
I connected a Text node to the mask input of the S_Effect node I connected a Media node (video of a hiker) to the foreground input of the S_Effect node I connected a Media node (video of a drone shot) to the background input of the S_Effect node

There are other ways to do this when you want to re-use the same style across projects, but this method is the simplest.I’m in Davinci Fusion (just upgraded to v 18) and am having trouble getting the Sapphire Builder to work. Then, dragging the template from the media pool to the timeline will instantiate a new title, with the saved look, and you only need to change the text. If you don't want to repeat the styling steps every time you want another title to appear, you can save a template by dragging the Text+ clip (after you've adjusted the look) from the timeline to the media pool. If you don't see the controls in the Cut/Edit page inspectors, and you're using an earlier version of Resolve, switch to the Fusion page, and they'll be available there. I know that R17 allows more of Fusion's parameters to be published in the Edit and Cut page inspectors, but I don't remember if this particular control was new to those pages in R17. Multiple elements can be active simultaneously.


A few of the slots are pre-populated with commonly used defaults like this, outline, and drop shadow, for example.

The numbered "Shading Elements," in case you're wondering, are preset slots, where you can save combinations of settings for Fusion Text+ nodes. In the Inspector, go to the Shading Tab, and in the Shading Elements section, change the "Select Element" dropdown to "4" and check "Enabled." Change the color of the background from the default blue to black, and if you don't want the black boxes to split between characters, then change Properties->Level to "Line" or "Word."
