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Birth of Fusion
Fusion evolved as a standalone professional tool for compositing and visual effects.
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Fusion Encyclopedia for DaVinci Resolve
A complete Fusion knowledge base: nodes, visual connection diagrams, detailed parameter explanations, common mistakes, practical examples, particles and 3D.
Animated Fusion Flow
Nodes assemble into a working graph
Fusion fundamentals
What Fusion is and how node-based compositing works
Fusion is the professional compositing environment inside DaVinci Resolve. It is used for visual effects, titles, animation, tracking, motion graphics, particles and 3D scenes.
Fusion is built around visual node graphs rather than a conventional layer stack. Every node performs one task and passes its result to the next part of the graph.
This encyclopedia explains not only individual node parameters, but Fusion itself: how the Flow works, how images move through a graph, and why inputs, outputs, masks and Merge nodes matter.
The image travels through a node chain
Each node receives the previous result, modifies it and passes it forward. The entire image path is visible as a graph instead of a hidden stack of operations.
MediaIn
Color
Blur
Glow
Merge
MediaOut
Fusion does not stack layers — it builds a process
Layer logic
Layers hide the logic
In a layer-based workflow, a project often turns into a long stack. To understand the result, you have to read the layer order from top to bottom and figure out which layer is responsible for what.
Layer stacktop → bottom
👁TextText
👁GlowGlow
👁MaskMask
👁FootageFootage
👁BackgroundBG
Text
Glow
Text layer
Glow effect
Mask / footage / background
Node logic
The image path is visible immediately
In Fusion you can see the input, processing, mask, merge and final output. That makes it much easier to understand exactly where an effect is created.
MediaIn
Text+
Rectangle Mask
Merge
Glow
MediaOut
A short history
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Blackmagic Design
After joining Blackmagic Design, Fusion entered a new stage of development and became far more accessible to Resolve users.
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Integration into Resolve
Fusion became a dedicated page inside DaVinci Resolve for graphics, effects, tracking and 3D work.
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Fusion today
Today Fusion is a complete node-based environment for titles, animation, large visual scenes and automation.
Anatomy of a typical Fusion graph
Footage enters through MediaIn, passes through processing, combines with titles and masks, receives effects and exits through MediaOut. Wire colors help you read the graph: yellow for background, green for image/foreground and blue for masks.
MediaIn
Color
Transform
Text+
Background
Merge
Rectangle
Glow
MediaOut
Main node types
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Generators
Create image data: backgrounds, text, shapes, noise and procedural elements.
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Effects
Modify the image: blur, glow, color, sharpening and stylization.
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Masks
Limit where an effect, title or composite operation is applied.
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Compositing
Combines several sources into one frame through Merge and related nodes.
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Tracking
Tracks the motion of objects, cameras, planes and surfaces.
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Particles
Creates smoke, dust, sparks, rain, snow and other procedural particle flows.
Explore →⬡
3D
Works with cameras, lights, geometry, text and scene rendering.
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01 / Compositing
Compositing without a layer stack
Fusion builds an image as a chain of operations: input, processing, masking, merging and the final output.
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02 / Node
One block — one job
Each node has a specific job: generate, modify, combine or output image data.
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03 / Flow
A graph instead of chaos
The Flow shows the complete route of the image, so even a complex effect reads like a clear visual map.
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04 / Result
Control over the result
You can see where an effect is created, where a mask is connected and which node controls the final image.
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Where beginners should start
Do not start with 3D, particles and expressions. First learn the core flow: input, background, mask, Merge, transform, effect and output.
Quick start
Popular nodes to learn first
Node 01
Core 2DMerge
Layer compositing
Combines a foreground image with a background image and is one of the most important building blocks in Fusion.
Node 02
Motion GraphicsText+
Advanced 2D typography
Creates styled 2D text with typography, shading layers, write-on animation and character-level controls.
Node 03
Core 2DBackground
Solid color and graphic source
Generates a solid color, transparent plate or masked graphic element for compositing and motion design.
Node 04
Core 2DTransform
2D position, scale and rotation
Moves, scales, rotates and repositions a 2D image without changing the source node itself.
Node 05
EffectsBlur
General-purpose softening
Softens image detail and edges for depth, backgrounds, masks and transition effects.
Node 06
EffectsGlow
Light bloom and neon
Creates a luminous halo around bright pixels, text, lines and graphic elements.
Node 07
TrackingTracker
Point tracking and match move
Tracks one or more image features and can apply the resulting motion to graphics, stabilization or masks.
Node 08
GeneratorsFast Noise
Procedural noise and texture
Generates procedural noise for smoke, clouds, texture, distortion maps and animated backgrounds.
Ready to go deeper into Fusion?
Explore the node catalog, examples, learning material and practical graphs.
KrokodoveFusion · Resolve 21
Resolve 21 expansion
Krokodove in Fusion: more tools, shorter graphs
Krokodove spent more than 20 years as a third-party Fusion tool collection. In DaVinci Resolve 21 Blackmagic integrates a substantial Krokodove set directly into Fusion and Edit Effects. Our reference cluster explains exactly what Resolve 21 documents, how that differs from the legacy external plug-in, which tools are useful, and when a specialized Krokodove node can simplify a graph.
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named tools in the Resolve 21 feature table
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official tool groups in the feature guide
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existing encyclopedia node pages linked into the cluster
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motion-graphics effects and tools stated in the Resolve 21 guide
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Fusion fundamentals
Start with the basics: what Fusion is, how nodes and the Flow work, and how masks, Merge, MediaIn and MediaOut fit together.
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Node catalog
Browse all Fusion nodes with search, filters, categories and detailed reference pages for each tool.
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How node systems differ
A map of regular 2D, Shape, Particle, classic 3D, USD, Render, Merge, tracking, color, channel and utility node families.
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Fusion workflows
Practical Fusion graphs live in a separate workflow section, while the encyclopedia remains focused on nodes and how they work.