Created Tools ● June 2025
B-Roll Fade & Finish
Free B-Roll Styling Tool for DaVinci Resolve
If you work on long-form projects like educational videos where B-Roll clips (such as screen recordings or screenshots) are frequently overlaid on top of A-Roll footage, the B-Roll Fade & Finish tool was created with you in mind.
These kinds of projects often contain hundreds of B-Roll clips that need to be styled consistently and efficiently. This tool simplifies that process in DaVinci Resolve by applying a polished set of effects in one quick step.
With a simple drag-and-drop, this effect instantly applies a Fade-In, Rounded Border & Drop Shadow onto your B-Roll clip.
All visual elements are fully customisable within the Inspector Panel, including fade duration, border size and roundness, colour, shadow strength and more.
You can also easily crop, reposition, angle, and scale your B-Roll content, all within a single, centralised panel. This saves time and avoids the need to manually build and adjust multiple effects across different Inspector tabs.
Bonus Included: A-Roll Blur & Dim Tool
This bonus tool is designed to work seamlessly alongside the B-Roll Fade & Finish tool. When applied to an Adjustment Clip placed beneath your B-Roll on the timeline, it adds a subtle fade-in blur and dim effect to the underlying A-Roll, helping to draw the viewer’s attention to the B-Roll while minimising distractions from the A-Roll.
The tool is fully customisable, allowing you to adjust the blur fade-in duration, blur strength, dim fade-in duration, and dim intensity to suit your preferences.
Tested on both PC and Mac in DaVinci Resolve Studio 19 & 20.
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Two Variants Included
To suit different editing preferences, the package includes two variants of the tool:
B-Roll Fade & Finish FO (Fusion Overlay)
This recommended variant is tailored for users who prefer manipulating their B-Roll directly using Fusion Overlay handles within the DaVinci Resolve Edit Page.
With intuitive on-screen mouse controls, you can visually crop, position, scale, and angle your B-Roll clips.
- The clip is slightly offset to the right on load so both Fusion Overlay handles are immediately visible.
- A short, built-in guide appears at the bottom of the Inspector panel, explaining how to use the handles and on-screen frames.
B-Roll Fade & Finish SLD (Sliders)
This variant is designed for editors who prefer adjusting B-Roll settings using Inspector panel sliders instead of the Fusion Overlay.
- The clip remains centered, since no Fusion Overlay handles are needed.
- This variant also omits the on-screen guide and is ideal for users who prefer control via sliders.
- Apart from these changes, this variant is identical to the FO (Fusion Overlay) variant.
Installation Instructions
- After downloading the .ZIP package, extract its contents to a location on your computer.
- Inside, you’ll find two folders.
One for the B-Roll Fade & Finish tool and another for the A-Roll Blur & Dim tool. - Open each folder to locate the .DRFX files (these are the installation files for each tool).
- Open DaVinci Resolve and load any project (either a new or existing one). Then, navigate to the Edit Page.
- Double-click the .DRFX file from the A-Roll Blur & Dim folder.
- When prompted, click Install to add the tool.
- Next, return to the B-Roll Fade & Finish folder and choose your preferred variant (Fusion Overlay – FO or Sliders – SLD).
- Double-click your chosen .DRFX file.
- When prompted again, click Install.
The tools are now ready to use and can be found under the Fusion Effects section in the Effects panel.
Uninstall Instructions
- Open DaVinci Resolve and switch to the Fusion page.
- In the top-left corner, open the Effects panel.
- In the side tab, click on ‘Templates’.
- Click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of the Effects panel and select ‘Show Folder’.
- In the folder that opens, locate and delete the .DRFX files for the tools you wish to remove.
The tools have now been uninstalled from your system.
Release Changelog
- Version 1.0
Initial release of the B-Roll Fade & Finish tool, including both FO and SLD variants. Packaged with the initial release of the A-Roll Blur & Dim tool.
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