Create Professional Lower thirds with Blackmagic Fusion 9

Join this Blackmagic Fusion crash course to learn the basics of Blackmagic Fusion, including the viewer, flow editor, and node-based compositing, plus frame format basics.

Learn to create and modify masks in Blackmagic Fusion using rectangle, ellipse, and polygon masks, apply borders and opacity, and animate with keyframes.

Design level 1 teaches building lower thirds in Fusion 9 by creating background and shape nodes, adding text and a logo placeholder, with color themes and grid snapping.

Set up the Fusion 9 workspace and timeline, then animate a logo placeholder with keyframed transform, outline, and text, using easing and the spline editor for professional lower thirds.

Design professional lower thirds by building a red and white background with polygon masks and stripes, place title and subtitle text, and adjust layer order in Fusion 9.

Create and animate polyline strokes and text for lower thirds using the polyline stroke tool and text objects; set keyframes and time offset to reveal from left to right.

Design professional lower thirds in Blackmagic Fusion 9 by setting up color themes, crafting angled stripes, creating cutouts, layering front and back elements, and animating text and logos.

Create level 3 primary animation in Blackmagic Fusion 9 by animating mosque shapes from A to D, applying a typewriter subtitle with tracking, and refining timing with time trace tool.

Animate a level 3 lower third in Fusion by revealing a line with right-left motion, adding a background layer, and shaping stroke and center keyframes in a node-based workflow.

Level 04 teaches creating professional lower thirds with vertical gradients, subtle textures, and fake reflections using background tools, masks, color corrections, and transforms in Fusion 9.

Animate the main strip and text elements in level 4 primary animation, sync the white and red strips, apply motion blur, and group text objects for the lower third.

Enhance level 4 secondary animation by duplicating and merging lower thirds with a rectangle mask, then apply transform and scale motion, color tweaks, and a time-delay for polished timing.

Create simple, minimalistic lower thirds by focusing on shapes, composition, color, and motion. Appreciate how team concepts and basic node groups, timeline, and keyframes influence the design.

Create a lower third gallery in fusion 9 by building and saving a reusable template, then organize it in the bin library and render a thumbnail.

Explore a basic workflow between Resolve and Fusion (both free) to create and animate a lower third, including Fusion connect clip setup, text edits, and rendering back.