Scale
Controls overall displacement strength.
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Offset
Channel-driven pixel displacement
Offsets pixels horizontally and vertically using selected image channels as displacement maps.
This tool belongs to the Krokodove set integrated into DaVinci Resolve 21 and Fusion Studio 21. See the complete Krokodove node list and the comparison with native Fusion tools.
Offset
DaVinci Resolve · Fusion
Offset maps black and white channel values to different horizontal and vertical offsets, making it useful for glitches, heat distortion, chromatic shifts and data-driven warps.
Overview
What Offset does
Offset maps black and white channel values to different horizontal and vertical offsets, making it useful for glitches, heat distortion, chromatic shifts and data-driven warps.
Think of a grayscale channel as a direction map: dark and bright values tell pixels how far to move on each axis.
Mental model
Think of a grayscale channel as a direction map: dark and bright values tell pixels how far to move on each axis.
Common uses
Heat-haze distortion
Glitch displacement
Channel-based warps
Chromatic offsets
Procedural wave distortion
Flow anatomy
Inputs & outputs
The port structure shows how this node fits into a Fusion graph.
Image Input
Source image for the operation.
Effect Mask
Optional mask that limits where the node affects the image.
Offset
Fusion node
Image Output
The processed result from this node.
Inspector
Important parameters
Start with these controls before reaching for more complicated workarounds.
Horizontal Source
Chooses the channel driving horizontal offset.
Horizontal Offset Black
Offsets dark values of the selected channel horizontally.
Horizontal Offset White
Offsets brighter values of the selected channel horizontally.
Vertical Source
Chooses the channel driving vertical offset.
Vertical Offset Black
Offsets dark values of the selected channel vertically.
Vertical Offset White
Offsets brighter values of the selected channel vertically.
Render: Warp
Sets Render to Warp.
Render: Under-Sample Resolution
Sets Render to Under-Sample Resolution.
Render: Filtering — None / Pixel / Area
Sets Render to Filtering — None / Pixel / Area.
Render: Edges — Black / Wrap / Duplicate
Sets Render to Edges — Black / Wrap / Duplicate.
Settings
Standard Fusion node settings for processing, masks, blending and animation.
Practical setup
A reliable workflow
- 1
Choose the displacement source channel.
- 2
Set horizontal black/white offsets.
- 3
Set vertical offsets if needed.
- 4
Adjust Scale.
- 5
Choose Wrap or Duplicate when black edges are undesirable.
Typical node chain
Source→
Offset→
Output
Examples
Where this node fits in real work
Heat haze
Use animated noise to drive subtle offset.
FastNoiseOffset mapOffsetMerge
Glitch pass
Drive different offset strengths from high-contrast channels.
MediaInOffsetRGB Split
Troubleshooting
Common mistakes
Pushing Offset farther than the source resolution can support
Animating several Offset controls that fight each other instead of choosing one clear primary control
Judging Offset edge quality only in a proxy or reduced-resolution Viewer
Production notes
Practical tips
Keep the main Offset transform logic together instead of scattering equivalent adjustments across several nodes.
After a strong Offset deformation, inspect image edges and alpha for stretching or resampling artifacts.
Preview animated Offset work at normal playback speed as well as frame by frame.
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