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Floating Viewers in Fusion Studio
In addition to the dual views above the Node Editor, Fusion Studio provides the option to use
an unlimited number of floating viewers. These floating viewers are excellent for taking full
advantage of a dual monitor configuration. Floating viewers can also be set to full-screen mode
to make the best use of screen real estate.
To create a new floating display view, select Window > New View from the menu bar at the top
of the screen. The position and configuration of the new view can be saved in the layout
preferences, if required..
Video Output
When using DaVinci Resolve or Fusion Studio, if Blackmagic video hardware is present in the
computer, then you can select a node to preview directly on that display. While video output
can’t be used for manipulating onscreen controls such as center crosshairs or spline control
points, theyre extremely valuable for evaluating your composition via the output format, and for
determining image accuracy using a properly calibrated display.
The video hardware is configured from the DaVinci Resolve and Fusion Studio preferences.
Clean Feed
When using DaVinci Resolve with dual computer monitors, a full-screen viewer can be
displayed on the secondary monitor from the Fusion page. This displays a third view indicator
button under each node to control what is shown on the second display. To activate this
monitor, make sure you do not have Dual Screen enabled under the Workspace menu and then
select Workspace > Video Clean Feed and select your second computer display from
the submenu.
Loading Nodes into Viewers
The Fusion page in DaVinci Resolve and Fusion Studio show two different things when you first
open each application. When you first open the Fusion page, the output of the current empty
composition (the MediaOut1 node) is usually showing in viewer 2. If you’re in dual-viewer mode,
viewer 1 remains empty until you assign a node to one of them. In Fusion Studio, because there
are no nodes when you first begin a comp, nothing is displayed in the viewers.
To load specific nodes into specific viewers, do one of the following:
Hover the pointer over a node, and click one of two buttons that appear at the bottom-
left of the node.
Click once to select a node, and press 1 (for the left viewer) or 2 (for the right viewer).
Right-click a node and choose View On > None/Left View/Right View in the
contextual menu.
Right-click the control header of a node in the Inspector, and choose View On >
None/Left View/Right View from the contextual menu.
Drag a node and drop it over the viewer you’d like to load it into (this is great for
tablet users).
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