Resolve Fusion Clean Plate Exposure Matching
Clean Plate Exposure Matching for Fusion
This isn’t about Object removal or patch replacer in the Paid version of Resolve. The results of those tools are often unpredictable and hard to control. This is a proven workflow I adapted from Nuke to Fusion and only using the tools in the FREE VERSION OF DAVINCI RESOLVE to remove a logo off of a bus with a shaky handheld shot that has lighting changes.
I’m covering Linear workflow setup with an S-Log 3 clip I shot and is avaible as part of the cutting club on creative video tips along with a project file.
Sending a still frame to photoshop to paint.
Using the built-in Planar tracker in multiple ways.
And the headline tip that will be sure to make this tutorial worth bookmarking -
How to use the Probe Modifier to channel, by channel, frame by frame automate an exposure correction to match the cleaned up still image to the background video.
Oh and there is even a double polygon tip to polish it out even further.
Overall Workflow Steps
Apply CST to sRGB Linear, no tone mapping, forward OOTF
Gamut LUT
Save Image as EXR
Photoshop linear gamma, convert to 16bit, remove tool, save working psd, convert to 32 bit, save a copy as exr_v001
Fusion planar track, shear only, export planar transform, turn on motion blur
Mask applied to booleans
Grade effect from reactor is the fix
Edit controls on the color gain tool, to add a slider parameter
Modify slider with probe
Set Tracker tool to steady for probe to work
Use the stabilize image for probe, and set to luma average
Connect Gain RGB values to probe output
Go to the reference frame, copy and paste the probed gain values to white point values on 3 Brightness Contrast nodes (per channel) to have no effect on the reference clean plate frame
Polish the mask, click done, make double poly, modify double poly only, and pull out soft edge where needed.
Add film grain
