Fusion: Creating Motion Graphics

Learn how to create powerful motion graphics, including animated logos and identity bumpers, with Blackmagic Design Fusion, the free and full-featured VFX and animation software.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files
• What you should know

1. Importing and Layering Footage

• Nodes vs. layers
• Importing project footage
• Evaluating footage and setting the color space
• Layering footage using Merge nodes
• Creating an initial camera
• Adjusting an animation in Fusion

2. Lighting the Scene

• Creating and adjusting spotlights to showcase elements
• Sequencing clips on the timeline
• Adjusting footage on the timeline
• Adding an underlay to organize the flow

3. Adding Particles

• Creating an emitter and shaping the particles
• Adjusting particle properties
• Adjusting the particle system and adding forces
• Creating a particle renderer

4. Animating Cameras in 3D Space

• Animating a camera
• Color Correction
• Adding glow
• Creating custom transitions

5. Adding Post Effects and Final Polish

• Loading and merging EXR footage
• Adding depth of field
• Implementing motion blur
• Creating a custom transition

6. Using Paint to Create a Logo

• Painting a logo
• Merging painted logo into the comp
• Animating paint elements
• Adding glow and post effects

7. Adding Text and Rendering

• Creating text
• Setting the text color and style
• Animating the text
• Rendering the final composite

Conclusion

• Next steps