Sorry Blender, this is my new compositor

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While Blender's compositor is certainly highly capable, Fusion has a lot more features and functionality for the same low price - sorry Blender! So in this video, I'll break down a recent vfx shot I created and show you how to get started compositing your own VFX in Fusion. As we go, I'll compare Blender's compositor with Fusion's to show how the two differ.
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[@Starius2]

reported to Blender police.

[@arrtemfly]

reported to FSF lol

[@Crazylom]

Lol imagine Blender buying Fusion to krep up quality both for Fusion and itself

[@BlenderAudVis]

Someone is in trouble

[@tedxteddy]

@@Crazylom to talk 🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜

[@tedxteddy]

@@Crazylom to talk 🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜

[@lmahesh26]

Friendship ended with blender compositor, now fusion is my best friend

[@rr.studios]

LMFAO I was just about to type this!

[@LVC85costa]

Rana?

[@Fahadparvez1]

Indian Facebook is the best.

[@pinkpanther745]

@@Fahadparvez1 that's actually a pakistani facebook thing

[@TomHarrisP]

I remember hearing this joke in Gumball

[@crypt0sFX]

"Blender will remember that"

[@threefoldtv]

The magic man himself has done it again! You totally ROCKED this effect for us! It was a pleasure working with ya. Oh and... RIP sock phone... Gone, but never forgotten.

[@InLightVFX]

The pleasure was all mine! And yes, the sock phone lives on in our hearts ;(

[@thisisartman]

Am I missing something here?

[@yash1152]

@@thisisartman i guess 14:36

[@bUildYT]

why doing all these extra steps? u could just import the video as a plane and make everything in blender and render the finished thing there, i dont understand the benefits of compositing neither in fusion nor in blender, cause colour correction and so on u can still do with the renderd video

[@defdac]

Loved that per-channel-grain-match-trick!

[@hubwod7487]

I love the transition to Resolve. Resolves color grading and compositing features are greattt. I started using it few months ago and I fell in love with it. And for those who are wandering, its free version is completely enough, especially for people starting out. I belive the free version is only restricted by some minor effects and exporting in 8K or mayby it was 4K... Idk. The thing is, it doesnt have water marks or any weird restrictions like some other "trail" versions of some "softwares" for editing have. it is great! :)

[@InLightVFX]

I agree, the free version is quite capable!

[@chfr]

it's so funny to use fusion as a hobbyist and see that you're "restricted" to "only" 4k

[@DiggoryJiggory]

I cant believe I haven't found this channel before, this is seriously high quality stuff! I feel like I need to learn this program now..

[@danimunf]

Davinci Resolve is really an underdog. I used to edit video using Premier and After Effect, then i know that Davinci can do both, whoop i end my Adobe subscription. Haha

[@InLightVFX]

Yes! Save that money!

[@yash1152]

danimunf - give the idea of donating to DaVinvi a thought too. :)

[@spydergs07]

@Ale Yeah, Getting the latest updates without having to renew every year is super nice.

[@arifbukhari2846]

This frikkin ROCKS! Everything most tutorials don't show... Its all here. Thanks aloy

[@RenderRides]

This was so well presented that even a knucklehead like me was able to grasp a lot of things. Keep it up man, looking forward to more awesome stuff like this! ❤️

[@InLightVFX]

Hey Agniv, thanks so much dude!

[@Rood67]

@@InLightVFX YES! Although this is advanced for my DR level right now; I picked up on several things I did not know about; which will help me get to this level.

[@ZekeFaust]

7:31 I know you warned that this color workflow is not the ideal approach, but I'll just say anyway for academic purposes that it's generally more correct to convert the footage to linear, rather than the CG elements to log. That way everything is still composited in the same linear space. Then, either convert to log on output (when rendering DPX) or leave linear (when rendering EXR).

[@paulpierantozzi]

fusion has so much potential as a Nuke replacement, but I still prefer how quickly Nuke can detect EXR layers and create new render layers. I hope blackmagic continues to support it and maybe one day there will be actual competition for Nuke!

[@flipnap2112]

I dunno. I use both and they both have their +'s and -'s. But the resolve 17 live announcement shocked me. they did 99 percent on resolve and like 2 minutes on fusion. which worries me. if they drop support for fusion there will be a lot of very upset people

[@taqiiskandar5083]

There are a plugin called reactor that split exr files a.k.a. hos_SplitExr_Ultra

[@flipnap2112]

plus lets also not forget 300$ versus 9,000$ (and also can get 90 percent of fusion for free)

[@akyhne]

Fusion used to be incredibly expensive as well 20 years ago (it's actually older, than Nuke). But the downfall of the previous owner, let Fusion fall behind.

[@technicolourmyles]

This channel is just... just perfection. You always come around with the exact topics I mess around with in the exact same software, it's like magic. I've discovered the magic of Fusion a little while ago and I'm diving deep into it these days, so I'm curious to see what kind of tutorials you'll come up with for it in the future! Gotta say, that Patreon is looking reallll enticing :)

[@InLightVFX]

Hey Myles! It nice to have your support across the videos. We must have similar interests for the topics to align like they do!

[@SteveWarner]

This is the best introduction to Fusion that I've seen. Comparing Fusion back to Blender really helps. I had no idea you could set Fusion up to work in a vertical orientation like Natron or Nuke. We use Resolve as our primary editor. Looks like we'll have to give it a run for comp as well. Thanks for the helpful video!

[@InLightVFX]

Hey Steve. I'm glad the comparison was helpful. Yes, Fusion's nodes are quite flexible in the orientation. I wish it was more built for vertical-only and sometimes the connections can get a bit wacky. But overall it's easy to stay organized. Hope you find Fusion helpful in your workflow!

[@nixellion]

I feel like it's worth noting that Fusion existed long before DaVinci, and was formerly known as eyeon Fusion, and it was competing with Nuke for a while. As a matter of fact it's history dates back to 1987 with it's first public release in 1996, while Nuke was released in 1993, so it's a very mature compositor and not something new in the market.

[@victorrandall5088]

Im so glad i grew up with blender compositor, but dude this is much better

[@Throndronis]

Knowing a lot about Blender but nothing about Resolve, this just might be what gets me into it

[@rockn6423]

This tutorial was incredibly detailed and easy to understand. Thank you for sharing your vfx and teaching skills!

[@liquaard2824]

watching your videos make me realise how much i have to learn . thank you

[@3DGraphicsFun]

So AWESOME and I so love Fusion and Davinci Resolve. Gave up After Effects couple years ago. THANK YOU :)

[@DECODEDVFX]

Awesome work buddy.

[@InLightVFX]

Hey thanks man!

[@PotentStudios]

Another killer tutorial! Few channels present workflow in such a clear and concise way. Very informative!

[@ObscureHedgehog]

Production quality: MADNESS!

[@marioCazares]

Yes! And wow it has a very Nuke feel, very cool!

[@InLightVFX]

Thank you, Mario! Yes, there are some nice Nuke-like aspects to it. Still missing some nice Nuke features too but there tends to be a workaround.

[@he.smile_]

Don't hesitate to make more videos about Fusion!!

[@rileylass1109]

I'm incredibly impressed with the quality and information density of this video 👑

[@BillyRybka]

Love the video bro!!

[@InLightVFX]

I appreciate it, Billy!

[@anandhups360]

It's really great that you compared blender.

[@yash1152]

it's great that u mentioned it. 'cz i was not really interested in looking how a yet another compositor works all on its own

[@yash1152]

3:19

[@poopiecon1489]

you are simply awesome keep doing more blender with fusion

[@mattwolcott3266]

More of this! Blender to Fusion along with comparisons is extremely helpful!! Excellent 👏👏👏

[@InLightVFX]

Great, glad you found it helpful!

[@Propterquia]

I don't even know the programs you are talking about but it is so well explained that it is enjoyable!

[@varunahlawat9013]

whoa!! this was the best video I've ever seen!

[@AnotherCameraChannel]

That was awesome! You make Fusion look a lot less scary!

[@Just3DThings]

This is so good, Very well explained. I think I will be using fusion for compositing from now on XD. Amazing Outro btw XD!

[@InLightVFX]

Thank you Charan! Definitely give a try and let me know what you think!

[@alexmehler6765]

thanx alot , this video definitly makes one understand the basic concept and usage of the fusion tab / fusion. I was hesitent to use resolve for anything besides basic video editing , but this makes everything crystal clear.

[@InLightVFX]

You're very welcome! I, too, am still discovering just how much Resolve can do.

[@QuadPoly]

Great Tutorial! It's nice to see Fusion getting more exposure.

[@NebMotion]

what a gem of a channel, subscribed!

[@InLightVFX]

Thank you!

[@geckowsmart]

Guess I have to completely rebuild my workflow - awesome work, thank you

[@yashrawat9409]

Me who is barely able to use Da Vinci Vid Editor: 👍

[@DanAlm13]

great tutorial!! would love to see more. the connection between blender and fusion/resolve in general is too rare, so this is so cool to see. :)

[@InLightVFX]

Thanks Daniel, it's amazing how much you can do combining the capabilities of both!

[@flipnap2112]

another beautiful thing is 3d camera tracking a live action shot in fusion studio, and importing it into blender. been a life saver

[@flipnap2112]

actually revisiting this comment. blenders camera tracking is top notch. and being that I bring things into blender anyway its a time saver for sure. the object tracking also works really well. blender 3.0 is amazing, especially the revamped shadow catcher.

[@VIREGAnet]

thank you for this tutorial.... the delivery is very smooth...

[@pop2147]

Your workflow is good. Usually fusion user has bad habit use from left two right. And connect all stuff to one node. Nuke user usually work from top to bottom. And not more than 3 connector for each merge node.

[@InLightVFX]

Thanks! Nuke certainly wins in terms of node layout and organization. But it is possible to have some sense of organization in Fusion, too.

[@tobiverrum]

Man your tutorials are so nice!!

[@ChrisGeden]

You get better audio quality with a phone inside a sock than KZbinrs who use professional mics.

[@Noah-oo4gn]

InLightVFX: Sorry Blender, this is my new compositor Blender: Who are you?

[@fullbars]

This is some straight sorcery right here.

[@Mrflippyfloop]

Very nice! More Fusion stuff please as this was super helpful.

[@kaiwenlidirector]

More on Fusion please!

[@richardrobert6081]

okey we reeeeally need a fusion tutorial by YOU

[@miko.garden2]

Awesome tutorial. I wonder why I haven't stumbled upon your channel earlier! Subscribed to the Patreon. Yay!

[@InLightVFX]

I really appreciate that, thank you!

[@Mbg-tech]

My head is gonna explode with this nodes stuff

[@devcarpet]

Great tutorial. We have just purchased BMPCC6K and very likely will switch into similar workflow soon :)

[@williambell4591]

PROPS - amazing and fun composite job!

[@pxrposewithnopurpose5801]

one of the best compositor tbh

[@evgenyprodaction]

Bro please do more fusion videos! I still can't go from AE because less fusion tutorials! Really greate result!

[@flipnap2112]

theres a lot out there. you can start with this guys channel. he has a lot of beginner tutorials.. kzbin.info/door/dfDjoLF5L6lLuDCkJw0P3g

[@evgenyprodaction]

@@flipnap2112 hell no. I need more real compositing stuff like nuke tutorials🙂

[@ashdalat.]

@@evgenyprodaction totally agree 😅 i tried to learn Fusion from that channel and hell yes, i gave up, even finding nuke tutorial is much more easier, i tried to learn ae too and after 2 days 😅😅😅😅, maybe blender is the best for self learning

[@ImReadyD151]

YOOO YOU USED MY GLASS JAR ON BLENDSWAP!!! LETS GOOO

[@SafriFam]

With or without the sock I am still subscribed 🤣 BTW really nice work! Starting to learn compositing and hope to see more tutorials about it ☺️

[@InLightVFX]

Haha I'm glad you were able to see past the sock!

[@emileravenet]

gorgeous tutorial

[@yash1152]

0:39 woww, nice 2:35 haha lol, everybody agrees that scripting is notoriously tiring task 3:13 nice introduction and transition 6:00 nice that node moves according to joint 8:42 the node overview (in the top right corner of node area) is also nice - i miss it from xmpp image viewer i guess 11:18 wooowwww, that's niice

[@yash1152]

some other comments here that i like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ7LXmmfqMybg6M&lc=Ugy4NKWA3wwKb8Ef6314AaABAg kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ7LXmmfqMybg6M&lc=UgzcftR_jbsPIyGAwKN4AaABAg

[@ashjoseph7303]

The first video I've seen from you, it's great stuff! I can't get my head around people compositing in Blender. If I'm being generous, I'd call Blender compositing garbage but fine for REALLY basic comp tasks. I've always recommended either using fusion or Nuke non-commercial.

[@InLightVFX]

Thank you, Ash! Indeed, Fusion is a great big step up from Blender compositing.

[@warriorstudios6635]

Sorry fusion and blender nuke is my compositor 😂

[@TheInfinites]

Yeah it's more awesome! Although the interface of nuke sucks whereas fusion has an amazing one.

[@InLightVFX]

Haha indeed, Nuke is THE compositor. Actually a lot of what I'm teaching in this video is from a Nuke course I just took (of course, applied to Fusion). It's nice to have Fusion as a free option to learn with and be able to use for commercial projects.

[@NomTom]

just noticed a few weeks ago there is a free version of it

[@TheInfinites]

@@InLightVFX matching grade in nuke is just soo much easier.

[@warriorstudios6635]

@@NomTom yeah I use the free one because I am not making any money

[@AB3D-tutorials]

Really awesome! Good work

[@furynotes]

I know the dirty secret. Of upscaling cg shots to 4k. 4k blu ray enthusiasts rage to heavens.

[@WaddleQwacker]

I know a guy how's been working in big VFX companies for decades. A few months ago we were in a discord group talking about big movies he worked on, having some private making of's. And we had quite a lot of "oh that one? dude we rendered them smokes at like 25% resolution and not even the fx supe noticed it! Lanczos resampling is your friend!"

[@SwissplWatches]

Wow this is complex, but so well taught, thank you

[@jeetprusty9943]

i just love ur work its awsm and i learn much about fusion thanks

[@mintyemerald3935]

I am actually teaching my self Fusion and DaVinci Resolve in general and I learned a lot Thanks!

[@InLightVFX]

Sweet, glad this helped!

[@CoasterTutorielRedst]

Really well made ! Happy to see my bike model in a video like that :)

[@InLightVFX]

Hey Théo! That bike was perfect for the shot. Really awesome modeling.

[@PedroSousaPT]

At 9:16 you mention that in Blender you can't create masks on the viewer node. Unless I'm missing what you mean, you effectively can just change from "View" to "Mask" inside the Viewer Window, hence allowing you draw the masks outside of the Movie Clip Editor.

[@InLightVFX]

Hmm I'm not sure I'm seeing what you mean. But I also don't have a lot of masking experience in Blender. Still, Fusion's masking tools are quite extensive and I know they have a lot of features Blender does not (that I didn't go into).

[@flipnap2112]

@RealTimeX its just node based. once you wrap your head around it you'll never go back to layers.. and if you learned blender you have NO problems learning fusion. just start with the basics. if you get antsy and jump ahead you'll be lost.

[@JaKlaro]

@@flipnap2112 sometimes layers are still better

[@flipnap2112]

@@JaKlaro I suppose if im doing something simple and straight forward its more direct. but anything over that ill take nodes any day of the week. I used to hate nodes until I learned what they can do. its like seeing the contents of a sandwich layed out on a plate. when I need to know where the ham is, one quick glance and im there.

[@JaKlaro]

@@flipnap2112 A timeline is still useful. For normal cutting for example. Or for Effects that have sth to do with time.

[@kaiwenlidirector]

Really good tutorial. Thank you sir!

[@devanshutak25]

Absolutely amazing! Like always! 🙇🏻‍♂️

[@criko3d]

Dude you are amazing, incredible tutorials. you got a new subscriber!

[@Zensurist]

Yeah, this is also my workflow. Making Stuff in Blender and then keep it over to Fusion - especially because of the real-time-playback.

[@FlockersDesign]

Quik note if you whant the LUT to work outside of Fusion co to the coler tab and go to notes in the top right right click om the note and at the LUT there and problem solved if you dont see any notes srt it from timeline to clip (clip shut be default )

[@bram_gunst]

You are insaaaane

[@rishatpepsi4333]

If you look at the final shot for a little bit longer you start to see how huge the bike and the shoe are

[@lagoonfilmsltd959]

Cool and very good Tutorials. Thanks

[@SoultyBoiBeats]

Loved the story man🤣🤣🤣

[@mohits773]

just found your channel you have amazing tutorial love from india !! please make more vfx tut

[@InLightVFX]

Hey there, so glad you found it!

[@HamzaARTi]

amaziiign just in time thank u so much

[@cineblazer]

Love love love these tutorials! Thank you so much for demystifying the overwhelming field of compositing!

[@abd-elrahmankhalifa4453]

very very very high-quality videos !!

[@Ilrestomanca]

Great Job, I surely dive in to it! ...why don't you use ACES workflow as you teach in the last videos?

[@InLightVFX]

Great question! ACES is a great workflow but when you convert Blackmagic RAW footage into ACES there is no easy way to then convert it out of ACES back to what the original image looked like. And I needed to deliver the shot essentially "ungraded" since the guys at Threefold had a specific color grading LUT that they wanted to apply to the unmodified RAW footage. It should be noted, ACES does not have this issue with other footage types but specifically Blackmagic RAW is difficult.

[@ChusmaChusme]

Damn. I know people switch to resolve for coloring and the editing side finally becoming descent. But for the compositor, that's pretty sick.

[@yash1152]

whyyy?

[@ngedit_dulu]

Very sick 😆

[@ChusmaChusme]

@@yash1152 Wait. Did you see the video? I didn't but I'm probably assuming he tells why.

[@yash1152]

@@ChusmaChusme amh, yeah, i saw most part of the video... he mentions that he is taking the basics in this vid from the course he took on nuke iirc, and he also mentions that it (the above mentioned) is THE software for composting in comments too.... but i still dont get what u mean... 😅

[@LORDSofCHAOS333]

Fusion is a cool video effect tool not gonna lie . But in the moment it's not compatible with my laptop who sucks because I do like fusion . But good news for me is that olive 2 . Are add some similar tools in their program . And we also have NATRON who is really underated .

[@503unavailable]

quick aside, if you, in blender, mix the shader of the geometry to wich you projected your footage, with a holdout texture, with the lightpath info "is camera ray", you can skip all the masking work you did in fusion and save some render time

[@InLightVFX]

That would definitely work. I just wanted a bit more control over the softness of the edges of my mask. And I also wanted to show how to create masks. But good point, that would be a faster approach and work just fine in a lot of cases.

[@503unavailable]

@@InLightVFX I use it a lot with moving footage, where the time saved is even greater because you dont need to animate the masks afterwards

[@verebellus]

instead of using a node thats strictly linear to bmd4.6, you couldve used the "color space transform" and chosen the exact output of the camera to match it perfectly :D

[@prolightmedia2857]

It would be interesting to see how this would be done in after effects.

[@xanzuls]

Doing multipass comp is equivalent to torture. Compositing is always better in any Node based software.

[@FunkyPants3D]

Thx man, great vid

[@egjundis]

Really great video! I've watched it more than once when working on a composite project. Question: When we turn off the Viewer LUT 11:52 what are we looking for to make sure we doing things right?

[@InLightVFX]

Thanks! The viewer LUT in this case is really just a way to preview how things look with a rough color grade applied. It's more of an aesthetic check than a technical one. Good luck with your project!

[@niczoom]

Great video!

[@KRGraphicsCG]

This is an awesome video. I'm learning how to use Fusion to composite still images but been having some challenges

[@TheShinyMooN]

+1 sub that was the best compositing explanation ive seen

[@RIOTNOOB]

Good job dude.

[@nijatIbrahimli]

great!

[@andreybagrichuk5365]

FINALLLLLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dymegee]

The program name is Davinci Resolve for those asking; and it's very free (although there's also the paid version).

[@flipnap2112]

studio version is well worth the money, unless youre just puttering around or trying to learn node based compositing. and even then it costs nothing so upgrading isn't a loss. magic mask and the denoiser alone are worth the price of studio

[@artesstampo4099]

You are the best! keep the good work! 👍

[@spydergs07]

Davinci studio is where it's at though. I'm also a Blender user, but the Studio version of Davinci is worth it.

[@abhayrajeev7216]

You remind me of Michael gray from peaky blinders :p . Awesome vid btw 👌

[@InLightVFX]

Haha I just need a sweet trench coat!