This methodology ended up looking excellent. Quick tip in case you don't know it: rather than copy/pasting the mask, you can right click any layer with a mask and select 'Add>Outside' and this will add a node with the opposite mask. Iirc it also tracks the first node and adjusts accordingly.
Happy to know this tutorial was useful. Thanks for the tip. I've completely forgotten about this method. And it really saves time. Pinned your comment, so more people can see that.
You are god sent, Nick. My film mentors saw my footage and were like "ur cooked" and that we'd have to cover up the whole interviewee with b-roll and i was upset because i really wanted her face. i came in this morning and applied the method and it workedddd!!
Very Helpful. Thank You SO MUCH! I would also add that you can set specific point of video when you want to sharpen moving object using tracker function.
Thank you so much for this video! A clip I was hesitant to use in a video of mine I now feel confident enough to put in because of this technique! Very great!
Wow! Thank you so much, this has helped me to salvage a wedding vows video for a client, as the video I recorded was not great. At least now, I have been able to grab a fair few decent stills and managed to restore focus to the happy couple during the service. My only question is, how do you save the video once you have applied all the changes please? Great tutorial, very thorough and easy to follow. Bless you
Thank you for the feedback! Happy I could help. To save the video navigate to deliver tab (the one on the right at the bottom), configure export settings in the left side panel, click Add to render queue in that panel. And after that - ckick Start render on the right.
Hi, thank you for watching! This issue seems strange. You could either skip this (if there's not much color noise) or alternatively you can add two color space transform nodes (from Library on the right side inside the Color tab) - one before the nodes from the tutorial and one after. In the inspector of the first color space transform choose Lab as output color space. In the inspector of the second color space transform choose Lab as an input color space. That will have the same effect as changing individual node's color space, but for all the nodes in-between two color space transforms.
Great Job! Really! I got one for ya - image stabilization was on but should have been off. The subwoofer/low frequencies cause the device to react and cause a breathing effect?
Hey there! Thanks for the kind words and for sharing your issue. Fixing this might be quite challenging, but you could give DaVinci Resolve's stabilize feature a try to help with the focus breathing. Just keep in mind that it could cause some weird distortions in the video.
If you want to make the edges of the mask less noticeable, you can adjust the mask's feather by dragging the corresponding line outside of the mask edge. If you are referring to what needs to be done after following the steps in the video, you should switch to the 'deliver' tab, select the output format, and render the video.
Hey! Thanks for the helpful video. Quick question- What if shot only quickly goes out of focus a few times throughout the clip? Is there a way to fix just that segment without it effecting the entire clip?
Hi! Just cut that parts of videos both at the beginning and end in Davinci on the Edit page to make it appear as a clip on the Color page. After that go to Color page (make sure Clips panel on top is active) - select the blurry clip You have previously cut and follow the steps in this tutorial. If You have multiple segments out of focus - cut all of them. And after You've finished with fixing one segment on Color page simply select all nodes with mouse - copy (ctrl+c / cmd+c) them - choose next blurry clip and paste nodes (ctrl+v / cmd+v).
To increase video quality you can use something like Video2X (free) or Topaz video AI (paid). After that depending on the clip issues you can make additional fixes in Davinci Resolve.
Hm, that's really strange. Do that mp4 files play normally in preview or any video player? Davinci should be working fine with all the kinds of mp4 unless those are corrupt. Davinci Resolve is compatible with both MacOS, Windows and Linux. There's bow even a version for iPadOS. In the tutorial I use .mp4 files from a Sony camera and Davinci Resolve for Mac.
@@NickBorodenko I always use this kind of files and I know it’s not corrupted because I have edited them. They also from my Sony camera, so I just don’t get it. Anyway, I erased it and I’m using something else. Thanks again
Might be a codec issue. There is a limitation in a free version - no support for 10 bit mp4 (h.264 or h.265). You can either transcode to 8 bit mp4 of 10 bit ProRes/DNxHR using software like Handbrake or ffmpeg.
Choppy playback after following the steps in the tutorial in Davinci Resolve is normal, because this fix is resource intensive and puts a lot of stress on your computer. A smoother playback may be achieved by lowering the playback resolution, using render cache and/or proxies. Anyway, when you export the video by going to the Deliver tab - it should play without issues.
Please make sure, you've switched the node to LAB color space. And after that remove channels 2 and 3 only. Channel 1 should remain turned on. This way blur/sharpening affects only the luminance channel. Sorry if that moment in the tutorial was confusing.
@@NickBorodenko I had a multi camera shoot and my interview partner kept creeping forward really slowly, so I didn’t see it until I viewed back the footage 😅 melt time I will bring a hot glue gun to stick someone’s shoes on the ground 😂 (not actual advice)
Question - I spent 30 minutes shooting video narration for a RU-vid project only to find out my shirt is drenched in sweat and it looks really distracting. Is there anything I can do about that in Resolve?
Well, that depends on the color of the shirt. If shirt has a different color than the rest of the image I would suggest trying to tinker with curves: hue vs saturation and hue vs luminance to make sweaty and normal parts of the shirt more even. And maybe add just a tiny bit of blur to the shirt. If not - you can select shirt using a color picker (or smart mask) and make adjustments with color wheels or curves to even the shirt - but this will be harder to do than the first option.
Another option I can think of is dramatically changing the overall image style (except for your face and skin). A bit of blur/lowering midtone details and a creative LUT (matte or something like that), for example.
@@NickBorodenko Interesting, thank you let me play around with that! It is a gray, really thin cotton shirt and it was soaked with sweat which is really aggravating after all the time I spent on it.
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately Adobe audio enhancer wasn’t released yet back when I edited this video. Room acoustics wasn’t great and I’ve made the sound worse by placing mic too far. I’ve improved my audio quality since, but anyway I am sincerely grateful for pointing out the issue.
Its the blurred videos, out of focus videos pictures that are out of focus, blurred out, audio you cannot hear or its silent? Like text, picture quality, zoom, auto focus and new function features you used? How long they last on products, but most of all is storage, a websites to copy videos to unblur unfocus videos photos and silent hard to hear audio in videos? Url copy videos to unblur, out of focus videos pictures? That's all, maybe comments later if i get to around september to December-2023-or-2024-+😮
If I got your question right: it is completely normal for blurry image during the autofocus process. If you mean, that camera keeps loosing focus - than it's probably not enough contrast/light for autofocus to work, or camera can't decide which object it should focus on. If that's the case - try switching to manual focus or specifying focus point for the autofocus.
Hi sir can you help me to solve my case. My road bike was stolen and then the thief capture the town CCTV, but the problem is the copy was blurry coz he is fast approaching and when we stop or pause the video its the same its blur. Sir plss help us i will send the videos in your email and to your Facebook thanks in advance.
Nick, do you do video enhancements for people? I'm tired of trying to sharpen clips and fix the lighting on my face in 2 of my videos and want to just pay someone to fix it for me.
I generally charge a per hour rate. But as both of us don't know if I can enhance the footage up to the point it looks ok until I start working on it - I suggest the following. You send me the footage, I tinker with it to see what I can do. Afterwards I'll send you the result and if you like what you see - you can pay whatever you deem appropriate. If you don't like the result - well, no problem and no expenses.
As far as I know, there is no curve tool to adjust focus in Davinci Resolve. You can use blur/sharpen tool sliders located inside Color page (which I show how to use in the video). Alternatively if you have a studio version of Resolve, you can add Sharpen effect from the Effects tab both on the Edit and Color pages - I recommend adding those on the Color page, so you have more control over the effect area by using masks.
Ok not sure what's going on with my camera. So was filming a wedding their first dance. Everything behind them meaning guest is in good focus but the couple is out. I was using auto focus I'm trying this solution but only helping a little unfortunately my second shooter missed this as well so this is my only camera
Sorry to hear that. I am afraid, it's not that much more you can do if the focus is way too off. Maybe try using some free AI video upscalers/enhancers - that might bring out a bit more information for Davinci to work with. But I don't think, that it will dramatically influence the result. Sadly, autofocus can be a real lottery sometimes. P.S. As an example, I have just found out, that some Sony cameras disable wonderful eye-tracking autofocus if you are shooting 4K and have camera Bluetooth control turned on - and do so without any notifications.
Free ones are usually on GitHub. Video2X and Real-ESRGAN are two, that I am aware of. You can also check AI tools library for creators at library.phygital.plus There's a built-in basic upscaler in Davinci as well. P.S. I hope this helps, but, frankly speaking, the chances are low.
Hey! Would love to email you to fix a shot. It is pretty crucial to my plot, and it’s just soft focus on the edge of the bills - a lot of online resources tell me there’s no way to salvage out of focus footage .. I could pay ya
Fair enough. I've used a simple mask to keep tutorial short and usable in the free version. By using magic mask and/or depth map in DR Studio version you can achieve a less artificial look.
Agree, and with all that work you're still getting not an ideal result. If you can reshoot the entire clip (and it won't take too long) - that's 100% a better option.
The color page is definitely available in Davinci Resolve 18 - both in free and paid studio versions. Sure, some features are missing in the free version, but it doesn't matter for this tutorial.
