Fusion FX - Creating plasma/lightning effects

[@TabletopToolbox]

Stumbled on this just now from an old Fusion forum, and I'm absolutely stunned at how this works, and how well you showed it (and how damned fast your computer was able to process it!!) It looks like this channel has gone silent, but I'm going to learn as much as I can from it!!

[@statixvfx1793]

Thank you, I just got busy with real world stuff. I have a pretty big backlog of lots of cool fusion things id love to share tho....need to find the time..

[@TabletopToolbox]

@statixvfx1793 so I use Fusion within the Davinci Resolve editor - looks like all the nodes you referenced here are there as well. Is it still possible to use Fusion outside of resolve?

[@statixvfx1793]

@@TabletopToolbox Yes it is, and its the preferred way for a lot of things. Especially CPU and RAM usage. Fusion Standalone is much less hungry than in Resolve. Granted, there's a few nodes thats only available in ResolveFusion, like surfacetracker and reduce noise.

[@totox691]

Even after 6 years, great tutorial on unusual effects in fusion

[@stefan-hoehn]

Definitely THE most impressing tutorial on Fusion I have seen so far!

[@aman34587]

fusion really need this type of tuts

[@4.0.4]

Wow. This is incredible! I'm learning stuff I didn't even knew I wanted to learn!

[@simbarashekunedzimwe1372]

some people just know what they are doing! thank you for sharing this!

[@statixvfx1793]

Thanks buddy!

[@nareshnaresh-xy9ye]

Really awesome and every one understands ur videos so easily... Plz upload more videos

[@tlight901]

Fantastic, thank you. .👍

[@chanruzzi]

Lots of useful info and tips, thank you for sharing it with is!

[@statixvfx1793]

My pleasure, thanks for watching !

[@billB101]

@@statixvfx1793 Please make more videos, especially some of this stuff going on inside Davinci Resolve. Subscribed anyway, will wait in hope ;)

[@rolandrickphotography]

😍 Thanks for sharing this. It is brilliant. You may use this as base for so many other things like flames, tissues in the wind (flags), etc. etc...

[@statixvfx1793]

Thanks, there's a lot of potential when you start to imagine data as being agnostic of the domain. Here we're representing geometry as pixels, but you can go crazy and start representing geometry as sound etc. By storing the position data as an image its also fairly trivial to implement things like basic spring (cloth) constrains, so you're spot on that you can use it for things like flags :)

[@ginglyst]

These are much appreciated masterclasses in fusion. Thank you for making these video's

[@AlexAndRiEL]

Very interesting idea!

[@Altek2k]

These really are great. Thanks for sharing.

[@josefwakeling7103]

anyone who cant use an "add" node, use a channel booleans and change the operation from copy to add

[@who2lu755]

Thanks :)

[@CptCurk]

That's amazing ! I'll try that directly, I wish I would find that by myself (joke appart...) You're really explaining very well, and fast, no time to sleep ! Great tuto, sad you stoped doing those !

[@AbrEvig]

Excellent tutorial!!!

[@MikeTheUnkle]

Amazing 👍🏻

[@MarcBomber]

Thank you very much!

[@CBSuper]

Just awesome!

[@JeanYanb]

hahahaha WTF is that tutorial??? MAN You're MAD! Joke apart did you develop FUSION yourself? haha. One of the best overall tutorial i have ever seen! Thanks dude

[@jacquelinelmiller]

That was so cool - really amazing work!

[@MartinCooney1]

I watched through it all and was most informative. I'm hoping some of it sank in for future but I suspect you know what you're doing and I haven't the faintest idea lol

[@tlight901]

Excellent, thank you very much.

[@max60213]

will you upload more tutorials ? your works are amazing !!

[@ognjenstankovic98]

Can this be done in Resolve's Fusion panel?

[@TrapPhoneLoveMelodiesss]

Great question, I was wondering the same thing...

[@MeinVideoStudio]

thank yout this was very nice

[@cartoonfive]

Super interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@statixvfx1793]

Cheers!

[@seankeogh1003]

Brilliant video, many thanks. Feeling stupid as I cannot add expressions to each of the RG and B channels in the gradient tool - and even when I apply an expression to one of the colors, it applies this to both of the gradient‘s colors. In Resolve 16 - am I doing something wrong?

[@WCPR]

Same issue here. Resolve/Fusion has changed since the video was made. Hopefully statix vfx came make an update.

[@8bitmagic]

@Sean Keogh @@WCPR I have figured it out from some research. If you were doing what I was doing, I was making my background type a "gradient" then setting the gradient to be vertical... when what you want to do is make the background type "vertical." Once you've done that you'll have the two sets of colors with the ability to add expressions to r g and b separately.

[@rhystyack]

@@8bitmagic amazing! cheers for this

[@ABlackbirdCalledSue]

Really cool tutorial! Thx

[@statixvfx1793]

Thanks!

[@faktordj]

gracias!

[@theBmanlive]

Your videos are fantastic. Thanks for sharing your mad skills. One thing... at 6.33 you bring up an 'add' node. I can't see one in my Fusion9, is it an add-on? [There is also an 'adjustBbox' an 'axis' and a 'backdrop' showing on your list which I also don't see on my list]. Very few Fusion tutes of this quality and clarity out there. Respect.

[@statixvfx1793]

Cheers man, appreciate the feedback. The "add" node is just a ChannelBoolean set to Add mode and I've then saved it as a macro/preset. Its super easy to save your own presets, but this one is also part of my nuke2fusion macro collection github.com/statixVFX/nuke2fusion

[@theBmanlive]

Thanks.That sorted it. Great tutorial and you treat your audience as grown ups. No hip, patronising nonsense here! You clearly have a gift.

[@Will10885]

Am I able to download the finished product of this After your done building it? Cause I wanna use some effect's in a video A friend of mine and my self are making :)

[@DunnLewis]

Awesome man!

[@statixvfx1793]

Cheers Dunnerst!

[@yebomediallc2193]

subscribed! ...this is genius.

[@sewerynniemiec7597]

brilliant. thx!

[@ForeignPixel]

Thanks!

[@adrianniwa1438]

Great, usefull stuff!

[@bettymiller4249]

Great！

[@TheNewton]

Now just need a method of branching in non-studio maybe pinning multiple strips together, scripting vertex's,tracking or using probes?

[@statixvfx1793]

The answer is already in the video, base the branches off the positions of the main geometry, and use the Replicator3D to copy variants back on to it self.

[@TheBlackRoseCosplay]

Im follwing exactly what he is doing and Im lost. like I can not get the 3 way things to connect to the white box. and i also cant get the noise to change colors like he does and i can not find the add. and how is he searching for things???

[@volodyacreator8282]

like

What is your version of Linux and your current Desktop ?

[@statixvfx1793]

Xubuntu, but with i3-gaps for window managing.

Oki thank you ;)

[@fernando_martins_hspro]

I'm using Davinci 15. I did'nt find "add tool" on this version. Can anyone help me?

[@josefwakeling7103]

i have normal fusion and i also dont have an "add" node

[@fernando_martins_hspro]

@@josefwakeling7103 thank you

[@vandamasd4748]

@@fernando_martins_hspro this is a simple channel boolean with mode set to add

[@Nois3less69]

How would I render this out? And add a camera.

[@statixvfx1793]

Add a camera and Renderer3D node to produce a flat image.

[@Nois3less69]

statix vfx ok thanks! :)

[@Nois3less69]

statix vfx what would I connect those too? (Sorry new to fusion transferred from AE very different. 😂)

[@statixvfx1793]

I suggest learning Fusion from some introduction videos, my videos are mostly aimed at people who have prior knowledge in both compositing and in Fusion

[@Nois3less69]

statix vfx ok 😊