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Since your DaVinci Resolve project keeps track of the location of the VFX Connect directory
from the moment it’s created, you don’t want to move it, since DaVinci Resolve is counting on it
being where it thinks it is. Once your colleague has completed the compositing work in Fusion,
all they need to do is send you back the Fusion Composition file (just so you can keep
everything together), and the media they rendered, both of which you need only copy to the
top level of the corresponding VFX Connect directory. Once you do that, DaVinci Resolve
should automatically see the rendered media and refresh those VFX Connect clips on
your timeline.
Creating Multiple Versions of Fusion Clips
on Another Machine
If you’ve handed off the directory created by the VFX Connect process to someone off site,
they can still create multiple versions of the composite that can be managed by
DaVinci Resolve.
Use the Save As command in Fusion to save a duplicate of the Fusion project with the “_v1
segment of the filename incremented to the next version number, such as “_v2” if it’s version
two of the composite. Make sure you save this duplicate Fusion project into the same directory
as the original, so DaVinci Resolve can find it. Once created, you can change this duplicate
project file any way you need.
When you’re finished, select the Saver node (at the very end of the Fusion node tree), and
change the filename by incrementing the V1 part of the Filename field. For example, if your clip
is being named Output_V1.mov, then change the filename to Output_V2.mov in the Tools tab,
and render. If you’re rendering a DPX image sequence, then you’ll want to change the name of
the folder that encloses the frames, so change the filename from “.../fusion/OutputDirectory_V1/
Output_00000000.dpx” to “.../fusion/OutputDirectory_V2/ Output_00000000.dpx” to obtain a
correctly named second version.
Updating VFX Connect Clips Using
Render Media and Refresh
If you change a grade or effect that’s applied to a clip inside of a VFX Connect clip, you’ll need
to right-click that clip and choose VFX Connect > Render Media to re-render updated media
files for the Fusion project.
If you re-render a Fusion composite and overwrite media that’s already referenced by a VFX
Connect clip in an open DaVinci Resolve project, you may need to refresh that media reference
in DaVinci Resolve. The easy way to do this is to right-click any VFX Connect clip in the Media
Pool, and choose VFX Connect > Refresh.
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