Fusion Nodes Explained With Toast - DaVinci Resolve Fusion Guide for Beginners (2024)

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Back by popular demand is my updated 'How to use Fusion' tutorial explained with Toast! In this simple-to-understand video, I review the basics of how Fusion works in Resolve, including what Nodes are, how they work, and what kinds of Nodes you need to know to get started using Fusion. And best of all it's done with Toast! Who doesn't love Toast (and if you don't know how to make toast, this is a great primer!).
So please sit back and enjoy my explanation of how to use DaVinci Resolve Fusion, with Toast!
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[@CaseyFaris]

Check out the FREE 9 Nodes course: www.groundcontrol.film/9-nodes-workshop

[@Rattlecat]

I have never been so fucking delighted by a tutorial video longer than 5 minutes, holy shit.

[@JoeLiberto]

Your way of breaking down complexity for visual learners is awesome and unique. Mixing in the comedy, absurdity and sarcasm is extremely engaging. Please never stop! 😂

[@7MZ287]

with all this free content that you keep working on. I can't even begin to imagine what would your paid tutorial be like. This channel what makes KZbin great.

[@laughwithoutsmiling]

I’ve never used my brain so hard watching someone explain how toast is made. I never thought it be explained this way but it was amazing. Thank you so much

[@celestewalz8342]

This was brilliant. Saved me hours of frustration. Thanks, Casey.

[@nobreak78]

This was phenomenal in every single way!

[@MrArtvideomessina]

you are a genius. And the best teacher in the world

[@HamedEmine]

You're one hell of a teacher! Thank you Casey!

[@PierlucF]

This is one of the best things I have ever seen

[@tonygallardo6185]

Dude you have no idea the kind of epiphany I had with this video, I've been working in the production side of VFX for more than 15 years (the artists I work and have worked with use mostly Nuke) and have a pretty good notion of how things work at an empirical level, when I started fooling around with Fusion after leaving After Effects to make cool videos with my kids I felt completely lost. Moving from layers to a tree was overwhelming. Watching this unlocked what I needed to know to start applying what I know, Thanks man!

[@CaseyFaris]

That's awesome!

[@Web_Gremlin]

You know what, thinking about it, this actually makes so much sense. Can't wait to see the video. Plus what's not to love about toast 🍞

[@Tekkerue]

I've seen a couple of Casey's toast videos before. The most recent one he did was the video that I watched several times to start wrapping my head around Fusion. It seems he updates the video every so often, which is nice to update the workflow to the current version of Fusion.

[@BraapZ]

🔥EPIC! Great break down of Nodes 101, Four types of nodes and HOW they interact, and WHY they interact so we can better make them work together. The humor aspect, keeping us entertained WHILE educating! EPIC! Thank you.

[@mahlonyeager3815]

Fantastic stylistic and mucho value packed in! Thank you Casey!

[@jfbmusic]

That was amazing, Casey, so fun! The 2-3 Rumba clave was an unexpected, awesome touch. Thanks for the great instruction.

[@rajdeepee31412]

Loved the way you explained.Amazing analogy👍

[@73FPV]

I love watching your content. I've learned a lot from them. Thanks for your work.. Digging it.

[@JubbJubbb]

So far I've okay been taking bites of information from your videos to quickly do up some gaming videos... This video made me realise I need to sit down, learn comprehensively and then the quality of everything will shoot up. Dude, HILARIOUS and informative delivery. I hope you had as much fun making this as I did watching it

[@UnboundedArtandCrafts]

Thank you Casey for making it visually easy for me to understand ❤

[@justinhickox]

Holy crap! This is EPIC!!

[@saperos]

This deserves much more views :D

[@cmp839]

Absolutely phenomenal video: clever, informative, and easy to understand. Bravo!

[@RachelsArtDesk]

The toast example was so helpful!! Seeing you interact with the nodes and outputs helped me understand why the order matters, and what the colors of triangles mean 😅 i understood so much better when you switched to the flowchart in davinci, rather than just starting there! Thank you!

[@JulianSobers]

I love this lesson! 👏🏾 Besides entertaining us, you've made it very practical! I hope that you do more of these types of videos in the future! Please, keep up the good work! 👍🏾

[@rehanjr.8602]

Loved this watch of explaining.hope to see more like this.❤❤❤

[@chrisbogart687]

Makes perfect sense - just following the of "KISS" principle. 😃💓

[@ramonsantannaa]

Yes, there is a perfect video that explains about fusion nodes, and this is the video! After watching this I already feel like I understand a lot

[@louviciousofficial]

this is brilliant - you‘re such a good teacher ✨

[@VirtualViews3D]

This was just amazing. Thanks!

[@StrangeAustralian]

So glad that we got a sequel to "how to make chocolate milk" in the form of "how to make toast!" Really great explanation of how the nodes work, especially with all the coloured inputs and the like. Thanks for sharing!

[@lorenasalaparm]

I laughed so hard with the chicken yogurt sprinkels toast 😂😂😂😂 Thank you Casey, this video was amazing, I learned a lot ❤❤

[@RajatArya]

Perfect video, effortlessly done

[@ramelchilds7416]

As someone who is in the Fusion Zero to Hero course you should definitely check it out!

[@michaelekowrichardson2491]

Saw the previous Fusion 101 video and this just blows it away! Just had to leave a comment.

[@diploma68]

Very very entertaining and learning easely!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@JulesIgnacio]

One hell of an analogy! Thank you for this Casey!

[@flightographist]

Thx for fun Casey!

[@TheLaughingLion]

This is awesome thanks for the basic explanation.

[@TheLaughingLion]

New subscriber here thanks

[@ClaytonsWoodArt]

BRAVO!! BRAVO!! The comments/ compliments should be as over the top as the video!! The chicken toast was the best part!

[@furunkis]

I loved this video! I laughed so hard at the chicken toast and the song that, I had to pause it for about 5 minutes to compose myself so i could pay attention. Thanks for making these videos so fun. I'm still hoping some more Nodeland episodes are in the works.

[@seanwhite8747]

Awesome and helpful tutorial! Thank you. 😂

[@RaphaelChan888]

Thanks for finding so many creative and innovative ways to teach a concept which appears hard to grasp because we're still thinking with the wrong paradigm of layers. And thanks for inserting that random music edit because those of us with short attention spans needed it to break up a long tutorial! 😁😁

[@B32FILMS]

Brilliant!

[@andregrizzle2287]

Thank you so much for this video! Fusion has always intimidated me and I have only been using resolve to edit for about 7 months. I feel much better learning Fusion. My wife walked in not understanding why I was looking at a video with a toaster and bread but this really did help me understand to not think of it as layers. Loved it!❤

[@CaseyFaris]

Glad it was helpful! Tell her I said hey! And also that I'm sorry about the increased nerdery she'll be experiencing as u get into fusion.

[@MemeSandwiches]

As you can see from my avatar, toast is near and dear to me. Thanks for helping us with your amazing skills.

[@3SistersPresent]

Wow! I get it. Thank you Mr. Casey.

[@alankefauver6187]

That was great

[@Thebarebones_]

love your show .

[@ewob52h74]

I love this man! Making learning fun for an old man is hard to do!

[@shootingtriophotography]

Cooking with Casey 😆 I love it.

[@rockyninja5089]

LOL, this is probably the only way I would understand. Bravo!

[@barbi111]

Great, thanks a lot!

[@andrefouche8725]

Genius!

[@shad0wrin]

thank you man :) this really Helps me. thx :) :)

[@leekotvfilms5236]

Brilliant

[@TiiaAurora]

Wait a second. Did you really explain to me with TOAST what I struggled with for years?

[@LaimonasRimkus]

Your videos in 2024 is top notch funny and informative. thanks

[@TomTN-qo9xr]

Thank you.

[@Ayelet.M]

I’m sorry, but the end deserves an Oscar 😂 Thank you! Can you do this concept for other “Davinci for dummies “ topics?

[@gingerbreadgirlprod]

This the dorkiest thing you've ever done and I love it.

[@GraGard]

Your tutorials are really helpful. As an absolute novice, I wish to create a new comp with a specific duration for a title sequence using a background psd graphic and titles but can’t find away of changing the length without adjusting the default settings for stills. I’m sure you have covered this but I’ve watched many but can’t find a solution!!

[@MrAlexTech]

Yeaaah toast!!!

[@terryalexander3749]

You how to look at Nodes really helped me; Media goes through Effects, Media is Merged with other Media, and Mask Nodes controls where Merges and Effects go. Images are Nodes. I think I've got it. Hopefully when I look at this in Fusion and try to create something it won't be as bad as toast with chicken, yogurt, skittles, and sprinkles.

[@redjeepoutdoors7037]

What a great introduction to Fusion. As a complete beginner at 75 YOA it was all greek to me, then.............Casey, you explain it in English with great graphics. Completely understandable now. Thanks and Kudos

[@CaseyFaris]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Gedaly]

Always love a good chicken yoghurt skittle sprinkle toast!

[@picxlmedia7856]

Great video!!! Definitely helped me get a better understanding. Wish the video ended with a promo code to your courses! lol Not going to say they're too expensive because I'm sure the information is amazing. Just need to figure out how to swing it on my end.

[@BillAshtonNelo]

Thanks

[@YeetMusic]

I would say a node structure is like a layered tree laying on its side... Also thank you for talking about the green inputs and merge nodes

[@HAHA-ix9vx]

OMG that Toast acting and the song lmao. Davinci should hire you!

[@reyvaz2951]

The rhythm that you started, is what in the salsa genre, latin music, we call la clave, you were a little out of rhythm, the point is that I never thought that someday, you would put that in one of your videos, any Boricua who sees this video will probably mention it to you, good job on this video.

[@rRT_1]

The laugh to the straight face at 1:38 made me chuckle

[@rano12321]

The toast is back baby

[@NomadRProductions]

I have the feeling Casey's toast is going to become the Fusion equivalent of the Blender donut

[@CaseyFaris]

Oooo that would be an honor. blender Guru is the GOAT

[@memoNo1719]

❤😄👍 Subbed and understand a bit more! 😄👍

[@oldman8277]

The toast master!

[@curtpratt2203]

Your final toast looked like real world version of my experiences so far. Who remembers the Video Toaster?

[@swdw973]

😃Great video!!!!!👍👏 🤣

[@gransloss]

The blessed cup tyst you hit ;D

[@dallasamckinney]

Very funny, I appreciate all the work that went into this. But how did the plate and cutting board get there? 🤣

[@HashAliNZ]

This really helped me understand nodes and how it differs from layers. Just wondering, if we wanted to take a full chicken and put it through an oven before putting it on the toast, would we need a merge between toast on the left and the yoghurt merge on the right?

[@CaseyFaris]

You would put the raw chicken through an oven effect before it went into the fg of the merge, putting it over the toast

[@SavvyICEMAN31]

I have interest in making a beat from video like the toast jam (no pun intended) you made. Any advice or tutorials on how to make such a video?

[@mathewfilms]

I’m working on a short film that would involve a helicopter flyby and couple of fires in a night scene. Can you do a tutorial on how to approach this? Thank you 🙏

[@ProdMH]

can you do the same analogy with camera 3d? and image plane 3d?

[@Serkan.Turkoglu.]

give us toast !!!😅 ... very good content...thank you.

[@EricLefebvrePhotography]

OMG!!! THE Bimmy callback!

[@spartanstanley]

Ha! This is amazing! I really do have a better grasp on HOW Fusion actually works now. It makes a lot more sense. Now I just need to get more reps in and get better at it. lol

[@CaseyFaris]

Awesome!!

[@johnnygottadye]

okay. i kept a straight face but you got me @15:30ish

[@wilfredoyvanessa]

Wow great tutorial. I watched the entire video and it makes so much sense. Thank you, Casey! One question, I know the Fusion page is before the Color page, but I still want to know because I have never come across this yet. Should Fusion effects be done and applied to the timeline before color correcting and grading? - Wilfredo

[@CaseyFaris]

Yes comps go before color. You generally composite with a preview lut of some kind so you know how your comps will look after the grade.

[@wilfredoyvanessa]

@@CaseyFaris This is really good to know. Thank you so much, Casey.

[@IamS.S.I]

👍🔥♥️

[@ronaldalanis4905]

the legendary toast! hahahahha

[@bubblesculptor]

I keep looking for the Toast icon in Resolve now...

[@linomata6583]

13:22 Inside Casey Mind "I'm gonna fire these two"

[@CPvision1]

How do you make a picture 2.5x3.5 in fusion? Trying to design a playing card.

[@TheSpeenort]

I use a 360 camera to shoot videos of dogs in motion at their level. I've been overlaying a grid and keyframing to keep them scaled and centered when reframed. If I could use the Planar Tracker instead of keyframing practically one frame at a time, my workload would be greatly reduced. However, when I put Tracker points on the 360 MediaIn node they also show up on the reframe node and as soon as a dog leaves that frame, it stops tracking. I've tried both KartaVR and Reframe360 with the same dismal results. I also walk around with my Insta360 X3 on a pole, and though the stabilization is terrific, there is some bobbing around that should be able to be fixed with tracking in the 360 MediaIn node. Would you please make a video about tracking in 360. Every tutorial about tracking that I've seen deals only with standard frames.

[@rememberitsallagame]

Excellent -you should also consider a sandwich shop enterprise 😉

[@Tekkerue]

Yeah TOAST! 😃

[@DanBernardMedia]

how....how did you know?

[@aleksivahapassiweddings]

Hi Casey! Do you know why Da Vinci keeps losing clips, that is, I have to re-link the clips on the timeline very often these days? I haven't changed source location or anything. Strange and frustrating.

[@AndrewChambersDesign]

Dammit now I need toast.

[@LEARN_EWP]

❤❤ Wow, the information you provided is incredibly meaningful and insightful! However, the video quality feels like it's from the 1920s black and white era. It would be great if you could improve the video quality [[little more colourfull]] to match the high value of your content. Thanks for sharing ! red heart.....red heart

[@tiboss974leboss]

The multiply apply mode is use to retain all the black pixel right ?

[@CaseyFaris]

Pretty much