This tool is the first release in a series of small productivity scripts for Fusion. The script allows you to quickly load the target of a Windows shortcut file for review in Fusion. To use the tool, simply drag any number of .LNK files into the Fusion flow and then activate this script. The path of all the loaders added while you were dragging and dropping will be replaced with the shortcut target.

UPDATE 2-Dec-2008: In order for Fusion to recognize windows shortcut (.LNK) files when you drag them into the flow, you need to add the following loader plugin to your Fusion installation. The plugin will allow you to have LNK “dummy loaders” that will be converted to their target media when the Convert all shortcut loaders script is run:

Windows Shortcut Dummy Loader v1.0

We have released a plugin for Fusion that allows you to automatically combine a series of frames into one output image. Up to 25 images can be combined in one viewport and arranged as a row, column, or Brady Bunch-style grid pattern. The central frame can be chosen explicitly or set at a relative offset from the current frame.

Footage courtesy openfootage.net

This simple tool is helpful for visualizing the effects of adjusting keyframe values across multiple points in time.