Now that DaVinci Resolve supports USD files, you have a ton of new tools for opening or creating 3D scenes.
Since the announcement of DaVinci Resolve 18.5 and support for the Universal Scene Description (USD) file format,
You can learn more about USDs at the official website, OpenUSD.org.
In this video from Color Grading Insights, you’ll learn about:
- Adding USD files to the project
- Enabling lighting in the viewer
- Inserting USDs into the Fusion node area
- Connecting models with uMerge
- Moving and resizing elements with uTransform tool
- Adding a Dome light tool
- Placing a camera into the scene
- Adding new objects with uShape
- Adding textures to surfaces
- Additional lighting tools

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.