thoughts: technique for creating gate weave in Resolve

[Andi Winter]

as far as i know, there isn’t a way to copy/paste tracking data within
the project 🙁

so that won’t be possible…

[Dan Moran]

I think this should help 🙂

My tutorial covers how to add camera shake but should apply to weave too.

https://www.mixinglight.com/001-R9-ShakeyCamera-DM.html

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Dan Moran
Colourist
Smoke & Mirrors: London
http://www.danmorancolor.com/blog

[Blase Theodore]

Wow, thanks Dan!

[Christian Betong]

But if you want camera gateweave you will want to have motionblur corresponding to that weave. You cant have that in Resolve (I think so?)

Why cant you just export from resolve, import into AE and add weave with motionblur after?

I have done a bit of film look effects in AE on different digital cameras. And think motion blur makes it look much better. Looks digital without.

Tip: If you are adding grain also, do that after the motionblur weave, as it would not be affected.

Hope this helps

Christian Berg-Nielsen
Sement&Betong
postproduction
Norway

[Jake Blackstone]

Great idea. But, as usual, Resolve requires some ingenuity to do simple tasks, instead of offering it as a core capability. I’m talking about an inability to copy and paste grades INCLUDING tracking data. This way when you save the grade into the memory and then recalling it doesn’t lose that information. Obviously, the mechanism for such copy and paste already exists, as demonstrated by Dan. Why not just slow down with all this incessant Resolve updating with meaningless “General stability improvements” and work on some core Resolve usability, like above mentioned “snap to” or better yet, user mapping of various panels? I just returned Element panels back and re-installed my old MC Color. Element hardware is almost perfect, but the Resolve mapping of the panel was less useful, than expected and no control release of panel by Resolve, even when not running is plain weird.

[Blase Theodore]

Hi Dan,

Just realized I can use this technique for sky replacements as well. Thanks again!

[Blase Theodore]

I came up with a variation of Dan’s technique, so you can apply gate weave / camera shake at any time from your PowerGrade Stillstore.

https://www.contactpost.tv/files/gate_weave.zip

1. Import the .drx file above to your powergrade still store.
2. Switch to PZTR only mode, to avoid pasting over your grades.
3. The grade must be first be applied to a clip that starts at exactly 01:00:00:00. (typically just the first clip in the timeline.) If there isn’t anything at 01hr, just throw down a black slug or something.
4. Once you’ve applied the powergrade to the first clip, you can paste from the first clip to any clip. Just go to that clip, and middle mouse button the first clip.

Notes:
1. I generated 1 min of shake. The pasted data is always the full minute, and is never truncated by pasting it to a shorter clip.
2. By default its set to a pretty intense weave. You will want to tweak it before you start pasting. To tweak, just scale back the “strong” value (under stabilizer box), and then hit stabilize.
3. If you needed to create your own versions, I’ve included the AEP I used to generate the weave. Just render out as much as you need, and watch Dan’s tutorial to see what I did to get the Powergrade.

[Blase Theodore]

So here is the trailer for the film I did using this effect.

https://vimeo.com/61779178

It was done completely in resolve on RED footage. (gate weave, gate matte, dust, scratches flicker, etc..) No AE needed.
I did it this way because it would have taken forever to tweak and render an entire film in AE with these effects.

Thanks again Dan for the idea.

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[Pat Wintersgill]

Thanks a lot for this Blase. Great looking video.
The link appears to be broken, would you mind uploading it again?
All best,
Pat Wintersgill
Film Shed
https://www.film-shed.co.uk

[Blase Theodore]

Hi Pat,

Sorry man, those files are long gone. Changed servers a couple years ago. But Dan explains it quite well.
You should really check out his description in the thread above.

Good luck!
Blase