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Setting this up requires some configuration of the nodes. The Background node must be fully
transparent and, unless you are doing something simple like using the Stroke tool set to Color
to paint over an image, you must drag the image you want to clone or smudge into the Source
Tool field in the Paint node’s inspector. These steps are described in more detail later in
this chapter.
Paint Node Workflow
You begin painting by first selecting the paint stroke type from the Paint toolbar above the
viewer. There are ten stroke types to choose from as well as two additional tools for selecting
and grouping paint strokes. The stroke types and tools are described in detail in Chapter XX,
“Paint Tool” in the DaVinci Resolve manual or Chapter xx in the Fusion Studio manual. The
primary tool for painting and cloning is the Stroke tool. The Stroke tool is a fully animatable and
editable vector-based paint stroke and initially uses a duration of the entire global range.
The Stroke tool is most often used for cloning, beauty work, and creative paint.
Select the Correct Paint Stroke Type
Instead of having multiple dedicated Paint nodes for different operations, the procedural nature
of Fusion’s Paint tool means there is just one tool with a variety of different stroke types. Each
stroke type serves a different purpose. The Paint toolbar above the viewer allows you to
choose between different stroke types and drawing tools. These are grouped into a few
categories.
Single-Frame Stroke Types
The Multistroke and Clone Multistroke are explicitly designed for single-frame retouching paint
jobs like removing raindrops in a shot that’s supposed to be a sunny day or removing scratch
marks and dust when restoring vintage content. When handling these types of jobs, these two
Multistroke options are faster than the other stroke types, but they’re not editable later on. This
means you must set up the size and function of the brush as well as the duration for the paint
stroke before you paint.
The duration of each of these stoke types is one frame by default, but this can be changed
using the Stroke Duration slider in the Inspector. Multistroke and Clone MultiStroke are basically
the same tools, except Clone Multistroke automatically configures the tool for cloning. In
contrast, the Multistroke requires you to set up the tool for cloning manually.
The Multistroke and Clone Multistroke are
non-editable single frame stroke types.
Editable Stroke Types
The Stroke and Polyline are similar in that they can be modified and animated at any time. Also,
they both begin with a duration lasting the entire comp, but that also can be changed using the
Keyframes Editor.
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