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Superimposing a clip with itself for “post-conform” Composite Mode effects?
Is it possible to superimpose a clip/event over itself AFTER you import an FCP XML-based sequence into Resolve?
Id like to create a soft-diffused look, and want to be able to go into the Conform page, and simply copy the clip over itself, and add an Add or Screen composite mode on the upper clip. But I cant seem to find an easy way to do this besides finding the clip in the Media Pool and manually editing it onto a new track.
Is there not a simple “copy clip” feature in Resolve? Or is the Composite Mode feature only really intended to support incoming Composite Modes from an external FCP XML sequence?
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You don’t actually “copy” the clip. How i’ve done it is razor the clip so it is now in two parts. Move one part up a layer. Then trim both parts back to their original lengths. Turn on screen comp mode on the upper clip.
Glenn
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Very clever workaround! I’ve got to try that.
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Why not copy/paste ?
It would be so intuitive. -
Doesn’t seem to allow you to copy and paste.
Glenn
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Just a note. I have done this on clips in the timeline. I have used this technique in other programs and wanted to use it in Resolve. In the other programs I had access to a transparency control to vary the amount of the effect I wanted blended with the original clip. In Resolve I basically accomplished the same thing by using the Luma controls for what I wanted. If any one knows of another way to control the transparency of a clip in the timeline please let me know.
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1. Add a second track
2. Do your thing on the footage in there.
3. Add an alpha output
4. Add an empty node in the end and connect it to the alpha.
5. Use PostMixGain for transparencyA slice of color…
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It feels like the elegant way to implement this would be using the new 2nd RGB input (made if I understand correctly for Epic HDRX right now) – just a 2nd node stream, and then all we’d need is the layer mixer node to support blending modes.
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