Where DaVinci Resolve keeps its templates (and how to install your own)

The exact folder Resolve loads Fusion templates from on macOS and Windows, why they sometimes fail to appear, and how to fix it.

Resolve does not have an installer for templates. You copy files into a folder and restart the app. The catch is that the folder is not where most people look, and it changes depending on whether you installed Resolve as a normal app or through the App Store.

The folder

On macOS, Fusion templates live here:

~/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Templates/

On Windows:

%APPDATA%\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Fusion\Templates\

Inside Templates there are subfolders for Edit, Fusion and others. A title goes in Edit/Titles, a transition in Edit/Transitions. Put a title in the wrong subfolder and it loads, but shows up in a menu where you will not think to look.

When they do not appear

Three things account for almost every case.

The first is that Resolve was running when you copied the files. It reads the template folder at launch and does not watch it afterwards. Quit and reopen, not just close the project.

The second is the Library folder being hidden on macOS. Finder hides ~/Library by default, so a drag and drop into what looks like the right place often lands one level off. Use Go, then Go to Folder, and paste the path.

The third is quarantine. Files downloaded through a browser get an attribute that makes Resolve skip them silently. Right-click the file, choose Open once, or clear it from Terminal with xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <file>.

A note on version differences

Resolve 18 and newer read the path above. Older installs used a different location inside the application bundle, which is why some tutorials still point there. If you are on 17 or earlier, the upgrade is free and worth doing before troubleshooting anything else.