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In this scene this guy is supposed to be dead but he blinks and I'm trying to figure out the best way to cover that up. I tried magic mask but it was cumbersome, didn't really work out... might be human error, I'm not sure.

I was thinking fusion even though I'd rather not just being I know that tab the least lol.

Open to suggestions! Thanks.

A blink is about a 7th of a second. On either side of the blink, patch 2 or 3 frames of the video track, leaving all the audio untouched, so that you cover the few frames of the blink.

rick.lang wrote:A blink is about a 7th of a second. On either side of the blink, patch 2 or 3 frames of the video track, leaving all the audio untouched, so that you cover the few frames of the blink.

and what is it you mean by patch 2 or 3 frames lol. fusion? taking an elipses or something and animating it over? color tab, magic mask?

Assuming your video is on track V1, copy 2 or 3 frames on each side of the blink from V1 and paste them both to track V2 with 100% opacity. After each copy, you might need to position the cursor just beyond the end of your V1 timeline to do the paste of the 4-6 frames and then manually drag them to V2 so they cover the blink on V1. I know this is cumbersome!

There may be a way to get them to paste to V2 directly, but I’m not sure. The cumbersome way works for me but congratulations if you can copy and paste from V1 to V2 in one step. I’ve tried to click on V2 after the copy from V1 with the cursor over the blink, but it didn’t work. Maybe it does on version 20, but I haven’t tried it.

Presuming there's camera motion that would make a quick patch difficult...

In Fusion:
1 Use a Planar Tracker to track the face of the man.
2 Use a Time Stretcher node to freeze the frame immediately before the blink.
3 Use a Matte Control and a Polygon tool to isolate the eyes.
4 Create a Planar Transform (from the Planar Tracker).
5 Use the Planar Transform to move the freeze of the isolated eyes.
6 For the duration of the blink, composite the freeze of the eyes over the original of the moving face.
7 Soften the edges of the Polygon node so it looks seamless.

Study Lesson 4 of the free "The Visual Effects Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18" training manual for more info.

rick.lang wrote:There may be a way to get them to paste to V2 directly

Paste targeting is currently controlled using the Auto Track Selector status switches. Hopefully that will change at some point, but for now it is what it is.

Thanks, Andy. Yes, my technique assumes no motion at the point of the blink of the eyes. Great to see the steps for a better Fusion technique!

rick.lang wrote:Assuming your video is on track V1, copy 2 or 3 frames on each side of the blink from V1 and paste them both to track V2 with 100% opacity. After each copy, you might need to position the cursor just beyond the end of your V1 timeline to do the paste of the 4-6 frames and then manually drag them to V2 so they cover the blink on V1. I know this is cumbersome!

There may be a way to get them to paste to V2 directly, but I’m not sure. The cumbersome way works for me but congratulations if you can copy and paste from V1 to V2 in one step. I’ve tried to click on V2 after the copy from V1 with the cursor over the blink, but it didn’t work. Maybe it does on version 20, but I haven’t tried it.

I see what you're saying. I believe that is only going to work if there's no other moving parts in the scene. I have moving parts so it jitters. I think I'm going to have to try the fusion suggestion in this thread. It just makes sense to use some type of a tracker because of so much movement in the whole frame.

My bad, I should have asked about motion. Hope it turns out well!

Andy Mees wrote:Presuming there's camera motion that would make a quick patch difficult...

Study Lesson 4 of the free "The Visual Effects Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18" training manual for more info.

Replacing Signs and Screens?

AJKinOHIO wrote:Replacing Signs and Screens?

Yes, thats the one. Same technique, different application... instead of pinning a sign on a wall (for example) you're pinning a dead stare on an actor's face.