Learn Fusion in 10 Minutes! - Beginner Tutorial for Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve

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You can learn Fusion in as little as 10 minutes and today I'm going to show you exactly how! Don't forget to download the assets and follow along to help it really sink in.
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[@CaseyFaris]

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

[@bruceheid1647]

I have been using Davinci Resolve for about 2 years, but I have always avoided Fusion because it looks sooo complicated. In 11 minutes you have taking away that fear. Thanks, I will re-watch the video & practice on one of my own projects. Many thanks!

[@EHBRod13]

I second thissssss

[@DeGuoTaiKe]

Same for me! Did not think its so easy!

[@paularized1]

For anyone wanting to learn how to do this, don’t just watch the 11 minute video and expect it to sink in. Casey says to follow along in Resolve and he’s absolutely right. For every step, do it yourself several times and play back the section until it clicks. It’ll take you a good hour to get through the video but you’ll learn it vastly faster this way. With anything you want to learn really.

[@davefoc]

Yes, I just spent an hour and I only began to make progress towards the end. When I tried to do it myself I got hung up on stupid little things that I wasn't doing quite right. If you can watch this video being stone cold new to fusion and get it immediately you are doing really well. I definitely was not that fellow. ETA: the video did an awesome job of introducing the basic ideas of what was going on. Sometimes that can be the hardest thing when I am starting to learn something new.

[@lavirecord6467]

It’s not the subject that they are teaching u, but it’s who is teaching u. Casey I love this. I know there is something u don’t teach us yet. ❤

[@Mary-n9y]

Thank you for sharing you knowledge with us! What a blessing!

[@skiddlybatch]

I’m a brand new user to Davinci Resolve! I love your videos and I’m a big fan of your podcast too. 🎉

[@chadbaldwin1459]

super cool, ive worked with photoshop for the last 15 years and im just starting to play around with video. nodes are such a alien thing for my brain.

[@themythcorner4522]

Thx Casey, I'm new to editing and choose Resolve as my tool, this videos have been helping me all the way thank you

[@mattlewin72]

I was brand new to fusion three weeks ago. Thanks to you, I am producing ever more spiffy YT videos. Your ability to jam an incredible amount of information into short videos is astonishing. Thank you so much.

[@LuckyLifeTV]

Super Super cool, thank you Casey. I've got the fusion survival guide waiting to dive into, but this is an amazing kick start. Love the way you teach. Respect. Film maker based in Ibiza, started out as a director and producer, but now been shooting and editing for 5 years and just got onto Davinci this year. Your videos are helping me a lot, thank you. Mike

[@BobbyMatos]

Thanks Casey, best tutorial on fusion and nodes I’ve see so far. Made it completely doable even for a newbie like me. Well done! 😊

[@stevebulawka8265]

Casey, you packed a lot of great info/instruction into a simple and easy to follow 10 minutes.... As always, thanks!!

[@timokaiser]

VERY cool, Casey. This is the type of tutorial that I love to see from you. Not a "Short", not too overwhelming either. Soooooo good!

[@dotted8-]

Thanks Casey! You are the best DR teacher on YT in this beginners opinion. Sometimes I start to get a little lost though at around the 3/4 point of some videos as it seems like you start moving a little quicker. You are a great teacher and I’ve learned a lot so thanks!

[@jilldominguez]

Thank you so much, Casey. Like others, I've been using DaVinci Resolve for a couple of years now and really had no idea what Fusion was for or how to use it. I followed this video step by step and achieved the same beautiful output. Now I feel empowered and want to learn more. I'll definitely be looking at more of your content.

[@brettdurham8975]

This was extremely helpful. Even took it a step further and added extra to fade in and fade out each of the elements. This tutorial just opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me. Thank you.

[@trunghoang7605]

You convey everything so understandably in just 10 minutes.

[@Atykifobia]

Literally the best intro tutorial to Fusion, clear and easy to follow with simple examples, thank you so much 🙌

[@austydurnin462]

(Possibly my first ever comment on a youtube video) This is by far the best tutorial for jumping into fusion. Thank you Casey for teaching it in a way that is super easy to digest.

[@CaseyFaris]

You're very welcome!

[@poocky100]

Thanks for the video. It’s the first time someone explains the “why” things are organized in such a way. I’m new to DaVinci resolve. I’m an animation artist and illustrator with a background in classical film animation and I was using lumafusiom to make basic art draw with me videos. I wanna take my videos to the next level so I thoughtd I’d give dr a try. I like it a lot but it is very technical. Thanks again

[@steveking8993]

Excellent intro to Fusion for someone new like me!

[@nivas_knight]

This was a gem of a video Casey, to get started with motion graphics in Da Vinci and succeed in the first attempt.

[@MotoFamMayhem]

I've been working more and more with Fusion every edit thanks to this channel 🙌

[@rohanphaff2640]

10 Amazing minutes! I have been using Davinci Resolve for a few months now (and am now slowly getting the hang of it), and this tutorial has really helped me set the first steps towards the Fusion part of it.Thank you for making it!

[@thisisbat]

Starting my fusion journey today! lol

[@ilmkhal]

Great tutorial. Thanks Casey

[@newmillennials]

Thanks again Casey!

[@somebirbyboi3479]

you made fusion so easy to understand, THANK YOU!!!

[@branisulek3628]

Black Magic should award you some free shares because you are doing a better job popularizing Resolve than they are... Thank you so much!!!

[@charlies_adventures_and_stuff]

Amazing, I'll try this tomorrow!

[@DonSochaczi]

I appreciate your work. thank you for this video

[@SwanSycorax]

Great little video. Many thanks and keep them coming.

[@platedpalate]

This was a hella 🔥 tutorial Casey! Thanks for the simple & straightforward explanation ✨

[@lorenasalaparm]

I'm new to the world of editing, and I'm falling in love with the fiusion page because of your channel. And I'm binge watching your channel to learn even more 😂 Thank you for everything ❤❤

[@grantatherton]

This is what everyone that is new to fusion needs. You explain what you are doing, how it works, and not overloading with multiple things. This is the VideoCopilot of fusion!

[@CaseyFaris]

That means a lot thanks!

[@mariusnss8787]

Awesome man! Learned a lot, simply and entertained. You’re great. Cant wait to try this on my first promo film.

[@torrvic1156]

That was super useful sir! Thank you so much!

[@MikeKeller]

Wow, this was great. I like how you zip through it all, but very clearly so that I can go back slowly to grok individual bits that don't make sense at first.

[@devingrayman8497]

I'm brand new to fusion, and this video was extremely helpful.

[@CaseyFaris]

👍

[@eimidioskouroi]

Brand new...still confused but not because of your tutorial. Will definitely watch a few more times to wrap my head around Fusion as I've avoided it. LOVE your videos! Thanks!

[@shawnebrown]

You are amazing at this!

[@kersland]

Brilliant explainer. I trained on Apple Motion years ago but it never ‘stuck’. Excited to try again with Fusion. Thank you for packing so much information into a short duration and explaining things so clearly.

[@TheAlphiusGaming]

Another Great Video with a lot of info that I just want to go home and apply to my videos :D!

[@jameswooster4250]

Bro, that just explained almost everything. obviously there is deeper aspects, but you nailed it in 10 min. I literally got Davinci studio minutes ago, and looked for a tut, and you showed up. pure magic. I'll be watching all your vids. FYI, I'm a long time Final Cut Pro user, and I'm excited to learn Davinci and the all of it's features. great job.

[@CaseyFaris]

That's awesome! Glad this was helpful.

[@Zaron_Gaming]

There's a reason why i suggest you to every person considering youtube and video creation, you are such a gentle teacher and take the time to explain stuff that others may assume viewers already understand. Take the using nodes part, you didn't have to show if you connect them it works and if not it won't and left it to us to figure it out by testing but you took those extra 30 seconds making such a big thing so tiny and easy to understand. Such a gentle approach that makes listening to you something that is less work more fun.

[@CaseyFaris]

Very kind, thank you!

[@yakup961]

I am new to the Davinci, honestly (like 2 days). However, I already liked it. I can't imagine movies use Davinci. I would love to learn more now and make a lot of arts using it😮

[@NathanZwicker]

Fantastic. Thank you!

[@jtsnyder4098]

Ooo im bouta experiment with this all day

[@TransientMobile]

Casey, I hope your ground control stuff is selling well. You are fantastic at teaching this stuff. I always love your videos. Educational and fun at the same time. Can't wait for all the new stuff you figure out on there. Thanks!

[@ChrisRi]

Thank you short and nice understandable Tutorial

[@simonjacksparrow]

Awesome.. thankyou. Very cool, easy to follow tutorial

[@dolphman85]

I feel I understand fusion like 10 times more than I did just 15 mins ago. Thank you so much

[@CPvision1]

Thank you. Great video.

[@Ghostie.]

Throwing in that Bob Ross quote was clutch, motivated me to continue the video even thought I really don't wanna learn Fusion. :D

[@djvuorineuvos7627]

I basicly never comment on anything but now i gotta salute you mate, damn u helped alot of understanding fusion! If possible, it would be very nice to get lesson how to overlay bad spots with good parts in video. Keep up good work man!

[@mikeallover]

Perfect video!!

[@nastika888]

very usefull and now i want to try them! thansk!

[@shutterbug49]

a noobi here. Following your channel and learning a lot. Thank you!

[@AlexFarley]

Sooooo useful !!! Where have u been all my life ?!?! Tks!

[@CharlesAndrulis]

Bro this was hilarious and informative! "ITTS WOOOORRRRRKKKIIINNNGGGG!!!" LOL

[@camilogonzalez7770]

Hello and thank you for all your videos, very instructive. I have had Da Vinci installed in my computer for almost 2 years, but I always found it to be too much. I recently saw your tutorial/interview with Kevin Stratvart and WOW, it was soooo clear and Da Vinci is soooo much not what I thought. Learning still, but learning nevertheless. This one is very interesting as well. Thanks

[@johnnyangel9343]

Thanks, Casey!!! I don't even use Resolve, but I love your videos about it, especially Fusion, because ONE DAY, I will move. 🙂

[@CaseyFaris]

Yesterday you said tomorrow... Just... Do it.

[@pineysf9716]

Thank you, it makes sense.

[@Mr.mohamedabdou]

Best easiest tutorial, I've ever seen for davinci..so simple

[@CaseyFaris]

Great to hear. Glad you're enjoying it. We also have Fusion full courses on our website www.groundcontrol.film. If you have any questions about those, email [e-mail]. :)

[@BigWheelDigitalMediaBAOklahoma]

New to fusion and enjoyed your training video. Great info and pacing. Nice work!

[@CaseyFaris]

👍

[@SeanBlantonPhD]

Really great tutorial. I actually had to play it at .75 speed...when clicking on different controls or views, you assume more familiarity of the layout of the fusion screens than I currently have, seeing it for the first time. But, that's not taking anything away from the excellent demo - I'm ready to start my own little fusion project now!

[@kastor8274]

Very helpful

[@jameshui7817]

THANKS SO MUCH.

[@martinscott2190]

Casey....this was really good. I am brand new to fusion so...I had to keep pausing, and rewinding to get all the steps. But, that was helpful. It will take some practice but, I am feeling a little more confident on the fusion tab. Thanks again.

[@thetpaingoo1109]

Your are the best teacher on youtube casey thank u❤

[@kevin-haggerty-khmp]

Casey I am working on learning the Fusion section in Davinci. It is so daughnting but thankfully you are super helpful. I want to be able to create aweome intros like this for my KZbin channel and i cant thank you enough for all the tutorials you are posting here!

[@CaseyFaris]

Happy to help!

[@DouglasDoNascimento]

This was a great tutorial. It would be also great to see some green screen + unreal engine scene + DaVinci resolve tutorial. Like creating a video, overlapping it on unreal scene and making it believable with color grading. : ) Just an idea for a future tut. Thank you for all you do.

[@NINETY-97-SEVEN]

Would love to see this as well. Also vfx compositing! 😍👌🏻

[@gameon_ct]

I've been using Resolve for a few years now and I'm barely scratching the surface of what I can do with it. The nodes overwhelm me, layers, like in After Effects seem more intuitive to me but I'll give this a shot.

[@NINETY-97-SEVEN]

Awesome tutorial!! Could you also maybe make a tutorial on vfx? Like compositing explosions/decals on a moving / static shot.. which tracking to use and what they all do.. etc etc

[@3polygons]

Thanks a lot. :) 💜

[@gpswaraich]

During Covid, I taught myself Adobe Premiere Pro. Later, a friend gave me an old Mac with Final Cut Pro, which I used for three months. Then, quite by accident, I stumbled upon DaVinci Resolve. I particularly enjoy the capabilities of the Fusion page, although nodes initially intimidated me. Now, I'm learning a bit here and there-it's incredible. One day, once I've mastered nodes a bit more, I'm excited to create an amazing intro for my KZbin channel with plenty of visual effects. I will share my concept and hope you will be able to help me.

[@ajithsiva9495]

THANKS 😍

[@kieferdowell2620]

Thanks a lot Casey. I'm suuuper new to resolve, but have been following along to a few of your fusion videos because I want to learn how to make AMV's. I followed through with this one super comfortably until about the 8 minute mark and then my mind got a little overwhelmed lol. There's sooo many options, but I managed to get my video just like yours, so I must be doing something right! Thanks so much for your work on these, extremely helpful.

[@CaseyFaris]

You can do it! Keep playing around and before long things will start to click! Make sure to get my 9 nodes workshop, it'll help simplify things a lot too!

[@EHBRod13]

Holy fuck, I’ve been looking for a good Fusion tutorial for ages. I’ve also just avoided Fusion because it has been really hard to learn. Thanks 🎉

[@RyRyMohr]

Fusion to me is a bit daunting but it is most definitely something I want to learn and spend some time in.

[@katambamuhamad5918]

Nice

[@pixelrancher]

Cool.

[@gamesturbator]

Never thought I'd find a tutorial by someone as fun as Michael Freyrer. Got any tutorials for Prism Studio? They changed some stuff and I'm confused. I'll kiss all your pets goodnight if you do. 😁

[@reallymedagnabit]

great video.. I am just getting started editing my own videos after years of false starts. This goes a lttle fast for me, but the pause button has helped. I think you do a great job and would love to chat with you briefly to understand your work better as well as suggest a training video that would be intersting to see how to do it.

[@ronaldalanis4905]

casey faris the great video editor of all time! hahhaha

[@NEELABH-DIGI-CREATIONS]

Cool Guy!!

[@JasenJamSesh]

Unbelievably clear for some one that is making the slow transition from premiere pro

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

Hey Casey thank you. I'm new at motion graphics: how should I set my expectations in terms of time and work load for learning to make basic motion graphics with mostly text?

[@TheWildlifeGallery388]

Clear as MUDD!

[@eie_for_you]

While I've been using fusion for quite a while, there are always some nuggets to learn. In this one, I learned about using text (et al) as a mask on an image or video clip. It is **almost** like assigning a new material to use for the text so it looks cool! BTW, did you see my comment on importing BINs as "templates?" Still wondering about the answer to those questions.

[@lesrichardson2069]

New. So new. Stared at the screen and thought about throwing the laptop new. Been doing photography for a year and a half and thought it would help with video. I lied. I lied to myself right to my face. After seeing the video you did with the cookie company edit, I did manage to make my first video fairly quickly. This is Ps all over again. Thank you for doing these videos

[@CaseyFaris]

You got this. One little step at a time. Pretty soon it'll be less hard, then after a while it'll feel natural!

[@raguellagrande7344]

Been watching for a few years, thanks for all your help. If you have the ear of someone at black magic can you inquire about attaching sound inside fusion and also save sound effects to an adjustment clip? I would love to have my zoom in out clips using the adjustment clip to also have a woosh automatically saved to it instead of added separately.

[@SuperMegaMarylulu]

Hey Casey, must let you know, im new to everything. Any type of editing on any platform and i have been checking out your videos on Davinci Resolve 18 thus far and though its all very confusing for a newbie like me, your videos are helpful.

[@DanielJMadden]

You just introduced fusion to me and it’s not that scary. It’s makes sense. More that After Effects actually 😅

[@fcoker73]

Im basically new to Resolve. I have played around with it a few times but i need to be efficient at it.

[@SCVisualArt]

Hi from Greece. Dear Casey you are the reason I do half of my work in fusion now and Im loving it. Thanks for your time and effort. I want to ask if there is a way to convert a magic mask selection to masking points. I mean, if I have a still media in fusion and use magic mask to select something, is there a way to convert that mask into points so I can make more adjustments? Thanks

[@CaseyFaris]

Not yet :(

[@paungster]

👏

[@Lunatic-bs9fe]

Hello Casey I'm a new aspiring video editor, I started learning Resolve few weeks earlier using your hour long video about the basics of resolve, and that was great, but now I'm learning how to use the fusion page on Resolve. I must say it's not that easy I'm struggling to use the merge note, Masking tools and others. I really want to do some cool stuff on visual effects and motion graphics. If you post some comprehensive videos on motion graphics, masking tool and merge node that'll be really helpful. I love your content very much, excited to learn from you even more.

[@CaseyFaris]

Oh boy. You should def check out the Fusion Survival Guide: www.groundcontrol.film/survival-guide

[@Lunatic-bs9fe]

@@CaseyFaris I'll definitely check it out. Thank you.

[@gruntgg]

Just started learning Fusion and I have to say that your tutorials are an absolute must watch. Thank you so much! I have a question for you, Casey: is there some way to space evenly keyframes within a video? Let's say I want to make a 1min video (where I have masked an item) blink. I am trying to place keyframes over the video to change its opacity ON and OFF. However, it is very tedious to manually have to place those keyframes and they will never be perfectly distributed evenly. Was wondering if you know of some way to space those keyframes evenly so it looks perfect. Thanks a lot once again!

[@CaseyFaris]

I'd probably just keyframe the blink and the time between then loop it. If you right-click the keyframes you have selected in the Spline panel you can select "Set Loop" and that'll do it.

[@gruntgg]

@@CaseyFaris Thank you very much, Casey!!

[@HartPhotoAndVideo]

I wanna be amazing!