Working with 4k with HD monitor

Posted:
Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:59 pm
by Dean Sensui
I have an HP Dreamcolor monitor that's for HD resolution, and am working with 4k footage in Fusion.
The Dreamcolor is being "fed" via an Ultrastudio Monitor Mini and HDLink.
Is there a way to get the "Merge" tool in Fusion to scale down the output so I can see the full 4k frame on the Dreamcolor monitor? Right now I'm only seeing part of it.
I've been digging around in the user manual, through these forums and elsewhere, and can't seem to find a way to do that.
Thanks!
Dean.
Re: Working with 4k with HD monitor

Posted:
Tue Jan 12, 2016 12:45 pm
by Ryan Bloomer
I'm working with 4k footage and preview most of my work on a 1080p monitor. If you need to scale your comp to 1080, but render at 4K, you can split your flow between the saver and merged 1080 background. Included is an example with some explanations of what i'm using for this type of previewing.
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{
Tools = ordered() {
Note1 = Note {
Inputs = {
Comments = Input { Value = "Your 4k flow here..... ", },
},
ViewInfo = StickyNoteInfo {
Pos = { 592, 114, },
Flags = {
Expanded = true,
},
Size = { 196, 179.3, },
},
},
Loader1 = Loader {
Clips = {
},
Inputs = {
["Gamut.SLogVersion"] = Input { Value = FuID { "SLog2", }, },
},
ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 631, 187, }, },
},
Note2 = Note {
Inputs = {
Comments = Input { Value = "This is saving out your 4K Flow", },
},
ViewInfo = StickyNoteInfo {
Pos = { 903, 9, },
Flags = {
Expanded = true,
},
Size = { 160, 126.3, },
},
},
Saver1 = Saver {
Inputs = {
ProcessWhenBlendIs00 = Input { Value = 0, },
Clip = Input {
Value = Clip {
Length = 0,
Saving = true,
TrimIn = 0,
ExtendFirst = 0,
ExtendLast = 0,
Loop = 1,
AspectMode = 0,
Depth = 0,
GlobalStart = -2000000000,
GlobalEnd = 0,
},
},
OutputFormat = Input { Value = FuID { "TargaFormat", }, },
["Gamut.SLogVersion"] = Input { Value = FuID { "SLog2", }, },
Input = Input {
SourceOp = "Loader1",
Source = "Output",
},
},
ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 945, 72, }, },
},
Note1_1 = Note {
Inputs = {
Comments = Input { Value = "Background is set to 1920x1080 for preivew to a 1080p monitor. To preview load Merge1\r\n", },
},
ViewInfo = StickyNoteInfo {
Pos = { 1084, 219, },
Flags = {
Expanded = true,
},
Size = { 196, 144.3, },
},
},
Merge1 = Merge {
Inputs = {
Background = Input {
SourceOp = "Background1",
Source = "Output",
},
Foreground = Input {
SourceOp = "Loader1",
Source = "Output",
},
PerformDepthMerge = Input { Value = 0, },
},
ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 1149, 185, }, },
},
Background1 = Background {
Inputs = {
Width = Input { Value = 1920, },
Height = Input { Value = 1080, },
["Gamut.SLogVersion"] = Input { Value = FuID { "SLog2", }, },
Gradient = Input {
Value = Gradient {
Colors = {
[0] = { 0, 0, 0, 1, },
[1] = { 1, 1, 1, 1, },
},
},
},
},
ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 1146, 305, }, },
},
PipeRouter1 = PipeRouter {
Inputs = {
Input = Input {
SourceOp = "Merge1",
Source = "Output",
},
},
ViewInfo = PipeRouterInfo { Pos = { 1404, 187, }, },
},
Note3 = Note {
Inputs = {
Comments = Input { Value = "you can also connect the pipe router to saver2 to save out a 1080 version of your flow as well.", },
},
ViewInfo = StickyNoteInfo {
Pos = { 1415, 95, },
Flags = {
Expanded = true,
},
Size = { 196, 197.3, },
},
},
Saver2 = Saver {
CtrlWZoom = false,
Inputs = {
ProcessWhenBlendIs00 = Input { Value = 0, },
Clip = Input {
Value = Clip {
Length = 0,
Saving = true,
TrimIn = 0,
ExtendFirst = 0,
ExtendLast = 0,
Loop = 1,
AspectMode = 0,
Depth = 0,
GlobalStart = -2000000000,
GlobalEnd = 0,
},
},
OutputFormat = Input { Value = FuID { "TargaFormat", }, },
["Gamut.SLogVersion"] = Input { Value = FuID { "SLog2", }, },
},
ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 1506, 186, }, },
},
},
}