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When you set options in the Global Frame Format category, they determine the default frame
format for any new composition you create. They do not affect existing compositions or the
composition currently open. If you want to make changes to existing compositions, you must
open the comp. You can then select the Frame Format controls listed under the comp’s name in
the sidebar.
For more information on preferences, see Chapter 66, “Preferences” in the DaVinci Resolve
manual or Chapter 15 in the Fusion Studio manual.
Reading Clips into Fusion Studio
Once the Frame Format preferences are set, you usually begin to create a composite by
reading in source media. When Fusion reads in media, it doesn’t convert or move the original
files; it simply reads the files in place, from whichever storage volume they’re on. You are
always dealing with the original source files in their original location.
Source media is read into a comp using a Loader tool. Although there are other tools within
Fusion Studio that you can use to generate images like gradients, fractals, or text, each still
image, image sequence, or movie file must be added to your comp using a Loader tool.
Loader and Saver tools are used to add
media to Fusion Studio and render it out.
To add media to your comp, do one of the following:
 Click Effects to open the Effects Library, and then select Tools > I/O > Loader.
 Click the Loader icon in the toolbar.
 Right-click over the Node Editor, and then choose Add Tool > I/O > Loader.
 Drag a file from an OS file browser window into the Node Editor.
If multiple files are dragged into the Node Editor, a separate Loader is added for each file.
However, if you drag a single frame from an image sequence, the entire series of the image
sequence is read into the comp using one Loader, as long as the numbers are sequential.
To add only one frame of an image sequence to your comp:
 Hold Shift while you drag a single frame from an image sequence into the Node Editor.
This comes in handy when you want to read in photographs from a digital camera that
are numbered sequentially.
A Loader represents any clip, image file, or graphic that you bring into Fusion. However, other
types of media can also be brought into Fusion Studio. Photoshop PSD files, SVG splines, and
3D models in the Alembic, FBX, and OBJ format can be imported using the File > Import menu.
TIP: Using File > Import > Footage creates anew composition along with a Loader
node for the footage. The selected media is automatically used for the name of the
composition.
For more information about the Loader node, see Chapter 95, “I/O Nodes” in the
DaVinci Resolve manual or Chapter 44 in the Fusion Studio manual.
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