fusionless

Python in Black Magic Design's Fusion that sucks less.

Similar to how Pymel tries to do Python the right way in Maya this is the same thing for Fusion.

We'll make it suck less.

Supported platforms

Fusionless works with Fusion 8.0 (but is compatible since Fusion 6.0+).
With support for both Python 2 and 3 on all platforms (win/mac/linux).

Goals

Our highest priority goals are similar to those of Pymel:

• Create an open-source python module for Fusion that is intuitive to python users
• Fix bugs and design limitations in Fusion's python module
• Keep code concise and readable
• Add organization through class hierarchy and sub-modules
• Provide documentation accessible via html and the builtin `help() function
• Make it "just work"

Because it should all be that much simpler.
It's time for that change. Now.

Installation

To quickly give fusionless a spin run this in Fusion (Python):

fusionless_dir = "path/to/fusionless" # <- set the path to fusionless

import sys
sys.path.append('path/to/fusionless')
import fusionless

If no errors occured you should be able to use fusionless. For example add a blur tool to the currently active comp:

import fusionless

current_comp = fusionless.Comp()
current_comp.create_tool("Blur")

For more examples see the examples directory in the repository.

PeyeonScript (Fusion pre-8.0 dependency)

To get any access to Fusion (before 8.0) in Python you need PeyeonScript. As such *fusionless has this same requirement as it needs to be able to call the Fusion API.

Unfortunately distribution of it is sparse, so here's a topic that has a working download link. All you need is the installer for your Python version. Peyeonscript (for 6+) seems to work fine with newer versions of Fusion (6.4 or 7+), but is not required for Fusion 8+.