OGraf in DaVinci Resolve 21: Editable Graphics Explained
By Video Effect Vibe ·
OGraf brings HTML-based graphics into DaVinci Resolve 21. Instead of importing only finished video frames, you can use a graphic whose exposed parameters remain editable. For Video Effect Vibe, that means exporting a supported animation as a reusable title and changing its available text, colors and settings in Resolve.
What Resolve 21 adds
Blackmagic's Resolve 21 New Features Guide documents support for OGraf and Lottie animations on macOS and Windows. It describes importing the formats into the Media Pool or timeline with transparency preserved, and an OGrafLoader node for Fusion. Older Resolve releases do not gain this support simply by installing a template bundle.
OGraf and Lottie are separate formats. Supporting one does not mean any arbitrary website, JavaScript application or animation project will work as an editable Resolve graphic. The asset still needs to be packaged correctly and remain within the capabilities supported by the exporter and host.
OGraf, Fusion and rendered video solve different needs
A rendered ProRes or WebM overlay contains finished frames. Its transparency can let your footage show through, and you can move or scale the clip, but its drawn text is baked into those frames. To change that wording you generally return to the source and render again.
A Fusion template is built from Fusion tools and may expose controls for editing. An OGraf graphic uses a different rendering approach based on web graphics. Both can offer reusable titles, but an OGraf export is not a reconstructed set of native Fusion text and shape nodes.
The .drfx extension is a package format, not the graphics technology itself. Video Effect Vibe uses it to deliver the OGraf graphic together with the resources it needs as an installable title. A .drfx downloaded elsewhere may contain a traditional Fusion template with different requirements and controls.
How Video Effect Vibe exports the animation
Start with a generated asset or a design from Community. Customize it in the app, then choose DaVinci Template. The exporter packages the supported source component, saved configuration and resources. This step does not use an AI model to redraw the animation or translate it into approximate Fusion shapes.
Supported images and fonts are bundled so the installed graphic does not need to fetch them from the original website during playback. Supported configuration fields become controls that Resolve can expose in the Inspector. Install the resulting .drfx, add the title above your footage and change the values provided by that design.
This workflow is useful when you want to reuse the same visual treatment with new wording or colors. It also separates creation from editing: you can design in the app and make the supported finishing changes while working on the video timeline.
What remains editable
The exporter supports text, color, number and boolean configuration fields, with a maximum of 20 exposed controls. This can cover a name, subtitle, accent color, size value or visibility switch. The exact meaning of a control comes from the component; a number field is not automatically an animation-speed setting.
Other settings stay at their saved values. Do not assume every image, font or layer can be replaced in Resolve. Choose a template by the controls it actually offers, and make changes outside those controls in the app before exporting again.
Compatibility and visual checks still matter
Keeping the source component avoids an approximate redraw, but it is not a guarantee of identical pixels across rendering engines. Text rendering, shadows and other details can differ. Review the installed result over representative footage and render a short sample before delivering the project.
Not every component is exportable. Unsupported animation behavior, video or audio dependencies, and some dynamically loaded resources can prevent the exporter from building a self-contained title. An editable preview in the app does not by itself establish export compatibility.
The title retains the source asset's duration. Trimming is possible, but do not expect arbitrary extension to generate new animation or adapt the ending. If you need a fixed finished overlay for another editor, ProRes may be the more practical choice; if supported in-timeline text changes matter, the editable title is the relevant option.
OGraf questions
Is OGraf an AI plugin? No. It is a graphics format supported by Resolve. AI can help create an asset, but playing or changing the exported title does not require another AI generation.
Does editable mean I receive a full Fusion node graph? No. This export uses OGraf. Its exposed controls let you customize the graphic without turning it into a native Fusion reconstruction.
Can I use the same package in Resolve 20? This OGraf-based export requires Resolve 21+. For older workflows, consider a rendered overlay and check the editor's codec support.