User Manual

To open the Effects Library:
 Click the Effects Library button in the UI toolbar at the top of the Fusion window.
The Effects Library appears at the upper-left corner of the Fusion window, and consists of two
panels. A category list at the left shows all categories of nodes and presets that are available,
and a list at the right shows the full contents of each selected category.
The Tools bin of the Effects Library exposing 3D nodes.
By default, the category list shows two primary sets of effects, Tools and Templates, with
disclosure controls to the left that hierarchically show all subcategories within each category.
The top two categories are:
 Tools: Tools consist of all the effects nodes that you use to build compositions,
organized by categories such as 3D, Blur, Filter, Mask, Particles, and so on. If you have
third-party OFX plug-ins on your workstation, those appear in here as well.
 Templates: When using the Fusion page in DaVinci Resolve, templates consist of
presets, macros, and utilities that have been created to get you started quickly. For
example, Backgrounds consists of a variety of customizable generators that have been
created using a combination of Fusion tools. Lens flares presents a wide variety of
multi-element lens flares that you can add to any composition. Particles has a selection
of pre-made particle systems that you can customize for your own use. Shaders has a
variety of materials that you can use as texture maps for 3D text and geometry that you
create in Fusion. And there are many, many other categories’ worth of useful presets
and macros that you can learn from and use in your own projects.
Adding, Inserting, and Replacing Tools Using the Eects Library
Adding nodes to the Node Editor from the Tools category of the Effects Library is very similar to
adding nodes from the toolbar.
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