Fusion Tools for Colorists – Getting Comfortable Grading in Fusion

Part 1: Curves, Correctors, Color Space Transforms, and grading in linear

In our new series, we will explore the tools available in Fusion to color-match assets for cleaner composites. Recorded with Colorists in mind, you learn how to A/B footage in the scopes, add targeted hue adjustment curves, and make printer-light style offsets, all within the Fusion page.

Controlling color adjustments at the asset level inside Fusion can lead to fewer steps on the Color page, less masking, fewer artifacts, and an overall more efficient workflow.

In This Insight – Fusion basics for colorists

grading in fusion versus Masking-and-sending-alpha to the color page

We start by looking at a simple test demonstrating why we should perform color correction before compositing rather than relying on masks to make adjustments later on the Color page.

Then, we look at Fusion’s capable color correction tools and the most common scopes for analyzing any image in your node graph. The Fusion Waveform, Parade, Vectorscope, and Histogram all resemble the tools found on the Color page. You can use Fusion View-Buffers or even the Quad View (Shift +Q) to get multiple scopes simultaneously into the Fusion viewer, and you can rely on external tools like Nobe Omniscobe to connect to high-end scopes from anywhere within Fusion.

Linear Color Space Considerations