Edit Page Connector

When you open the Fusion page on a timeline clip, the Edit Page Connector is typically there automatically as the MediaIn (the Edit clip). You can also add it manually to access other clips of the timeline.

Unlike a classic Loader, the connector refers to a timeline clip (transitions, in/out points, retime applied in Edit), not just a raw source file. Edit stays in charge of what you receive.

• Effects Library: Tools > Resolve Connect > Edit Page Connector
• Present as the MediaIn by default when you open the Fusion page on a timeline clip.

Edit → Fusion

The timeline clip (with its in/out points, retime, transitions) is the Fusion input. The compositing is applied to that clip.

Fusion → Edit

The compositing result replaces the clip in the Edit timeline. Normal playback in the timeline with the compositing included.

Full pipeline

Edit (cut, in/out, retime) → Fusion (compositing) → Color (grading) → Deliver.

Standard Edit + Fusion workflow:
[Edit page]
Clip A (in/out, transitions)
   ↓ (open Fusion on this clip)
[Fusion page]
Edit Page Connector (= Clip A) → Compositing → MediaOut
                                                ↓
[Edit page]
Clip A now replaced by the Fusion composite

Multi-clip Fusion (rare):
[Fusion page]
Edit Page Connector (clip A) ─┐
                              ├── Merge → MediaOut
Loader (other clip) ───────────┘

• Compositing integrated into the timeline - compositing done directly on the Edit clip with its timeline settings, without export/re-import.
• Effects on a clip with an Edit retime - a retime applied in Edit (slow-mo, speed ramp) is respected in Fusion.
• Discreet cleanup - wire removal, retouching, light VFX integration directly on the Edit clip.
• Per-clip titles / motion graphics - add a custom Fusion title on an Edit clip without duplicating the clip elsewhere.
• Standard video workflow - for most projects without heavy VFX, the connector is the default Resolve workflow.

• Present by default - most of the time there is no need to add it manually. When you open Fusion on an Edit clip, MediaIn = an implicit Edit Page Connector.
• Timeline in/out respected - the connector only gives access to the in/out frames of the Edit clip. To access content outside of them, the clip must be extended on the timeline.
• Edit retime applied upstream - if the clip has an Edit retime, Fusion receives the already retimed clip. To retime in Fusion, turn off the Edit retime first.
• Color page after Fusion - the Fusion result feeds the Color page through the Color Page Connector. Standard workflow.
• Different from a real Loader - a classic Loader points to a raw file and ignores the timeline. The connector respects the timeline. Choose based on what you need.
• For compositing with free access to the source (without respecting the timeline in/out), use a Loader on the source file instead of the connector.