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Once the Saver node is set up, output one or more Saver nodes, and choose Fusion > Render
All Savers.
The Inspector parameters for a Saver node.
Manual Disk Caching Using Loader and Saver Nodes
The Loader and Saver nodes in the Fusion page are also useful for optimizing extremely
complex and processor-intensive compositions. For example, you can render out specific
branches of a node tree that no longer require frequent adjustment to OpenEXR via a Saver
node, then reimport the result to take the place of the original branch of nodes in order to
improve the performance of your composition. Used this way, Loader and Saver nodes provide
a bulletproof manual workflow for caching using media files that will never be automatically
purged unless you specifically delete them. As long as you retain the original branch of nodes,
you can always readjust and re-render these manually cached parts of a composition, if
necessary.
Preparing Compositions in Fusion Studio
The next few sections in this chapter cover preparing a project and adding clips into a
composition when using Fusion Studio. The term composition, or comp, is used to refer to the
Fusion project file. By default, opening the Fusion Studio application creates a new empty
composition when it’s launched. A composition can contain single frames, image sequences, or
movie files at various resolutions and bit depths. Knowing which files you can load in, how to
set up a composition to handle them, and finally, readingthose files in are the first steps in
beginning to composite.
Opening, Closing, and Saving Compositions
As soon as you open Fusion Studio, a new empty composition is created. If necessary, you can
also create or open multiple compositions at once. Each additional composition is opened as a
tab to the main Fusion Studio window.
Three compositions opened as tabs in Fusion Studio.
To create a second new composition:
 Choose File > New.
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