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Free online courseDaVinci Resolve Fusion Training for Beginners

Duration of the online course: 2 hours and 49 minutes

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Free beginner course to learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion: nodes, keyframing, masking, text, titles, macros, and basic 3D for motion graphics.

In this free course, learn about

  • Fusion Fundamentals and Workflow
  • Compositing Core Skills
  • Reusable Graphics and 3D Projects

Course Description

DaVinci Resolve Fusion Training for Beginners is a free online course designed for creators who want to start building professional motion graphics and visual effects directly inside DaVinci Resolve. With a beginner-friendly approach, it helps you understand the Fusion page workflow and gain confidence navigating nodes, tools, and timelines so you can enhance edits with polished compositing.

You will learn how to set up projects and work efficiently with media, then progress into core animation concepts such as keyframing and combining elements with essential node-based techniques. The course also covers practical compositing skills like masking and working with text, giving you the foundations needed to create clean titles, graphics, and animated elements for video content.

As you advance, you will explore building reusable presets and macros to speed up your workflow and keep projects consistent. You will also get introduced to 3D in Fusion, opening the door to more dynamic scenes and more advanced visual storytelling. By the end, everything is brought together to help you apply what you learned in a cohesive, real-world workflow.

Ideal for editors, designers, and content creators, this training fits within Design and Creative Arts and focuses on Video Editing with a strong emphasis on Fusion compositing. If you want to move beyond basic edits and start crafting engaging visuals inside DaVinci Resolve, this course provides a clear path to getting started.

Course content

  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 1: Getting Started 10m
  • Exercise: In Fusion, where do you typically add nodes to build effects for a clip?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 2: Working With Media 15m
  • Exercise: What is one advantage of dragging extra clips from the Media Pool into Fusion instead of creating a single stacked Fusion Clip from the Edit timeline?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 3: Keyframing 16m
  • Exercise: In Fusion, what does the green input on a node like Merge represent?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 4: Merge Node 18m
  • Exercise: When adding a Merge node, what determines which input (Foreground or Background) the selected clip is automatically connected to?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 5: Masking 21m
  • Exercise: In Fusion, what does the checkerboard background indicate when a mask is applied?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 6: Introduction to Text 18m
  • Exercise: In Fusion, what does holding Shift while dragging a node allow you to do?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 7: Fusion Titles 19m
  • Exercise: How can you save a customized Fusion Title so you can reuse it later in the same project without copying and pasting on the timeline?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 8: Creating Presets and Macros 16m
  • Exercise: When creating an effect look preset in Fusion, which nodes are recommended to be selected before using Save As?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 9: Creating 3D 18m
  • Exercise: When combining 3D elements in Fusion (like Text 3D and an Image Plane), which node is required to combine them into the same 3D scene?
  • Video class: Learn DaVinci Resolve Fusion - Lesson 10: Putting It All Together 14m
  • Exercise: When masking a clip with a panel element in Fusion, which node is used to subtract the mask and create the cutout?

This free course includes:

2 hours and 49 minutes of online video course

Digital certificate of course completion (Free)

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