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65 Q1 2018 / CINEMONTAGE helps bring us all together. Sharon comes in as an editor with the soul and mind of an archivist and fulfills the definition of archivist as a keeper of memory and an advocate." Holley thinks her interest in the discipline was triggered as a teenager, when she was appointed grand historian of the Florida chapter of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a Masonic youth service organization. Now, dedicated for 10 years to the Archive — devoting 20 hours a week to it (up to 40 hours a week when shooting interviews) while maintaining a successful freelance feature career — she is pleased with the encouragement of professional archivists like Schneiter, Lammers and Takahashi. "There is something really rewarding about envisioning something for almost a decade and seeing people appreciate it," she says. Repola expresses the Guild's appreciation clearly: "On behalf of the membership and all future generations, a special thanks to Sharon and her committee for making this project a reality." As does Heim; "The Guild Archive is due to Sharon's blessed perseverance," he maintains. Current members of the Archive and History Committee are Burman, Alyson Moore, Glenn Morgan, MPSE, and Stephen Rivkin, ACE. For more information on the Guild Archive, e-mail MPEGArchives_ssh@aol.com. f want to get Fusion specifically for ProRes output. While VR is not really my thing (at least not yet), Fusion 9 also includes tools for immersive content like a new panoramic viewer and support for VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. These provide a completely interactive VR working environment that allows you to interact with elements in a 360-degree scene in real time. CONCLUSION There are lots of good reasons to use Fusion to composite. The new built-in 3D Camera Tracker, Planar Tracker, Delta Keyer and Studio Player more than justify the Studio version's $299 price tag (naturally, the free version is a steal). I only expect Fusion to get better in the house of Blackmagic Design, and continue to innovate, expand and gain enhanced interoperability with DaVinci Resolve (see Figure 5). The future of Fusion seems bright. To what degree it will displace Nuke in the world of high-end compositing for feature film remains to be seen. A lot of people are Fusion fans already, and there's a good chance it could become the go-to compositing application for many more. f Compositor's Apprentice CONTINUED FROM PAGE 58 TECH TIPS Guild Archive CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37