(Thank you Sander de Regt among others on the BMD Forum for that tip!) In this Insight, you’ll see how you can ‘hack’ a Macro to turn it into a Group but the Group will have controls at the top Group level. (Tip hover over a group or a Macro and you get tooltips which list every tool within the macro). To create a Macro, select some tools, right-click on any one of them and select ‘Create Macro’. When you create or edit a Macro you choose which controls will be available to edit in the Inspector. If you have the Group selected, you don’t usually see any controls available to edit in the Inspector.Ī Macro appears as a single tool but it too actually contains a bunch of tools inside it. To create a Group, select some tools (nodes), right-click on any one of them and select ‘Group’.

Groups, Macros & TemplatesĪ Group is a container with a bunch of tools inside it. Then we see how to create and edit a Fusion Macro. We also look at some example graphics, charts and graphs made in Fusion and look at how to build these with quick re-versioning in mind. comp file from stand-alone Fusionįirst, we look at a couple of examples of some VFX shots and run through how I made and them and how I copied them to similar shots which needed the same effects. If your client has some VFX or motion graphics that need to be re-used multiple times, you can invest time creating the first one, knowing that you can quickly and efficiently re-create that across many similar versions.įusion is such a versatile program that it offers several methods to reuse setups (and add value to your offerings). In this Insight we look at some of the features of Fusion in Resolve which I think really help you to ‘up-sell’ your services if you’re an editor or finishing artist. …I presented this Insight at NAB 2019 (thank you MixingLight and FSI for inviting me!) but for those who couldn’t make it there, I’ve recorded it as a video Insight here and I’m making some of the elements available to download to Mixing Light Premium members. Tutorials / Building and Re-using Fusion Setups and Macros in DaVinci Resolve Direct from the Mixing Light Presentation Theater at NAB 2019…

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