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The Render Settings dialog options.
Ensure that the frame range and other parameters are correct and click Start Render.
Saver nodes in the DaVinci Resolve Fusion page
The Fusion page also includes a Saver node, although it is used for a different purpose
than the Saver node in Fusion Studio. Rendering from the Fusion page is handled
primarily through the MediaOut node. There is no Render Settings dialog since the
rendering location and format is predetermined by DaVinci Resolve’s cache settings.
Saver nodes in the Fusion page are a special case, and are used to render OpenEXR
files only. Once you add a Saver node, you enter the filename with the extension. exr.
Click the Browse button to select a location for the EXR sequence, and then choose
Fusion > Render All Savers.
Using the Saver node is useful for optimizing extremely complex and processor-
intensive compositions. For example, you can render out specific branches of a node
tree that no longer requires frequent adjustment to OpenEXR via a Saver node, and
then reimport the result to take the place of the original branch of nodes in order to
improve the performance of your composition.
Alternatively, you can render out multi-channel mattes or EXR images containing
Arbitrary Output Variables (AOVs) to bring into other applications.
Render Settings Dialog Options
Many of the options in the Fusion Studio Render Settings dialog are used when you need to
create a quick preview or a test render. The options in this dialog allow you to increase
performance by disabling some of the image-processing operations that are time consuming
but deliver higher quality results. Often the first settings you set are those in the Configurations
section. This section determines whether you want to produce a final high quality render or a
faster preview render. Selecting Final prevents you from modifying the options that will limit
the quality.
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