The Fusion page is a compositing application inside the timeline. Build a node graph for the shot, keep the result live in the project and hand it back to the edit without a round trip, an export or a second version of the media.
Start with a qualifier, refine with a matte, then let the tracker carry the shape. Fusion keeps the whole isolation chain visible as nodes instead of hiding it behind a single effect.
Text, shapes and mergers with a full keyframe editor, spline editor and expressions, so a lower third or a title sequence can be animated properly rather than approximated.
Particle systems, 3D geometry, cameras, lights and projection mapping all live in the same node graph, which means a shot can be built and finished without leaving the project.
Fusion renders in the context of the timeline, so a comp that takes twenty nodes is just another clip on the track. Change the cut and the comp follows.
Fusion page questions that come up before a first render.
The Starter plan focuses on the Cut, Edit and Colour pages. Fusion compositing, the magic mask and the 3D workspace are part of the Pro and Studio plans.
Node graphs use the same structure and node names, so a comp built on this page follows the project between the browser and the desktop studio.
The browser handles the interface and the viewer. Heavy renders are queued on the studio, so a laptop with hardware acceleration runs the same graphs as a workstation.
Yes. Save a node graph as a template and drop it on any clip in any project, then override the text or the inputs it exposes.
The studio is one project with several pages. These are the pages that usually come before and after this one.
Open the studio and send any clip to Fusion. The graph opens with the media already loaded and renders back in place.
