Blackmagicdesign URSA - DaVinci Resolve Workflow; Adding OpenFX Plugins

To track a window to a moving object:
1 Create a new serial node and add a power window.
2 Go to the start of your clip and position and size the window to highlight just the object
or area you want.
3 Open the ‘tracker’ palette. Select the pan, tilt, zoom, rotate, and perspective
3Dsettings appropriate for the movement in your clip by checking or unchecking
therelevant ‘analyse’ checkboxes.
4 Click on the ‘forward’ arrow to the left of the checkboxes. DaVinci Resolve will now
apply a cluster of tracking points on your clip and then step through the frames to
analyze the movement. When the tracking is done, your power window will follow the
path of the movement in your clip.
Most of the time automatic tracking is successful, but scenes can be complex and sometimes
an object can pass in front of your selected area, interrupting or affecting your track. This can
be solved manually using the keyframe editor. Refer to the DaVinci Resolve manual to
find out more.
Using Plugins
While making secondary color corrections you can also add OpenFX plugins to create
fast, interesting looks and effects using the ‘color’ page, or imaginative transitions and
effects on your clips on the ‘edit’ page. OFX plugins can be purchased and downloaded from
third party suppliers.
After installing a set of plugins, you can access them on the color page by opening the
OpenFX inspector to the right of the ‘node editor’ Simply click the ‘OpenFX’ button to open
the OpenFX inspector, create a new serial node and drag and drop a plugin onto the new
node. If the plugin has editable settings, you can adjust these in the adjoining
‘settings’ panel.
In the ‘edit’ page you can add plugin generators and transitions to clips by opening the
‘OpenFX’ panel in the ‘effects library’ and dragging your selected plugin onto the video track
above your clip on the timeline.
OFX plugins are a quick and easy way to create imaginative and interesting looks.
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