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Importing and Exporting Polylines
You can import and export polyline shapes into a common editable ASCII text file or its native
format. These methods are used to save a particularly useful or generic mask or path for future
use or for use in another application, such as Maya or LightWave. You can also import FXF, SSF,
or Nuke shape files.
Native Format
To save a polyline shape in Fusion’s native ASCII format, right-click on the header of the
Mask node in the Inspector and select Settings > Save As from the contextual menu. Provide a
name and path for the saved file and select OK to write a file with the .setting extension. This
file will save the shape of a mask or path, as well as any animation splines applied to its points
or controls.
To load the saved setting back into Fusion, you first create a new polyline of the same type, and
then select Settings > Load from the mask’s context menu or drag the .setting file directly into
the Node Editor.
If you want to move a polyline from one composition to another, you can also copy the
node to the clipboard, open your second composition, and paste it from the clipboard into the
new composition.
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