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Does anyone use DaVinci Resolve Fusion for motion graphics?

Posted by rip_rike
Tags: ask.recommendations, technology, software, editing.video, graphics.motion, davinci resolve

Hey there Tildes -- just checking in to see if any of y'all use Fusion for work or for hobby projects?

I've been using Resolve for a while with personal projects and have used Premiere for work for years. I have basic understanding of After Effects as I've had to use it off and on for work for many years (though, it's been a while since I've had Creative Cloud subscription) and now I'm just moving everything to Final Cut for simple stuffs and Resolve for work or big projects. Hoping to move to exclusively use Resolve since I got a new M5 iPad and their iPad app seems nearly complete (feature-parity with Desktop).

If anyone has good understanding of Fusion, how did you learn? Could you point me to specific sites/creators/etc.?

Thanks!

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  1. [2]
    Lia
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    I'm so so so happy that I get to recommend this guy and his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeVideoTips/videos It's insanely good content, truly pro level guides and the chap is so lovely...

    I'm so so so happy that I get to recommend this guy and his channel:
    https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeVideoTips/videos

    It's insanely good content, truly pro level guides and the chap is so lovely and positive that I sometimes watch his videos even when I don't actually need to learn anything. :D

    Another one with some decent Fusion stuff:
    https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyFaris/videos

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    1. rip_rike
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      Oh, I have watched a lot of Casey's stuff for color grading! Forgot about him. Will definitely check out the other channel as well. Thank you!

      Oh, I have watched a lot of Casey's stuff for color grading! Forgot about him. Will definitely check out the other channel as well. Thank you!

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    redwall_hp
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    Yep. I just Google "thing I want to do DaVinci Fusion" and watch YouTube videos. Mostly animating text and some compositing static images and Blender renders. Another thing I do heavily is audio...

    Yep. I just Google "thing I want to do DaVinci Fusion" and watch YouTube videos. Mostly animating text and some compositing static images and Blender renders.

    Another thing I do heavily is audio visualizers, which was a rough patch of DaVinci (you needed slow and clunky third party addons), but they recently added a built-in Fairlight transformer that I'm looking forward to trying.

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    1. rip_rike
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      right, that is my default (minus google) method as well. there’s just so much content on the internet and youtube for resolve, i was asking folks if they knew of specific creators or sites to help...

      right, that is my default (minus google) method as well. there’s just so much content on the internet and youtube for resolve, i was asking folks if they knew of specific creators or sites to help sort through the mud.

      cool to hear about the fairlight transformer, that will come in handy for me as well. thanks for mentioning that!

  3. DoubleSupercool
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    Honestly, start with the official tutorials. They have a bunch of videos and files. If you come from an Adobe / layers paradigm, honestly the biggest shift is getting your head around the power of...

    Honestly, start with the official tutorials. They have a bunch of videos and files. If you come from an Adobe / layers paradigm, honestly the biggest shift is getting your head around the power of how node-based compositing works. After you get the fundamentals of how everything is connected, it all makes a lot more sense, and going back to layers can be a real chore.

    Having said that, the more timeline/layers based approach in AE does work quite well with motion graphics vs VFX, where you tend to work on one shot at a time, that is maaaaaaaybe over 100 frames.

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