Couple of new things to post. First Fusion 6 is now available as a release candidate, avaliable to anyone with a current valid subscription. Details are available at www.eyeonline.com.
Additionally, we have created a YouTube channel containing the first tutorial and demo videos for Fusion 6. You can find them at http://www.youtube.com/user/eyeonsoftware
Thanks,
Isaac Guenard
eyeon Software
In the training classes I teach I discovered a lot of artists didn’t even know there was an XY Path modifier in Fusion. We improved the modifier a fair bit in Fusion 6 too - it’s cleaner, more functional, and now the tracker can use it too. So we’ve got a new short video this week, covering the XY Path modifier in general, and how to set it as the default for tracking in Fusion 6.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMf6jQrC3og
I am going to try and add one new video every week for the next 52 weeks. We brainstormed a long list of topics, and prepped a few videos in advance to cover busy weeks (like the upcoming Siggraph). I’ve said it publicly now, so feel free to get on my case if a Tuesday morning arrives and there is no new video.
Download links to get offline access to the videos is coming later this week, if all goes well, and I’ll try to get the transcriptions done soon too.
As a side note, I would love for these to be more accessible to non-english speakers, especially considering how quickly I tend to talk. If anyone narrates a matching length wav file for any of the videos in another language, or transcribes a translation, I will happily encode and upload a new version.
Feature- and “how-to-do” videos are always a great resource. But why, why are they have to be made in a style that the viewer must assume the show-guy is in a hurry, or on the run? Or is there competition about how much mouse clicks one can do per minute?
I am sure it is much work and preparation to produce this small videos. So if you do all this efforts to show something to the people, please take the time to do it in a settled way. No one kills you, if the video is 1 or 2 minutes longer. But everyone will be happy to get the most out of the presentations.
Just my 2 cents.
Greets
Claus
Thanks for the feedback. The original concept was fast videos that targeted experienced artists. You can always pause to see exactly what is going on.
I think maybe they have become too fast side myself, and I have plans for making the actual steps more apparent in future videos by making better use of call outs and pausing. I may re-edit some of the older ones as well.
I still want to keep them to 5 minutes. Our research shows that videos under 5 minutes get something like twice as much viewership, and percentage wise way more people actually finish watching the videos (youtube’s insight feature is awesome for determining this sort of thing)
New monday, new video, just as promised. This one covers the creation, editing, care and feeding of Macro tools. You can check it out at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjxqsXwWC4
I slowed it down a little, as requested.
Hello Izyk,
this is again a great movie and again there is much info for a fusion newbe like me.
Thanks for slowing down a bit. This much easier to follow and a more pleasure to listen.
Greets
Claus
Yes, the video is two days late this week. I grovel for forgiveness. We had a last minute permissions problem with one of the videos (excuses, excuses) and I needed a last minute replacement. The good news is, that made me dig out some old hard drives, where I unearthed some gems from IBC 2008. In particular I found this awesome recording of Sven Neve from the House of Secrets demonstrating a Fusion 5.3 shot they created as part of a re-branding campaign for television station NL3.
Sven actually showed a total of 4 awesome shots, so you will likely hear his voice again later this year.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJqM2x8dgJ0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJqM2x8dgJ0)
As a teaser for next week, mad genius / product specialist Robert Zeltsch came up with a nice approach to sub surface scattering in Fusion 6. It’s a two parter, and I’ll be releasing both videos and the example compositions next Monday. I have them all ready to go, so I can hit the publish button just before I jump in the car and drive off to New Orleans for Siggraph!
Speaking of New Orleans, Whenever possible I’ll be recording the booth demos this year, and so far we have great demonstrations planned from Frantic Films, Worldwide Effects, and Anatomical Travelogue (thanks guys!). I’ll make sure the recordings all make it to the YouTube channel as quickly as possible so everyone can see what’s new, even if you can’t make it down to the Big Easy
for Siggraph this year.
This weeks video is actually two videos, because product specialist Robert Zeltsch needed more than 10 minutes to show you his neat technique for simulating subsurface scatter in Fusion 6. Subsurface scatter is a way of describing the behaviour of light when it passes through semi-translucent materials, such as skin.
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[li] Subsurface Scattering Part I[/li][li] Subsurface Scattering Part II[/li][li]Example Compositions (5,419Kb)[/li][/ul]The first video shows you how to assemble the components that make up the shader - diffuse, lightwrap, backlight, specular and reflection. The second video shows you how to assemble the components to create the wax material for a lit candle. Both videos come with examples you can download and try for yourself.
A new video is now available - showing how the Favorites tool category can be configured for quick access to commonly used Tools, Images, Clips, Settings, Macros and Fuses. Next weeks video will cover setting up a stand alone Bin server.
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