooner or later layers are not your friends anymore and it becomes obvious why nodes are preferred ways to work with more complex compositions.
But even with simpler things, sometimes nodes are just more flexible.
DNA Animation - After Effects vs DaVinci Resolve Fusion. Nodes vs Layers.
On the other hand, if you are doing predicable motion graphics, with 2D elements in particular, layers are often more than enough and After effects had many tools to make it efficient. The main problem beyond After Effects subscription model is that often to get After Effects really beefed up to be able to do as much as it can, you have to uaully buy and install many plug ins. Most of it that exists or existed natively in fusion, and most of the plugs ins beyond that are free in reactor. Which is free depository of Fusion goodies that runs inside fusion. Like having App store where you install new tools. Super cool.
So basically After Effects runs into trouble when layers are not enough and to get it to full potential you have to get a lot of plug ins. But because its been around for so long and has large user based, there is almost a plug in for anything and while some plug ins are gimmick, others are almost a program on its own, like Elements3D or Red Giant set of plug ins, which really boost functionality, but are not cheap either. Much of that is native in fusion.
If you want to work with VFX Fusion is more suitable than After Effects. If you want to do motion graphics, exclusively, After Effects is more mature and specialized, but Fusion is very capable in its own right. So with some skill and tools you can find on reactor and elsewhere, you can get fusion to do most if not all that After Effects can do for motion graphics, and sometimes you can do it more efficiently because of nodes, and when it comes to VFX, fusion definitely is more mature in that realm.
But keep in mind that fusion studio is standalone and fusion with almost the same features is also part of resolve, which means that unlike After Effects and Premier where you are using separate applications in resolve fusion page leverages the power of fusion for many things and there motion graphics and things you can do inside resolve are pretty powerful. Especially for motion graphics.
If you need more resources to work on larger compositions or do more VFX, fusion studio offers more specialized environment as standalone application for that.
Here are some videos to give you more sense. Sadly most of the new tutorials are from people migrating over to resolve/fusion from adobe and after effects, so many tutorials that are newer are more about making fancy motion graphics or title packs and are often very much in that mindset, missing much of what fusion was made for. So better to look into older tutorials to understand fusion.
Its hard to tell a story of all the stuff Fusion can do, but here are some videos to help you get more of a sense of vast number of things you can do with it.
For VFX use: Anonymous - Making Of, much of compositing and water effects were done in fusion.
CON-FUSION 03 - LeBucks Ring Teaser ( Theme based tutorial ) by Vito
An Introduction to Fusion 8
Fusion 6 - 3D Texture Overview
Fusion 6 - Advanced Materials
IBC 2008 Artist Presentation - House of Secrets - NL3
NAB 2010 - Rain In Your Eyes
Fusion Particles - Spark impacts / Spawning new points from particles
Fusion Particles - Embers
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For motion graphics here are some video: DavinciResolve Fusion - Bladebound Emblem
Davinci Resolve & Fusion - Epic Cinematic Titles! Teaser ( 100% Blackmagic )
Fusion 8 - 9 Making a 2D Logo more impressive ( timelapse )
Make EPIC Cinematic Titles for free! Davinci Resolve Tutorial
Davinci Resolve/Blackmagic Fusion - cool analog counter
Blackmagic Fusion - rotating 3D titles (free flexible template and walkthrough!)
EyeonSoftware: Ten Reasons why you need Fusion playlist. (12 years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... a4tfvRdoBsDaVinci Resolve Fusion Basics for After Effects Users
5 Underrated Fusion Nodes in DaVinci Resolve - MotionVFX
5 MORE Fusion Nodes You Should Be Using in DaVinci Resolve - MotionVFX
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