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Forcing Effects into the Fusion Page
There is a way you can force clips with Edit page Inspector adjustments, plug-ins, retiming, and
Color page grades into the Fusion page, and that is to turn that clip into a compound clip. When
Edit page effects and Color page grading are embedded within compound clips, MediaIn
nodes corresponding to compound clips route the effected clip into the Fusion page. However,
bringing a compound clip into the Fusion page does change the resolution of the source clip to
match the Timeline resolution. For more information, see the section “Sizing Between
DaVinci Resolve Pages” in this chapter.
Output from the Fusion Page to the Color Page
The composition output from the Fusion page’s MediaOut node are passed on via the Color
page’s source input, with the sole exception that if you’ve added plug-ins to that clip in the Edit
or Cut page, then the handoff from the Fusion page to the Color page is as follows:
Fusion
Eects
Edit/Cut Page
Inspector
Adjustments
Edit Page
Plug-Ins
Color
Eects
What Viewers Show in Different DaVinci
Resolve Pages
Owing to the different needs of compositing artists, editors, and colorists, the viewers show
different states of the clip.
The Edit page source viewer: Always shows the source media, unless you’re opening
a compound clip that’s been saved in the Media Pool. If Resolve Color Management
is enabled, then the Edit page source viewer shows the source media at the Timeline
color space and gamma.
The Edit page Timeline viewer: Shows clips with all Edit page effects, Color page
grades, and Fusion page effects applied, so editors see the program within the context
of all effects and grading.
The Fusion page viewer: Shows Media Pool source clips at the Timeline color space
and gamma, but no Edit page Inspector adjustments or ResolveFX effects and no Color
page grades.
The Color page viewer: Shows clips with all Edit page effects, Color page grades, and
Fusion page effects applied.
Managing Resolution In Fusion
There is no formal resolution to a comp in Fusion. Even though opening Fusion > Fusion
Settings in the Fusion page or Preferences in Fusion Studio allows you to set the Width and
Height in the Frame Format panel, those settings only affect the size of Fusion-generated
images, like the Background tool, Fast Noise, and Text+ tool. The actual resolution of your
composition is initially determined by the source resolution of the input image. However, it can
be modified at any time using a variety of operations and nodes. For example, if you read in a
full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution image, your comp starts at full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution. This is
regardless of the Timeline resolution when you are using the Fusion page in DaVinci Resolve.
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