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- Real Name: Sean Weaver
I've been through Chapters 2 and 3 of the Visual FX Guide to Davinci Resolve 18 several times now (two full run-throughs of both and about 3 -4 readings/work-throughs on Ch. 3 alone).
Not so much asking for anyone to "Do my homework" for me but I don't even know where to start right now so any guidance would really be appreciated.....
Clearly there are critical key-core concepts that I still have not yet internalized because when I get to the last section of Chapter 3 with the Practice Exercise, I'm lost.
Here is the text from the book:
Practice Exercise
To reinforce the concepts you learn, there will occasionally be optional exercises at the
end of the lessons. These exercises will be very similar to the procedures you will have
just completed.
However, they will have brief directions for guidance instead of detailed
step-by-step instructions.
In this practice exercise, you’ll need to use the masking and tracking skills you’ve learned
from these past two lessons. Using the third edit in the timeline, you’ll simulate depth of
field by creating a matte around the robot in the front, tracking the matte, blurring the
remaining robots, and adding a separate stronger blur to the background.
1 From the edit page timeline, go to the third edit in the timeline (first blue marker) and
switch to the Fusion page.
2 Bring both layers into the Fusion page.
3 Create a polygon matte for the frontmost robot on the left.
4 Track the robot and apply the tracking data to the polygon matte.
5 Add a Blur to the Robots node and use the matte so the blur applies only to the robots
in the back.
6 Add a Blur to the background room, so it is blurred more than the robots to simulate
greater depth of field.
7 Color correct the robots to be slightly darker and have less saturation.
As soon as I get to direction 4 ("apply the tracking data to the polygon matte") things start to fall apart. Massively.
Here is the .dra file: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/38oz1u8s ... kxfpa&dl=0
Here is my current .comp which is obviously not going well! https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/khyzaazp ... jeoxj&dl=0
Thankful for any help anyone can offer!
Sean
Not so much asking for anyone to "Do my homework" for me but I don't even know where to start right now so any guidance would really be appreciated.....
Clearly there are critical key-core concepts that I still have not yet internalized because when I get to the last section of Chapter 3 with the Practice Exercise, I'm lost.
Here is the text from the book:
Practice Exercise
To reinforce the concepts you learn, there will occasionally be optional exercises at the
end of the lessons. These exercises will be very similar to the procedures you will have
just completed.
However, they will have brief directions for guidance instead of detailed
step-by-step instructions.
In this practice exercise, you’ll need to use the masking and tracking skills you’ve learned
from these past two lessons. Using the third edit in the timeline, you’ll simulate depth of
field by creating a matte around the robot in the front, tracking the matte, blurring the
remaining robots, and adding a separate stronger blur to the background.
1 From the edit page timeline, go to the third edit in the timeline (first blue marker) and
switch to the Fusion page.
2 Bring both layers into the Fusion page.
3 Create a polygon matte for the frontmost robot on the left.
4 Track the robot and apply the tracking data to the polygon matte.
5 Add a Blur to the Robots node and use the matte so the blur applies only to the robots
in the back.
6 Add a Blur to the background room, so it is blurred more than the robots to simulate
greater depth of field.
7 Color correct the robots to be slightly darker and have less saturation.
As soon as I get to direction 4 ("apply the tracking data to the polygon matte") things start to fall apart. Massively.
Here is the .dra file: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/38oz1u8s ... kxfpa&dl=0
Here is my current .comp which is obviously not going well! https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/khyzaazp ... jeoxj&dl=0
Thankful for any help anyone can offer!
Sean
DR 18 Studio
macOS Monterey 12.7.2
MBP 16-Inch, 2019
2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel i9
32GB 2667 MHz DDR4
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8GB
macOS Monterey 12.7.2
MBP 16-Inch, 2019
2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel i9
32GB 2667 MHz DDR4
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M 8GB