Energy Color Reveal — Car Example
This workflow stacks original and recolored versions of the same shot inside a Fusion Clip. The new color is revealed from left to right by an animated Rectangle whose edge is distorted with FastNoise and Displace. Separate Edge Detect branches generate yellow and purple outlines, Glow amplifies them, and Mosaic Blur breaks the narrow transition zone into visible digital fragments. A simple color change becomes a controlled energy-style reveal.
Why this graph is built this way
Workflow logic
The effect is separated into one base reveal and two decorative branches. Merge1 only changes the old color to the new one. Merge2 adds a yellow luminous edge inside a broader noisy mask. Merge3 overlays a purple outline in Lighten mode, while its Effect Mask is built through Mosaic Blur and Filter so the second glow appears only in a narrow pixelated transition region. This separation lets you tune reveal shape, fragment size, color and brightness independently.
Node tree
Connection diagram
The cable colors follow Fusion conventions: blue is an Effect Mask, neutral lines carry images, and colored ports indicate specific node inputs. Node-page links are intentionally disabled on the English diagram until the matching Fusion Encyclopedia pages are translated.
Node order
How to read the chain
Fusion Clip 1 + Fusion Clip 1_1 → Merge1
Feed the original car into Merge1 Background and the recolored version into Foreground. Both states must match in duration, geometry and timing or the reveal edge will expose registration errors.
Rectangle1 + FastNoise1 → Displace1
Rectangle1 travels left to right and defines the main reveal area. FastNoise1 becomes a displacement map and Displace1 turns the straight rectangle edge into an irregular organic boundary. The result drives Merge1 Effect Mask.
EdgeDetect1 → Glow1 → Merge2
The first decorative branch extracts a bright yellow edge from the new-color layer and softens it with Glow. Merge2 adds it over the revealed image only inside a second noisy Displace mask.
Rectangle1_1 + FastNoise1_1 → Displace1_1
A very narrow Rectangle1_1 moves along a separate Path and forms the active transition strip. High-detail, high-contrast FastNoise with Discontinuous breaks that strip into irregular fragments.
Displace1_1 → MosaicBlur1 → Filter1
Mosaic Blur converts the noisy strip into readable hexagonal fragments. Filter shapes the signal before it becomes the Effect Mask for Merge3 so the pixel breakup stays confined to the transition front.
EdgeDetect1_1 → Glow1_1 → Merge3
The second branch produces a broader purple outline. Merge3 uses Lighten, adding energy only to bright areas while Filter1 limits the glow to the active digital-breakup zone.
Merge3 → MediaOut1
MediaOut receives the complete color reveal with the new paint, noisy transition edge, pixel fragments and two independent luminous contours.
Result
What the shot looks like
The vehicle gradually changes color while yellow and purple flashes travel along the reveal edge and parts of the surface break into digital fragments. The same structure works with clothing, products, logos, walls and other objects when two perfectly aligned visual states are available.
When to use it
Where it works
- Car-wrap, paint, detailing and tuning commercials.
- Showing multiple color options of the same product or object.
- Before/after transitions with a technology or energy aesthetic.
- Revealing logos, clothing, devices, walls, interiors or any two precisely aligned states.
- Shorts, Reels and promos where a normal color change should become a visual effect in its own right.
Node parameters
What changes from the defaults
Rectangle1 / Path1
The wide Rectangle drives the main color change and crosses the entire object. Center is linked to Path1 so one Displacement animation controls the sweep.
- Width: 0.976
- Height: 0.701
- Path1 Displacement: 0 at frame 0 → 1 at frame 186
- Path: linear movement left to right
- Filter: Fast Gaussian
FastNoise1 / Displace1
The first noise/displace pair breaks the perfectly straight Reveal edge. Strong Contrast creates islands while modest X Refraction keeps the overall mask readable.
- FastNoise Detail: 6.85
- FastNoise Contrast: 5
- Displace Type: 1
- X Refraction: 0.081
- Input: Rectangle1.Mask
- Foreground: FastNoise1.Output
EdgeDetect1 / Glow1
The yellow branch produces a thin hot edge close to the new color boundary. Edge Overlay preserves image contours and Glow expands them into a soft halo.
- Edge color: RGB 1 / 1 / 0.11
- Edge Width: 0.323
- Brightness: 5
- Edge Gamma: 1.398
- Edge Blur: 0.409
- Glow Blend: 0.2
- Glow Size: 5.5
- Glow Strength: 0.614
Rectangle1_1 / Path1_1
The second Rectangle is a very narrow angled strip moving along the transition edge. Multiple Path keys make its speed less mechanical.
- Width: 0.008
- Height: 0.614 with a short change to 0.535
- Border Width: 0.025
- Solid: disabled
- Angle: -29.8°
- Path1_1 Displacement: 0 → 1, frames 0–186
FastNoise1_1 / Displace1_1
This branch creates fine gaps and fragments inside the narrow strip. Discontinuous produces harder jumps and the large X Scale stretches the noise structure.
- Detail: 8.03
- Contrast: 5
- Brightness: -0.28
- X Scale: 119.1
- Discontinuous: enabled
- Displace X Refraction: 0.019
MosaicBlur1 / Filter1
Mosaic Blur turns the noise mask into readable hexagonal cells. The high frequency keeps the breakup fine enough to feel digital rather than like a censorship mosaic.
- Pixel Frequency: 140.2
- Cell Shape: Hexagon
- Smooth Strength: 0
- Aliasing: 1.055
- Border Type: Reflect
- Blur Alpha: enabled
- Filter Type: 3
EdgeDetect1_1 / Glow1_1 / Merge3
The purple branch is broader and softer than the yellow one. It creates the outer energy halo while Merge3 Lighten preserves the brighter composite result.
- Edge color: RGB 0.392157 / 0.078431 / 0.596078
- Edge Width: 0.756
- Brightness: 5
- Edge Blur: 0.811
- Glow Blend: 0.2
- Glow Size: 5.5
- Glow Strength: 0.614
- Merge3 Apply Mode: Lighten
Common mistakes
What not to break
- Do not use two source states with different framing or scale; original and recolored versions must align pixel for pixel.
- Do not connect the new-color version to Merge1 Background. Keep the original as Background and reveal the new state as Foreground.
- Do not make the first mask too narrow; it controls the full color replacement, not only the luminous edge.
- Avoid excessive Displace1 values or the reveal boundary will tear into large holes and parts of the object will flicker.
- Do not make Mosaic Blur cells huge or the effect starts to resemble censoring rather than digital breakup.
- Do not run both Glow branches without masks or the entire object will glow for the whole shot.
- Remember that Edge Detect is a Resolve FX; appearance can differ on systems with different versions or licensing.