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davinci_resolve_notes [2020.01.28 05:53] – [Copy - Paste part of timeline to elsewhere] Steve Isenberg | davinci_resolve_notes [2021.01.08 08:39] – [Captioning your Movie] Steve Isenberg | ||
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[[davinci videos smi to watch]] . [[sight and sound resources]] | [[davinci videos smi to watch]] . [[sight and sound resources]] | ||
=====DaVinci Resolve - Notes===== | =====DaVinci Resolve - Notes===== | ||
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To adjust within a track, put cursor on the white line press Alt(option) key and click. This adds a white circle, you can add several, and change volume between them. | To adjust within a track, put cursor on the white line press Alt(option) key and click. This adds a white circle, you can add several, and change volume between them. | ||
+ | ====Dynamic Zoom==== | ||
+ | You want to zoom in or out, or pan an existing clip. | ||
+ | - Select the clip. (You might cut its start and end so you have the range of video you want to zoom on isolated into a single clip.) | ||
+ | - In Inspector, turn on Dynamic Zoom, and Linear | ||
+ | - In preview window in lower left, select from the dropdown Dynamic Zoom | ||
+ | - Green box is beginning, Red box is end, of the zoom. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===How to see X-Y parameters of the green and red boxes=== | ||
+ | TBD | ||
====Media Offline! Fixing==== | ====Media Offline! Fixing==== | ||
You're re-editing a project and some or all of the media reports "Media Offline" | You're re-editing a project and some or all of the media reports "Media Offline" | ||
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from [[https:// | from [[https:// | ||
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+ | ====Track and Blur an Object==== | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | In brief | ||
+ | - set up a track (cut left and right on timeline) that has what you want to blur | ||
+ | - select the track and go to Color tab (to left of musical notes) | ||
+ | - once there, alt-S to create a boxie | ||
+ | - select the boxie | ||
+ | - draw the window around the object using square or whatever | ||
+ | - adjust the square | ||
+ | - track right and track left | ||
+ | - Open FX, drag Box Blur to the boxie | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Captioning your Movie==== | ||
+ | First, you need a caption file that Resolve can read. If you use Zoom you may have a VTT or caption file. For Resolve you need a SRT file. Two ways to get this SRT file. (You can also manually enter the captions but I'm not discussing that here.) | ||
+ | ===Prepare the caption file=== | ||
+ | - Copy the .vtt file to new file with an .srt extension | ||
+ | - Edit the new .srt file | ||
+ | - Delete the first two lines: the WEBVTT file and the blank line beneath it | ||
+ | - For each timestamp, replace the period with a comma. | ||
+ | * From: 00: | ||
+ | * To: 00: | ||
+ | - Optionally, you can removed the names from the captions (so the caption is "hello world" instead of "John Smith: hello world" | ||
+ | Preparing the file using vim: | ||
+ | - fix dot to comma: ''< | ||
+ | - remove names from captions: ''< | ||
+ | //There may be programs that do this conversion but that's not what I'm using.// | ||
+ | ===Adding the captions to your movie=== | ||
+ | * In Resolve, Timeline Edit | ||
+ | * File > Import file > Import Subtitle, select the .srt file. | ||
+ | * In timeline, above Video 1, right-click and add subtitle track. | ||
+ | * It becomes a third track area, above audio and video track areas. | ||
+ | * Move the timeline cursor to the place where the first caption should go (if captions start at 00: | ||
+ | * Copy the srt file to this track to align with this cursor (at approximately 00: | ||
+ | * On the caption track, choose the eyeball to make captions visible. | ||
+ | * Then select the caption track, and go to inspector. | ||
+ | * Open Sans size 35 line spacing -10 Left alignment | ||
+ | * Transform position x=808 y=32, anchor bottom and centered | ||
+ | * Drop Shadow: x offset 4, y offset -4 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Rendering with Captions Showing=== | ||
+ | * Open Subtitle Settings | ||
+ | * Export Subtitle | ||
+ | * Format "Burn into video" | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ====Save a Frame as an Image -- Export Frame==== | ||
+ | from [[https:// | ||
+ | - Select clip in timeline | ||
+ | - Go to the Color tab | ||
+ | - In video preview, move the time marker to the frame you'd like to save | ||
+ | - Right-click on the video preview, and select Grab Still | ||
+ | - On the left in the Gallery, right-click on the still and select Export | ||
+ | - Find the place on your computer to save it and name it | ||
+ | - Change file type to JPEG or whatever, and hit Export to save the frame as an image | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Combine MTS files to MP4==== | ||
+ | In Any Video Converter Ultimate... | ||
+ | - Select Convert Videos | ||
+ | - In Finder, go to the directory private | ||
+ | - See: AVCHD, right click on it and Show Package Contents | ||
+ | - See: BDMV, right click on it and Show Package Contents | ||
+ | - See: a bunch of MTS files like 00000.MTS, 00001.MTS | ||
+ | - Select all of these (shift click) | ||
+ | - Copy these to Any Video Converter | ||
+ | - Make sure they are in the right order, 00000, 00001, 00002, etc | ||
+ | - Choose the output format, I use: HD MP4 Video (X264, Auto size up to 1920x1080, AAC, Stereo, 44100 Hz | ||
+ | - Put checkmark in the box Merge All Files | ||
+ | - Specify file name | ||
+ | - Select output folder (e.g., Any Video Converter) | ||
+ | - Convert Now | ||
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=====Other Notes===== | =====Other Notes===== | ||
+ | ====Tweaks==== | ||
+ | Improving your interaction with Resolve. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | * Performance mode. Preferences, | ||
+ | * Set Performance Mode=Automatic | ||
+ | * set Hide UI Overlays | ||
+ | * set Minimize interface updates during playback. | ||
+ | * Speed up playback during editing.\\ //Look in upper corner when playing, see frames/ | ||
+ | * Playback > Proxy Playback. | ||
+ | * This speeds up playback. | ||
+ | * Image may appear a bit blurry, but the playback won't jump. | ||
+ | * Does not affect final output of your project. | ||
====Archiving/ | ====Archiving/ | ||
You have (finally!) finished working on a project and you want to put it away some place so it won't take up space on your prime drive and also so that you can pull it back intro Resolve to work on it some more, if that's ever needed. | You have (finally!) finished working on a project and you want to put it away some place so it won't take up space on your prime drive and also so that you can pull it back intro Resolve to work on it some more, if that's ever needed. | ||
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===Import and Export=== | ===Import and Export=== | ||
Import and Export are very different from Archive and Restore -- Import/ | Import and Export are very different from Archive and Restore -- Import/ | ||
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+ | ====Recent Findings and Process 17oct2020==== | ||
+ | I have been using one project for many programs. | ||
+ | - Projects > right click on the project > Export Project. | ||
+ | - This exports the .drp file that holds project information, | ||
+ | - Export project twice: once with and and once without Stills and LUTs. | ||
+ | - Add date to the file, eg: '' | ||
+ | - I am storing these in directory '' | ||
+ | - Copy the source directory (e.g., '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Draw Text Onto Video==== | ||
+ | Added 20201101: You want text not just to appear, but to stoke itself on. Writing your text onto the video. | ||
+ | - Timeline, Media Pool, Create new fusion composition. | ||
+ | - Select it, go to Fusion tab | ||
+ | - Hide Keyframes | ||
+ | - Add a text thing (see: T+) | ||
+ | - Give it text, pick font. | ||
+ | - Connect it to MediaOut | ||
+ | - Select the text, Command-Shift-Space, | ||
+ | - On MaskPaint Inspector, Tools (next to Controls), Invert (so you can see the text) | ||
+ | - MaskPaint, Controls | ||
+ | - Brush controls: Adjust the size of the circle so it will cover the strokes in the text, softness to zero | ||
+ | - Stroke Controls: set Stroke Animation to Write On | ||
+ | - Go to frame zero | ||
+ | - Then click and drag the mouse to cover the text left to right | ||
+ | - Back to Mask Control and uncheck Invert | ||
+ | - Bring back Keyframes | ||
+ | - Select all of the white marks, they turn yellow | ||
+ | - Right-click and choose Time Stretching | ||
+ | - Shrink them till they use the time you want,eg 1 or 2 seconds | ||
+ | - Right-click and disable Time Stretching | ||
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+ | There may be more details I didn't include and maybe a few more steps but it should be easier with the above. | ||
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+ | From and with great thanks to [[https:// | ||
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+ | ====Cleaning Up After==== | ||
+ | April 2020: I found 114GB of space used in the CacheClip directory. | ||
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+ | This decision is supported by | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
====Fonts of Interest==== | ====Fonts of Interest==== | ||
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