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Fusion Connect creates a logical folder structure that is not affiliated with the Avid Media Files
folder but rather the Fusion Connect AVX2 plug-in. Based on data gathered during the AVX
application to the Timeline, a logical folder hierarchy is automatically created based on Avid
projects, sequences, and clips. This structure allows for multiple instances of Fusion Studio to
access the media and multiple instances of the AVX to relate to a single Fusion comp. In a
re-edit situation, media is never duplicated but is overwritten to avoid multiple copies of
identical media.
If you apply the effect to a transition, the naming behavior might be somewhat different.
By default, Media Composer refers to the two clips of a transition as “Clip_001” and “Clip_002”.
Based on the naming convention, Fusion Connect will create folders with matching names. If
such folders already exist, because another transition has already used up “Clip_001” and
“Clip_002”, the numbers will be incremented automatically.
Likewise, “_001” will be added incrementally to the group folder name, if a folder of that name
already exists. The corresponding comp file will be named accordingly.
Fusion Connect AVX creates folder structures in the OS to save media and Fusion compositions.
Those names are reflected in the Timeline.
You will notice that the Fusion Connect icon is a green dot (real-time) effect. If your hardware is
fast enough, the results that populate the plug-in will play in real time. However, it’s
recommended that you render the green dot effect, which will force an MXF precompute to be
created to guarantee real-time playback.
Advanced Project Paths
The Fusion Connect AVX2 plug-in controls the pathing of Fusion Connect’s .raw media and
Fusion’s .comp files as well as showing and hiding project and sequence level directories. This
is achieved through environment variables, which are set in the operating system. This gives
you the most flexible control over pathing your media, and as the name depicts, you can
change variables (controls) in various application environments. This is useful for network
storage and when Fusion Studio is running on other systems.
Configuring Paths on macOS
When using Fusion Connect on macOS, the Configure Path Defaults dialog looks like this:
Environment variable path maps on macOS.
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