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Saver
Direct file and image-sequence output
On the DaVinci Resolve Fusion page, Saver writes the connected branch directly to an OpenEXR sequence with explicit layer, channel, depth, compression, alpha and output-color controls.
Saver
Overview
What Saver does
Resolve Fusion-page Saver is not a universal replacement for Deliver. It is a direct OpenEXR output from a selected Flow branch: choose a filename ending in .exr and render it with Fusion > Render All Savers.
A major use case is manual precomp/caching. A stable expensive branch can be written to EXR, read back with Loader and substituted for the original processing to reduce recomputation.
Another use case is multi-channel technical delivery: mattes, Z, Object/Material IDs, UV, normals, velocity and other AOVs can live in the OpenEXR result when the next stage needs them.
File, Export and Format controls define the path, frame numbering, layers, clipping, output color/gamma, EXR depth, compression and channel payload. Those choices are part of the pipeline contract.
Saver has one image input in this model and no downstream passthrough connector. Build the required matte or pass upstream; the Saver result exists outside the Flow as an EXR sequence on disk.
Use MediaOut for the normal timeline/final Resolve result. Choose Saver only when an explicit technical EXR, precomp, AOV or debug pass is required.
When to use it
Write an OpenEXR precomp for manual disk caching
Write multi-channel EXR with selected RGBA/Z/ID/UV/normal/velocity AOVs
Deliver a dedicated EXR matte or utility pass
Bake a stable expensive branch before further processing
Exchange technical image data with another compositing or 3D stage
Create a debug/pass render without changing the main MediaOut
Saver in context
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