James Spatz wrote:I have yet to be able to use a plugin whose visual effect is to display outside the alpha, e.g. drop shadow, glow etc. Has anyone figured out how to do this?
Hey James
I twisted my head around it several times. its definitely missing and can get extremely frustrating when you need it...
Played a bit with these node trees to some level of success... But sadly not a full, straightforward solution.
Any other insight anyone might have about this would be very appreciated.
This structure is the simplest way I got Resolve to apply glow/blur/rays and such on an alpha generated inside Resolve (in this case a green screen).
- Screen Shot 2018-02-19 at 18.34.08.png (798.29 KiB) Viewed 7443 times
I apply (copy paste) same parameters to nodes 2 & 3 then tweak if needed. if I turn off node 3 you get Resolve's normal behavior with a blur on alpha. turning off node 2 (or not putting an effect there) is ok
It saved me when IO needed some RSMB applied on a key to restore motion blur.
Also tried more complex structures using Ext Mattes to gain more control... on some effects it seams to work better, but didn't dive deep enough (layer mixer on darken, darker or multiply), and It felt like doing too much
- Screen Shot 2018-02-19 at 18.16.13.png (136.75 KiB) Viewed 7443 times
You can try this one for drop shadow emulation on graphics that come with alpha. This is a V2 out of 3 layers - V1 Background, this on V2 and V3 is the logo again
It involves blurring the key input of node 2 as well as offsetting it using node sizing and dropping its opacity, node 3 is only there for added blur as key input blur only goes up to 1...
- Screen Shot 2018-02-19 at 18.20.55.png (236.48 KiB) Viewed 7443 times