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Crop Detector - Free plugin (Free and Studio)

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This simple plugin is made for easily detecting "bad cropping", i.e. when an image is not filling the frame, by changing background color and flicker if needed. By default the background is black in DaVinci Resolve and a bad crop can be hard to spot during editing  (while you will only see the bad crop once it is published). Click here to download the CropDetector plugin The file CropDetector.drfx will download from Google Drive in a new window.  Click the download icon on the right hand side in the top row. How to use Drag and drop the  CropDetector  generator plugin to video Track1 Make the CropDetector as long as required (entire project potentially) Add your clips on the tracks above as usual. The Controls Select the CropDetector "clip", open the Inspector on Generator . Flicker On Turns on flicker for the colored background to make it easier to detect (depending on footage). Flicker Off  Turns off flicker for the background.  Flicker is turned off by...

Symmetrical Crop - Free plugin (Free and Studio)

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  This simple plugin allows symmetrical cropping with a single setting (rather than doing left-right or top-bottom individually) . The color of the crop bars can be set. Click here to download the Symmetrical Crop plugin The file Symmetrical Crop.drfx will download from Google Drive in a new window. How to use Once installed, drag and drop the  Symmetrical Crop  effect to the clip. In the Inspector open the Effects tab and select Fusion (if not already selected by default).    The Controls X Crop will add symmetrical left and right crop. Y Crop  will add symmetrical top and bottom crop. Bar Color changes the color of the crop bars... All controls can be keyframed. The Buy me a coffee button is the easiest way of showing appreciation if the plugin is useful to you. But there is no obligation... Download and install 1)  Download the plugin from Google Drive here . The download will open in a new window and the file can be downloaded to and in...

Basic Shapes directly in the edit page - Free plugin (18.5 free and Studio)

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  This plugin provide basic shape drawing tools  directly from the edit page. (note that 18.5 is required) Click here to download the Basic Shapes plugin The file Basic Shapes.drfx will download from Google Drive in a new window. How to use Once installed, drag and drop the  Basic Shapes  effect to a clip or adjustment clip. In the Inspector open the Effects tab and select Fusion (if not already selected by default).    The Controls Once a shape, Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Circle, Ellipse, Polygon or  BSpline  is selected the  shape shown in the preview window and the    corresponding controls will be accessible. Line length   and  Line Start Position  allows both drawing animation (by key framing) and "opening" the shapes Rectangle, Circle, Ellipse, Polygon and BSpline. Size   scales the shape including the Line Thickness. Invert   inverts the shape line and image.   Solid  fills the shape with the...

Photo Rules and Alignment Tools - Free plugin (Free and Studio)

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  This plugin provide overlays for photo rules and adjustable alignment tools  directly from the edit page. Click here to download the Photo Rules and Alignment Tools plugin The file Photo Rules Overlay.DRFX will download from Google Drive in a new window. How to use Once installed, drag and drop the Photo Rules Overlay  effect to the clip to be adjusted in the timeline. With the clip selected go to the "Inspector" and open "Effects" to enable the wanted overlay and adjust as required. If use on an adjustment clip is recommended to lock the adjustment clip as the Inspector will otherwise default to the highest track (the adjustment clip) and not to the track with the clip to be adjusted.  Note that the effect, the overlay, can still be modified with the adjustment track locked. The Rule Of Thirds  is a " rule of thumb " for composing  visual images  ( films ,  paintings , photographs) .  The image is divided into nine equal parts b...

Text in 360 space for DaVinci Resolve - Free plugin (Studio only)

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  This plugin makes adding text in 360 space easy -  directly from the edit page. . Due to the use of Fusion LatLongPatcher the plugin will only work in Studio .  Do not install in Free as it will generate annoying popups! Click here to download the Text in 360 space plugin The file TextIn360Space.DRFX will download from Google Drive in a new window. How to use Once installed, drag and drop the Text in 360 space  effect to the clip in the timeline. With the clip selected go to the "Inspector" and open "Effects" to create and adjust the text. If there are multiple effects on the clip select and enable Text in 360 space . Text and text position is controlled in the Inspector and is preferably done in the default Preview mode. When using static 360 footage (i.e. filmed with a tripod) the text can be placed anywhere in the image and can give the impression of being a part of the image as it stays in place relative to the background. For footage captured with moving ...

Title Slowdown for DaVinci Resolve - Free plugin (Free and Studio)

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  The animated titles that comes with DaVinci Resolve are sometimes perceived to be too fast. This plugin slows them down  directly from the edit page. . Click here to download the TitleSlowdown plugin The file TitleSlowdown.DRFX will download from Google Drive in a new window. How to use Add the desired Title to the timeline. Drag and drop the TitleSlowdown Fusion effect to the title in the timeline (or double click TitleSlowdown if the Title is already selected (red framed). With the title selected go to the "Inspector" and open "Effects". The Controls The TitleSlowdown is controlled from the Effects tab in the Inspector. Title Speed:  Changes the title speed from default (1) to slower... Note that depending on the title slowing it down too much (0.3 or below) might make the title animation stutter. Half speed (0.5) normally works well for most titles. Download and install 1)  Download the plugin from Google Drive   here .  The download will open in ...

Crop and PiP tool for DaVinci Resolve - Free plugin (Free and Studio)

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  Click here to download the Crop and PiP Control FS plugin The file Crop and PiP Control FS.DRFX will download from Google Drive in a new window. The Crop and PiP Control FS is an Crop and Picture in picture Fusion plugin that can be used directly from the edit page. How to use Place the clip that will be the picture in picture on a track above the background clip. Drag the Crop and PiP Control Fusion effect to the picture in picture clip directly on the edit page. Go to the "Inspector" and open "Effects". The Controls The Crop and Picture in picture is controled from the Effects tab in the Inspector. Crop Center:  Positions the crop area of the image. Crop Size: Changes the size of the cropped area. Crop Aspect Ratio: Changes the aspect ratio of the crop, either with the control wheel, or through the preset buttons, with a constant crop area. Image Position: Positions the croped image. Image Size: Changes the size of the cropped image. Image Rotaion: Rotates ...