(Off-topic) Natron v Nuke v Fusion: simple tracking

Hello,

I’m new to Natron and Nuke. I was using a tutorial file by Foundry for their software Nuke to test the tracker function using the default settings in Natron, Nuke and Fusion.

Page 1787: https://thefoundry.s3.amazonaws.com/products/nuke/releases/12.1v2/Nuke12.1v2_UserGuide.pdf

Here is the result: https://youtu.be/18rivydgRd0

  • Natron (free): super fast.
  • Nuke (non-commercial): can’t do it (the turorial file was made for it).
  • Fusion (free version, Davinci Resolve built-in): slower than Natron.

Of course Nuke can do better if we tweak the settings. And Nuke has a lot more stuffs than just tracker. I’m just thinking about the value/price. I read posts and I know why the maintaners don’t want to open donation. The people behind Natron are the real heroes.

Curious to know if you’ve stuck with Natron or are using something else.

I’m looking at Fusion as an alternative. Would like to use Nuke but it’s currently out of my budget.

I do like Natron but an having challenges with 4k square sequences for a dome project.

I use Natron if I only need to composite something, or for my 3D works if Blender compositor can’t do something.

I use Fusion if I have to do both compositing and video editing/grading.

I keep Nuke non-commercial for checking color results between softwares.

Edit: @magdesign works with 10k footages or something.

indeed, my last project was 10K footage in Natron, it worked much better than in
Fusion…

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