User Manual

For more information on rendering RAM previews, see Chapter 58 “Using Viewers” in the
DaVinci Resolve manual or Chapter 7 in the Fusion Studio manual.
TIP: Option-Shift-dragging a node into a viewer will skip the Render
dialog and previously used settings.
Setting Up Network Rendering
in Fusion Studio
Fusion Studio is capable of distributing a variety of rendering tasks to an unlimited number of
computers on a network, allowing multiple computers to assist with creating network-rendered
previews, disk caches, and final renders.
Using the Render Settings dialog or the built-in Render Manager, you can submit compositions
to be rendered by other copies of Fusion Studio, as well as to one or more Fusion Render
nodes. Rendering can also be controlled through the command line for integration with third-
party render managers like Deadline, Rush, and Smedge.
Render nodes are computers that do not have the full Fusion application installed but do have
Fusion Render Node software installed. The Render Node software is not installed by default
when you install Fusion Studio, but it can be installed at any time using the Fusion Render Node
Installer. The installer is located in the Blackmagic Fusion Studio installer.dmg on macOS and
the Blackmagic Fusion Studio.zip on Linux and Windows. Fusion Studio is licensed for an
unlimited number of Render nodes, so you can install the Render Node software on as many
macOS, Windows, and Linux computers that you want involved in network rendering.
To install a Render node:
1 Download and unzip the Blackmagic Fusion Studio archive. Then locate the Render
Node Installer.
2 Copy the Install Fusion Render Node [version] to each computer on the network that
you want to perform rendering operations.
3 Install the Render node.
By default, the Render Node application will be added to the Start Menu on Windows under
Blackmagic Design. On macOS, it is added to the menu bar, and on Linux it appears in the app
launcher. Each time you log in to the computer, the Render Node application will run
automatically.
To disable the Render Node application from starting up automatically, choose Quit from the
Render Node icon in the macOS menu. On Linux, right-click over the icon and choose Kill
Process, and on Windows, delete the shortcut from the Windows Startup directory.
Licensing for Network Rendering
Most versions of Fusion Studio are licensed by connecting a single-seat hardware key (dongle)
to the same computer where Fusion is installed. Each dongle includes an unlimited number of
cross-platform Render Node licenses, which you can install on as many macOS, Windows, and
Linux computers as you need. For Fusion Studio to access the Render Nodes, the computer
with the Fusion Studio dongle needs to be on the same local network subnet as the Render
Nodes. The network licensing does not require individual license files; instead, the Render
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