Making REALISTIC FIRE in Fusion | DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

Looking for free practice footage to practice this technique? Explore the Practice Footage Library: actionvfx.com/practice-footag... VFX Library 55% OFF 🔥: cutmy.link/jiUzr
FREE VFX 🆓 : cutmy.link/JcqGL
Subscription Plans ✅: cutmy.link/TEfUC
In this DaVinci Resolve tutorial we will learn how to add realistic fire In Fusion. We will cover step by step on compositing a fire stock footage from ActionVFX into a real-world environment in the Fusion tab of DaVinci Resolve. This tutorial is for beginners and advanced users alike!
ActionVFX Collections Used:
Ground Fire Vol. 1 (Free for Subscribers until November 30th)
www.actionvfx.com/collections...
Ground Fire Vol. 2
www.actionvfx.com/collections...
Fire Embers
www.actionvfx.com/collections...
Small Scale Smoke Plumes
www.actionvfx.com/collections...
Burning Steel Wool
www.actionvfx.com/collections...
00:00 Intro
00:10 Background plate preview & planar tracking
01:36 Adding the fire elements
02:31 Re-timing and speed
03:37 Color correcting the fire
04:27 Coloring Ground Fire Vol.1
04:55 Adding exponential fire glow
08:12 Refining the look of the fire
09:14 Creating a grass surface texture
10:29 Adding the ground lighting
11:58 Compositing smoke and embers
13:43 Heat distortion, motion blur and flicker
Follow Along!
Background Plate: cutmy.link/HhuRT
Want exclusive deals, news, & more? Text EXPLOSION to [phone] - U.S. & Canada Only
Join thousands of others by subscribing to our channel for more valuable VFX and filmmaking content!
Download high-quality elements (and gain access to the entire VFX library) for a low $14.99 monthly price. Learn more: www.actionvfx.com/pricing
Not after a Subscription? No worries! From Fire and massive Explosions to Blood and Gore VFX, we have the largest high-quality VFX library in the world ready to be composited in your project. Check out over 5,000 VFX stock footage elements right here: www.actionvfx.com/collections​
Looking for a VFX community? Come introduce yourself on our Forum! It's a place for VFX artists of all skills and experience to collaborate, talk VFX, get feedback on work, and so much more. Join today: forum.actionvfx.com/
Remember to connect with us on our social networks to stay updated on our latest news, giveaways, announcements, contests, and more!
ActionVFX Socials:
Forum - forum.actionvfx.com/
KZbin - / actionvfxofficial
Facebook - / actionvfx
Instagram - / actionvfxofficial
Twitter - / actionvfx
TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@actionvfxoffi...
LinkedIn - / actionvfx
#actionvfx #vfx #visualeffects

[@ActionVFXofficial]

🔥GET 55% OFF THE ENTIRE VFX LIBRARY!🔥 Our annual Black Friday sale is coming and as always, we have some incredible discounts lined up for you on some of your favorite VFX assets. More details: cutmy.link/jiUzr

[@Javaughnhenry_]

Great stuff! Just watching your workflow gives me a great start on learning how much delicate work goes into making VFX look realistic. Thank you for sharing this tutorial!

[@cesaralfaro5396]

Thanks for a great fusion tutorial! Keep them up!

[@Troydpierce]

I am starting a project TODAY in Davinci wanting to composite fire here instead of After Effects. MANY thanks for this timely tutorial 🙏 Truly a life saver!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Glad we could help! More Fusion tutorials to come, so stay subscribed! :)

[@PoggersFloppa]

i hope to see the project of yours sometime soon on youtube

[@gosalh]

Thank you ActionVFX for doing Fusion and Resolve tutorials

[@BalogunTafatafa]

Thank you for this tutorial!

[@rickiturner3446]

great tutorial, thanks!

[@ScreengageLLC]

Great video. More Fusion tutorials please.

[@BLPLFILM]

Great👍🔥🔥🔥

[@jonahoskow7476]

This was great.

[@6daysoflight]

I learned a ton of great stuff in just 16 min!

[@user-jk5sk8nf2w]

This was great. I’m doing something similar and just wondered how you found playback and rendering.

[@VFXDobleC]

thanks for fusion tutorials! continue with it ACTIONVFX :)

[@lassekalhauge4801]

Wow - what a great tutorial. Awesome❤

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thank you! ❤

[@JaiJaiDoVFX]

I saw Resolve / Fusion. I press like button.

[@user-eh9hc8un4e]

This tutorial is very handy and awesome! You saved my project.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Glad we could help! 🔥

[@artakturner]

thank you :3

[@pownkumar4515]

🔥🤩

[@naifox1]

incredible how many nodes have to be made to compose a fire, It's good How to know how to do all those nodes to compose a fire but the best would be to make it easier to copy all the nodes and simply replace the node with the old node of the fire and replace it with the node of the new fire.

[@snandor100]

Thank you for the fantastic tutorial! I struggled to remove the dark smoke around the flames but was excited to find that applying the "Screen" mode in the Merge node eliminated the black contour. Now, I aim to isolate the flame without the background for overlaying in Edit mode onto an image. Could you guide me on disconnecting the background in Fusion or suggest another node for achieving the Merge/Apply mode: Screen effect? Appreciate your assistance!

[@jkartz92]

This one is great!! Looking for more fusion based tutorials with your packs!!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Glad it was helpful! We're hoping to start putting out tutorials again soon. With all of our recent launches and company growth, we've had a lot going on as you can imagine 😀

[@jkartz92]

cool, fusion in specific would be great @@ActionVFXofficial

[@ActionVFXofficial]

@@jkartz92 Noted 👀

[@sunteem369]

Great video! Can you do this with the free version of Davinci?

[@naifox1]

Can you please a tutorial in fuse with Gas explosions

[@EMNM66]

Waiting for the rain on glass for davinci ❤

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Adding that idea to the list!

[@Ishai1]

I have a suggestion for a new Resolve/Fusion tutorial. Using the uVolume nodes added in the new 19 beta to import vdb files and render some explosions. It's basically a "how to use our stuff in Resolve" tutorial, since you have lots of those assets

[@SianCKB]

this is so awesome! although it's really time consuming D: what if I have a scene with lots of vfx like fires explosions smoke, dust particles etc etc it will take me years :(

[@PoggersFloppa]

i think you can copy paste nodes

[@joooosl]

hey thanks great tutorial. but i have a problem: the planar transform doesn't seem to do what i want. it moves to extreme. for example: if the camera / tracker moves a bit down, the planar transform moves almost double. in the green preview that shows on the planar tracker itself, the issue is not there

[@yogeshrajkumar490]

did you find a solution?

[@AllanVOA]

what's the activation key?

[@Johatsu]

🔥Thank you !🔥

[@mehrdadjahani1168]

i thing it's more easier to work on after effect am i wrong ?

[@gorbshal2598]

I have a question. How come when you imported the fire in the background was already transparent? i found a free fire VFX but it has a black background.

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Thanks for the question! Many of our assets come with an alpha channel, so the black background is taken care of, but a few still include it. If you're using one of our free fire assets, this may be the case. You can check out this tutorial to quickly and easily remove it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6ayomOEp6hrb7M

[@TheLydiaki]

Could somebody plesase tell me where to find the "timspeed" tool. I don't seem to have the "select tool" and I am desperately trying to find for two days now.. Your help would be priceless!!!!!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Hold CTRL+SPACE together to bring out the select tool, and then you can search on TimeSpeed, or right click on the Nodes workspace window, go to Add Tool > Miscellaneous and you will find the TimeSpeed tool :)

[@TheLydiaki]

@@ActionVFXofficial You are the best!!! A huge thanks for taking the time to help, like the others said you are a life saver! Keep up the amazing work you do ;)

[@politicallyawakened]

why when i pull the fire video into fusion, it doesnt show???

[@ArcanePath360]

I hate Fusion sometimes. I'm trying to track something from one piece of footage, stabilize it and mask it off, ready to then overlay it onto the same footage further back in the timeline. Do you think I can find a way???? I can't even get it to stabilize. It keeps drifting off to the left no matter what settings I put in.

[@xanzuls]

Use any of the channels that have the most amount of contrast and change the adaptive mode to best match and reduce the match tolerance.

[@ArcanePath360]

@@xanzuls Thanks for the help, but the real problem is stabilizing. It's tracking just fine. Resolve only seems to approximate and smooth the movement out, but over time it drifts. I can't get it to stay on the spot so I'm having to rotoscope it and move it around manually with transform to get it to stay put. I'm using the corner pins in the end to make it overlay onto the new footage.

[@WhySteve]

Thanks, you just saved me from burning down my house!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

💦😂💦

[@politicallyawakened]

or the fire video doesnt play like video. it just stays there like a photo. i dont get it!!!!!!! how do i fix?????? ive been working on this for weeks now!!!!!

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Hey! It's possible you're not bringing the clip into Fusion properly. I would recommend reaching out to Blackmagic's support team or try to find information on Blackmagic forums. Sorry I can't provide more assistance!

[@jayymorris5285]

Nothing shows when I drop footage into the node area. Images and text work perfectly fine but footage wont appear or it will only show as an image and wont play

[@ActionVFXofficial]

Please contact our support team with detail of the problem, and screenshots if necessary, through the following email: [e-mail]

[@jayymorris5285]

@ActionVFXofficial Thank you! I kind of..sort of found a solve but it's not at all practical. I'll send you an email when I get the chance this week

[@abdiawalmohamed1604]

Which app did u use for editing

[@smepable]

They used Davinci Resolve which has a Work Area called FUSION which is a compositor like After Effects (but node based instead of Tracks/layers)

[@2424rocket]

The problem, which is a big problem… The light from the fire is not affecting the building whatsoever. Which of course ruins the whole illusion. You can’t have a big fire like that without affecting the wall of the building.

[@otdosa]

this is NOT making fire, it is using fire resource. reported for misleading title.

[@JustAboutTime]

Utterly useless .. couldn't get any of this to work.

[@user-jk5sk8nf2w]

This was great. I’m doing a something similar and just wondered how you found playback and rendering.