5 Biggest Concepts in Fusion - My BIG Beginner Tips for Compositing and GFX in DaVinci Resolve 17

[@edithweil1647]

This answers nearly every frustration I've had trying to get Fusion to do stuff that I thought was easy. And it is easy--if you know what to do. Probably need to watch this a few times through.

[@lukerabin5079]

This is the kind of piece that will save a new editor hours of frustration by understanding the fundamentals of image frame sizes and resolution for both input media and even more importantly output for delivery. Really essential stuff, that seems to be often ignored now. More of these are a great idea, as the things you go to at 2.00am before a client review and it’s not working!

[@tripplejaz]

The more I work in Fusion, the more I prefer it over After Effects. I hope stuff like Reactor comes built in to later versions of Fusion with more support.

[@StormBlessedxo]

interesting, I am learning DV and I try my hand at fusion and it is kind of fun. I have no editing experience I am just learning for fun in hopes to create and perhaps lead to work one day.

[@mattbertapelle2122]

Once again, you dished out something that I didn't even know I needed. Keep up the great work! :-)

[@ufo2go]

I agree Matt. My head is still swimming after repeating concept 5, five times!😣😭🥺😎🤩

[@KZ-yu4jz]

Such a great video. The explanation on the different resolutions was really helpful.

[@randyrosca6471]

This is awesome. The way you explain the nodes as having one job - that is incredibly illuminating, as it really helps simplify the thinking during compositing.

[@PrimevilKneivel]

Also think about using the simplest tool for the job if possible. For example if you need to boost the gain on your clip you could use a Brightness/Contrast node but in my experience most artists use a full blown color correct. Both will work but the CC will add processing time to your renders. It's not a big deal if your comp only has one, but if you have a bunch in there it really starts to add up.

[@digital.olimon]

The last trick is great for updating lower thirds that show up multiple times.. Nice one 👍

[@jgharding2]

After 7 years on resolve I’ve only recently started with fusion, these videos are ace. After effects looks so slow compared to resolve 18 now too

[@MrBillDre]

Thank you Casey!!!!!!!! Please keep making these videos.

[@MarsForShort]

Hello Casey and everyone who reads it! Thank you so much! Almost no day goes by without watching a Resolve video you made because I need to figure out a problem in editing. I have a question which I cannot find someone else asked already so I hope someone can explain it to. You mentioned in a previous video you like to have DaVinci Resolve installed on a different disk than your system. I was wondering if it mattered if my recordings are on the same drive than Resolve or if software, recordings and the folder where I export to needs to have their own drive. The first time this came to mind was when I read that you should not have OBS installed on a disk where you are running the game from. Reading and writing at the same time and all that stuff. I just haven't found a clear answer for this. Thank you again!

[@activemotionpictures]

Fantastic video!! Thank you for going step by step on this.

[@jmalmsten]

I'm pretty sure that if you change the resolution of the polygon node to match the image you want to roto (like you did with the background node by going to settings for the node and unchecking autoresolution and type in the dimensions), you get what you want without adding extra background and merge nodes just to crop it to be the size of the mask.

[@flightographist]

It's a rather elegant decision tree design, I recall way back yonder using my first the first object oriented programming UI in paradox.

[@kin-shingpang3008]

Very useful tips. Thank you very much!

[@LanielPhoto]

I really enjoyed this one. No "here's my face" video to detract from the subject matter. Enables one to concentrate and learn rather than try to follow the face.

[@FairlyDeterminedGaming]

There's a shadow node!? Mind. Blown.

[@mohammadurgur953]

Top notch explanation, thank you

[@LarsHofman]

Thanks Casey, you are my nr1 Davinci teacher :-)

[@happinessninja6678]

Excellent lesson! Thanks, Casey😎

[@Top_o_da_foodDChain]

Can you do a video on the fusion timeline and how to navigate that thing, its quirkiness, workarounds, etc.? It's the only reason I don't work in Fusion for some time-sensitive projects. Thanks for all the great content! 👍🏼

[@oldguywhodoesnt]

Yeah, concepts like this are great. Thanks, Casey.

[@jhonnyrodrigues]

About Fusion in media pool vs timeline, I guess there is a reason it was made that way: use Fusion compositions as a template instead of creating many similar items in the media pool. Maybe what they can do in the future is adding an option use a Fusion composition as a template OR a linked composition. Meanwhile you suggestion sounds perfect

[@wordonwheelsaustralia8160]

Why is it / why would it be that each and every single time i try and do what you have set up at the 1:42 section that on the mediaout that there is never showing the text or image or not showing either ? What would be gojng wrong ?

[@espacemaxim]

Awesome!!! Such an important video!!!

[@MRGO0OSE]

Casey are you familiar with mixing music? I come from a music production background and see color grading as similar to mixing, but it is way harder for me to understand how to do in video. Maybe a tutorial on color grading using music mixing as an analogy could be interesting for people coming from a different train of thought! Love your videos!

[@amirgillll]

Thanks Casey, it's helpful

[@wordonwheelsaustralia8160]

When click the icon of at the 6:26 section of this video - the image itself immediately disappeared and only see the canvas area. What would be causing this to happen ?

[@DrinkingStar]

Because I am new to DVR, I am still confused om this first viewing, but I think I will have to view this tutorial several more times to finally grasp it totally. But still, this was a great video in understanding FUSION.. thanks.

[@hareblix]

This would be really powerful in combo with the tracker!

[@lukerabin5079]

Casey, you don’t have anything to justify. You get the apps, you get the process…bugger them if they don’t get your analogies or ideas.

[@abcd-nc9nf]

Sir can you please make a video about the fusion tool i.e. how to decide the perfect tool for my work. I mean the characteristics of effect tool like delta keyer, alpha keyer etc.

[@RedaHaskouri]

hi sir, plz help . why when i render my video in davinci resolve, the size of the video so big, i render video of 2 minutes 1080p without any effects, and the size ofinal video file is more than 1gb !! what the solution sir

[@boramykh7645]

Thanks you so much for this video 🙂

[@ecofriend93]

Awesome info. Thanks! 🙏🏽

[@pro_noder4071]

can you do a video about the matte control only?

[@Poggy]

Another workaround for the zooming thing you mentioned, make a compound clip on the edit page! Then it will be based on the size of the main edit window and you can add fusion effects to it.

[@flightographist]

VERY INTERESTING...

[@jamied6166]

I think you can drag a Fusion comp from the timeline into your bin to save your updated comp?

[@MarkSiegemund]

This is what always messed me up coming from AE. The powerful thing about compositions was always, if you change a small internal composition, the outer composition also changes, and so do all others aswell. But in Fusion they are all individual! Thanks for the clarification

[@MariusIhlar]

yes, quite frustrating. I want the text to be the same but the color to follow the main comp.

[@chaoticneutral1090]

i thought im gonna know all the basics by now but the last 2 things about the resolution and difference between media pool and timeline really helped. can i copy these fusion clips from my media pool into a different project? for example if i want to use a stickman that i can animate in multiple szenes of multiple projects.

[@PrimevilKneivel]

If you select Your nodes in the node view and Ctrl-C you can paste it into another node view for a different project. You can also paste it into a text editor and the code will show up. This makes it super easy to email tools between artists.

[@chaoticneutral1090]

@@PrimevilKneivel thanks!

[@Magswap]

Hello! Big fan you've helped me A LOT! Do you happen to know how to make the Modern Warfare text in Davinci?

[@praxisgmbh2693]

How about a video rgarding timing in Fusion ? Like when you want to merge a 1 second clip and second 7 of a a 10 second clip. I have a hard time getting that to function.

[@pohybliveobrazky2215]

This was great!

[@yaelsfitlab8691]

Thank you Casey so much for these videos. I am not sure why but the fusion section is so confusing 😕

[@ufo2go]

I think it was Casey who said, Imagine it as a train line where the nodes are stations where the train 🚂 picks up or drops of passengers 👨‍👩‍👦 and/or freight 📦on it's way to the destination. If it wasn't him, he should steal this concept. 🏴‍

[@PrimevilKneivel]

@@ufo2go exactly, I think of it as a flow chart. The important thing is to start out simple and as you get better with the tools your flow will grow and you'll suddenly realize it's not that complicated, it just looks that way.

[@stradesecondarie]

very helpful, thanks!

[@SlothrockGaming]

Have you noticed 17.3 has ASIO in Fairlight? Utter game changer for me, I can finally record VO with no latency issues.

[@JeremyChone]

awesome! Thanks.

[@Droneswayup]

Hi Casey I was wondering can you do the stroke effect with the horizontal slide template in fusion?

[@dannoringer]

Yeah, more fusion concepts sounds good. Thanks. Good video. Fusion is black magic ( funny pun right ?)

[@MiddleofKnowhere]

Would love to know how to make a sweet kinda 3D channel intro or something that pops, or something that uses maps (to kinda fit the theme of my channel name). Thank you for the content. I've learned a lot from watching your videos.

[@photojoseph]

I'm so blown away by all of this. Taking what was shown here, I was able to mask an object with a Polygon, and track the object's movement with a PlanarTracker (then converted to a PlanarTransform), and combine that to mask out the object ask it moves. However the Polygon mask of course doesn't change shape as the object moves/rotates in the video. So is there a way to draw a Polygon and have each point of the Polygon's points tracked so it "morphs" its shape as the object changes position in 3D space? Or does that sort of thing have to be done by hand?

[@haikkavookjian6444]

Just ran into this same issue. Did you figure it out?

[@photojoseph]

@@haikkavookjian6444 nope. I was hoping THE MAN would come to the rescue 😢

[@FlufflessLP]

Very useful, thank you.

[@okaforgeorge9538]

I would like to know how to lock a group node in fusion so I can prevent accidents from others in a collaboration

[@stuffy3320]

Yes that is what I want I also want a video on making smoother animations.

[@eie_for_you]

SITUATION: Multiple clips of varying lengths in a project. You want the exact same Fusion nodes for each of them. CURRENT WORKFLOW: pick the longest one, do the Fusion "thing." Copy the Fusion "thing." Open each clip in Fusion, individually, and paste the Fusion "thing" into it. HERE IS THE QUESTION: Is there a way to select multiple clips and apply the Fusion "thing" to all of them at once?

[@tazztone]

this certainly is a little advanced for some beginners 😂

[@davidmg1925]

yes it is why cant some one just make some exercises ....from beginning to end. all these guys just seem to get a carried away with stacks of nodes from no where.

[@Photovintageguy]

There are plenty of simple video fusion projects. The basic projects look kinda complicated, but once you see how the nodes work they are actually pretty easy. Try some simple image and text projects. I think they will help you learn a few common nodes and how they work. Obviously it can get very complicated but learning to maje a few simple ones, gets the node idea in place.

[@mike_s_media]

@@davidmg1925 There are actually tons of simple tutorials in his older videos of you just go search them. The majority of the basics translate across Resolve 15 and on.

[@WarpedMiniatures]

thanks for the content!

[@moodboards]

how to export title from fusion to use with premier pro or something like that

[@marcusdekker]

👍Good stuff

[@abdulahm6268]

thank u casey .....

[@Nobiotera]

Why not use letterbox node to change the resolution of a media?

[@creatingthings2700]

Is there a way to make a video look like the arcane movie? Like painted?

[@sudeepadhananjaya6653]

how to drag and drop a video to another project like premiere pro?

[@yogkal8613]

I'm really confused about the input arrows of each node in fusion what's green , yellow, blue and again each colored arrow behaves differently in different nodes (effects) , there was no understandable explained video on KZbin , I hope u would make one. appreciate all your videos !!

[@PrimevilKneivel]

Originally the Gold arrow was more of a brown color. The rule was "grass over dirt", the green input will always be the one on top. Blue is always a mask and after that it changes from node to node. Fortunately if you mouth over an input it will pop up what it's for.

[@taqiiskandar5083]

Change the timeline settings into "Crop with no resizing" also works to make sure it doesn't lose its quality. But of course, I know that this video is about fusion.

[@HUSHHUSH-]

Brilliant.

[@pablos_gone]

good job!

[@seanchristopherross]

incredible.

[@dorinxtg]

Casey, I think there is a need for a commercial video training for Fusion *alone* (I know you're selling one with tons of other features, but a fusion only training which would cost $30-$40 for example - could be sold well, and you're an excellent trainer)

[@petermclennan6781]

I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[@mohammadurgur953]

One thing outside this video. How to organize files on hard drive the best way before importing klipps. Files to be used in other not film projects.

[@LiveMusicOntario]

I know Casey generally gets excited about things but for a Beginner category, this was pretty hectic and jumping all over the place. The only reason I started to watch was because of "Beginner" and "Concepts" but after @2:30 this turned out to be more 'gee whiz that's cool, wait, back up' than about fundamentals. Masks took over the show IMHO.

[@ufo2go]

Don't you love his highspeed masking with elevator musik. 🎼

[@sergentboucherie]

When I work in Fusion and something goes wrong I yell at the faulty node and tell it it had 1 job: follow what I told it to do.

[@ufo2go]

"You stupid node! Had one job and you failed!" 🤣

[@t3chrs]

The sizing thing has bitten me a couple of times. Recently discovered the resize node, another way to “fix” the issue.

[@jamied6166]

Be careful of the Resize node because it does lose your original resolution. Good workaround sometimes though

[@PrimevilKneivel]

@@jamied6166 agreed, better to transform the size down.

[@wombat5433]

Doesn’t matte control have lots of different purposes? I can’t get my head round it xd

[@PrimevilKneivel]

Matte control is for altering the alpha channel. You can copy them from other sources or add/subtract them with garbage mattes, but it's all about controlling that alpha channel

[@wombat5433]

@@PrimevilKneivel oooooooookkkkkkkk um I’ll try and understand that

[@wombat5433]

@@PrimevilKneivel bye alpha u mean transparency ?

[@lixxer10135]

can someone please tell after effects vs da vinci resolve. which one is better?

[@CaseyFaris]

DaVinci Resolve :)

[@Diss3mbled]

Does it ever mind fk you to edit davinci resolve footage in davinci resolve?

[@ca1688]

why not just attach blur node to the text node? that will give the same result you're looking for.

[@TravelClast]

I thank you for making this ... I really do ... but I just dont understand why it has to be so complicated ... I get that it's node based, it's a different workflow, but I don't know any compositors that think Fusion is faster/better then something like After Effects ... It drives me nuts because Resolve is so much cleaner then Premiere.

[@davidmg1925]

again casey and the others seem to get a red mist a tree with 13 billion nodes is completely essential for beginners. not.

[@udayballa6205]

Big fan bro

[@nategordon]

A little too fast-paced, Casey. 1 at a time would work a treat for me. ;)

[@drumboarder1]

Wait you can own a timeline inside a timeline?! WHY

[@squeaky_buddha]

🤯

[@elimooremusic]

I've just started learning Da Vinci Resolve (and love your vids). I think I hate Fusion. From the branding to the nodes, to the merge, it's like they couldn't make the concepts any less intuitive

[@mauriasabbado]

would be amazing if you start to integrate some design principles and give us some "home work" :) that would be fantastic

[@davidmg1925]

Just be aware to beginners of davinci this is is all gobble degook. Do you realise that?? From my own POV there is an enormous cap between those that know fusion and those that muddle on with out it. It is like learning another language. Ive often telt what is needed is (or are) some basic tutorials or exercise sis betting to know that basic of fusion and nodes. Such as exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3 etc etc It is to me like leaning another language ( once again) and cannot be done in one go. I cant at least. Comments and thoughts welcome I do some times think there is some snobbery /wi**y waving / look how clever I am and I dont think thats what you intend?

[@ufo2go]

Hola David 🤠 I hear you. Teaching is a skill, like learning a different language. Don't be put off by what seems complex. Amateur or expert we will get there in the end.

[@SourPlanet]

I agree about gobbledegook lol. I know nodes. I've been using various 3D apps/suites for a decade. Nodes are great and SUPER powerful. DaVinci nodes are amazingly awkward. It just does not need to be this way. Some baffling implementation choices.

[@davidmg1925]

Just another thought folks /I am taking raw footage and doing very basically 1) improving footage quality (with pixel count) 2) splitting video up into watchable segments 3) stabilizing (though my comp is refusing to do that now!) 4) Minor light and occasional colour adjustments. 5) occasionally freezing a frame if i feel brave As im not into colour in big way is still worth getting into nodes? thoughts etc?

[@mohammadurgur953]

I mean Also 🤪

[@barkingdogaudiolab94]

😅

[@skywizard3319]

i felt so much pain every time he had to redraw the mask

[@PrimevilKneivel]

You get used to it. If you are animating your mask (e.g. rotoscoping a person) you get used to starting and then halfway though starting over again. Sometimes you need to work through it it figure out the proper approach, but with each iteration you are twice as fast at it.

[@skywizard3319]

@@PrimevilKneivel I just wanted to do video editing as a hobby, I'm inadvertently becoming an expert and now people want to hire me for it and honestly, it's rather just get paid to make graphics and website, but now people know me as the video guy, and I really hate editing other people's videos, it's alot of pressure, but apparently it seems like they always love the videos I make for them

[@himom5644]

I'm lost vary fest it craszy

[@joemehere1151]

lmao!

[@ankanpurkait]

FIRST COMMENT YAYY WHOOOO!!!

[@tylerloconte8974]

Not even close

[@ankanpurkait]

@@tylerloconte8974 FUCK!! Lol

[@ufo2go]

But Ankan has more subscribers so deserves a medal. 🥈

[@ankanpurkait]

@@ufo2go YAYY 😂😂😂😂

[@udayballa6205]

Hi bro

[@SHADOWGAMING-dy1ki]

hi

[@georgesmith6785]

Good but you go to fast

[@HoundDogMech]

Again Casey way too fast for beginners.