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Forcing Effects into the Fusion Page
There is a way you can force clips with Edit page Inspector adjustments, plugins, retiming, and Color page grades into the Fusion page, and that is to turn that clip into a compound clip. When Edit page effects and Color page grading are embedded within compound clips, MediaIn nodes corresponding to compound clips route the effected clip into the Fusion page. However, bringing a compound clip into the Fusion page does change the resolution of the source clip to match the Timeline resolution. For more information, see the section “Sizing Between DaVinci Resolve Pages” in this chapter.
Output from the Fusion Page to the Color Page
Fusion Effects
Fusion Effects
Fusion Effects
Edit/Cut Page Inspector Adjustments
Edit/Cut Page Inspector Adjustments
Edit/Cut Page Inspector Adjustments
Edit Page Plugins
Edit Page Plugins
Edit Page Plugins
Color Effects
Color Effects
Color Effects
The composition output from the Fusion page’s MediaOut node are passed on via the Color page’s source input, with the sole exception that if you’ve added plugins to that clip in the Edit or Cut page, then the handoff from the Fusion page to the Color page is as follows:
What Viewers Show in Different DaVinci Resolve Pages
Owing to the different needs of compositing artists, editors, and colorists, the viewers show different states of the clip.
— The Edit page source viewer: Always shows the source media, unless you’re opening a compound clip that’s been saved in the Media Pool. If Resolve Color Management is enabled, then the Edit page source viewer shows the source media at the Timeline color space and gamma.
— The Edit page Timeline viewer: Shows clips with all Edit page effects, Color page grades, and Fusion page effects applied, so editors see the program within the context of all effects and grading.
— The Fusion page viewer: Shows Media Pool source clips at the Timeline color space and gamma, but no Edit page Inspector adjustments or Resolve FX effects and no Color page grades.
— The Color page viewer: Shows clips with all Edit page effects, Color page grades, and Fusion page effects applied.
Managing Resolution In Fusion
There is no formal resolution to a comp in Fusion. Even though opening Fusion > Fusion Settings in the Fusion page or Preferences in Fusion Studio allows you to set the Width and Height in the Frame Format panel, those settings only affect the size of Fusion-generated images, like the Background tool, Fast Noise, and Text+ tool. The actual resolution of your composition is initially determined by the source resolution of the input image. However, it can be modified at any time using a variety of operations and nodes.
TIP: The output of the Fusion page is placed back into the Edit page Timeline based on DaVinci Resolve’s Image Sizing setting. By default, DaVinci Resolve uses an image sizing setting called Scale to Fit. This means that even if the Fusion page outputs a 4K composition, it conforms to 1920 x 1080 if that is what the project or a particular
Timeline is set to. Changing the image sizing setting in DaVinci Resolve’s Project Settings affects how Fusion compositions are integrated into the Edit page Timeline.
TIP: The output of the Fusion page is placed back into the Edit page Timeline based on DaVinci Resolve’s Image Sizing setting. By default, DaVinci Resolve uses an image sizing setting called Scale to Fit. This means that even if the Fusion page outputs a 4K composition, it conforms to 1920 x 1080 if that is what the project or a particular
Timeline is set to. Changing the image sizing setting in DaVinci Resolve’s Project Settings affects how Fusion compositions are integrated into the Edit page Timeline.
TIP: The output of the Fusion page is placed back into the Edit page Timeline based on DaVinci Resolve’s Image Sizing setting. By default, DaVinci Resolve uses an image sizing setting called Scale to Fit. This means that even if the Fusion page outputs a 4K composition, it conforms to 1920 x 1080 if that is what the project or a particular
Timeline is set to. Changing the image sizing setting in DaVinci Resolve’s Project Settings affects how Fusion compositions are integrated into the Edit page Timeline.