Very clever, and well done. But there are two things (perhaps related as one) you didn't explain. The reason why you need to go back one frame earlier and forward one frame later than the frames with no flash, is that the transition will actually use those frames you "skipped" as part of the transition. And it is precisely because you have that one extra frame for the transition on either side of the cut that a 2-frame transition is precisely right. If you used a 4-frame transition, the smooth cut would try to make sense of the flashed frames, which would not be good.
Thank you. You're right I should have explained that better. You hit the nail on the head though it starts to use the segments with flash and it looks pretty terrible. Thanks for pointing that out.
I truly value your advice, but upon clicking the video, I anticipated witnessing something magical. Manually handling it-going frame by frame, cutting, filling-it's a massive task and quite challenging, to say the least, and the result is not that very pleasing as well. Needless to say, removing frames and closing gaps leads to audio being out of sync if audio is important, and that can be the case for many scenarios. I wish there were a VFX plugin that could intelligently handle this process.
I completely agree. It's been a few years since I made this, I'd be surprised if there wasn't an AI tool that could do something like this, but it may be so new that it's not implemented into any editing suites yet.
Great video! Quick question: is there a way to remove the flash frames, but keep the original duration of the clip? i.e. interpolate the lifted frames? Thank you!!!
Yes but it's a bit of a pain. I actually did that in the intro for one of the flashes when I'm talking. So you wanna find the frame right before and right after the flash, delete the flash. Then go go back one frame on the before clip make a cut, then freeze frame that single frame clip. Do the same to the post flash single frame. Then extend each freeze frame to to cover the time gap. Then make the you make a compound clip of the pre flash (the freeze frame plus a second or so before) and a compound clip of the post flash (this time the freeze plus a second or so after) you then add the smooth cut between the newly created compound clips and boom you're off to the races. Hope that helps.
Great question. That could get complicated if the shadow is moving and would require masking and tracking. However if it's just a darker part of a mostly uniform area then my vignette removal tutorial could help as the principle is roughly the same ruclips.net/video/sDzgLhwl2Ic/видео.html
Hey man, thank for this video, keep up the good work! Actually awesome that you reacted to my question. I have another one for you that would make a great tutorial video. So far I have not found a solution to this for resolve, maybe you can help me out. It's about removing lens dust from my footage. There is one video about it but it seems like he's doing such a heavy fusion composition just for one small dot. Maybe you know a simpler way?
Glad you like it. I'm actually working on something like this right now. For simple things like limited camera movement and the environment staying similar around the dot throughout the shot you can absolutely get the job done without going into fusion.
Nathan, That was a Superb Tutorial,, that got even better when you showed the faster methods, and even better with the newly made Preset Transition. Thank You. I wonder if you could show an easy way of making a "Page Curl" Transition, and maybe with additional Options for customising ?
Thank you. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I can definitely give that a try, but I'll be the first person to say my VFX skills are my weakest area of editing so that may be a bit of a challenge. However I'm actually working on something that may be able to help with this a bit. Hoping to get it out next week. Thanks again for the support.
This is horrible advice! There's still a jump in the pan and in all movements. And a cut in the sound, too. The results is just garbage except for in very few edge cases! You need to use optical flow to actually insert frames there based on the last good frames before the flash and the first good frames after the flash. You said that that's what your method does, but it doesn't. At all. I'm thinking, something like cutting out the N flash frames, then put the two clips together and run them at 1/(N+1) speed causing N frames to be generated inbetween every real frame, then take the right N newly generated frames from there and insert into the missing part. Maybe this could be done with some kind of script, or perhaps with Fusion.
Y'all are amazing. Thanks for the support. We're almost at 1500 subs which is crazy. As always more info in the description.
Very clever, and well done. But there are two things (perhaps related as one) you didn't explain. The reason why you need to go back one frame earlier and forward one frame later than the frames with no flash, is that the transition will actually use those frames you "skipped" as part of the transition. And it is precisely because you have that one extra frame for the transition on either side of the cut that a 2-frame transition is precisely right. If you used a 4-frame transition, the smooth cut would try to make sense of the flashed frames, which would not be good.
Thank you. You're right I should have explained that better. You hit the nail on the head though it starts to use the segments with flash and it looks pretty terrible. Thanks for pointing that out.
Absolutely critical to explain, it is possible to figure out but for sure missing this explenation in the video.
Clever but doesn't really work, motion looks mushy and gross. It is really obvious and not usable
Create transition preset, such a useful feature hiding right there!!! Great video and tips.
Right! Super fast.
Wouldn't this change the music in the background if you cut out parts?
I truly value your advice, but upon clicking the video, I anticipated witnessing something magical. Manually handling it-going frame by frame, cutting, filling-it's a massive task and quite challenging, to say the least, and the result is not that very pleasing as well. Needless to say, removing frames and closing gaps leads to audio being out of sync if audio is important, and that can be the case for many scenarios. I wish there were a VFX plugin that could intelligently handle this process.
I completely agree. It's been a few years since I made this, I'd be surprised if there wasn't an AI tool that could do something like this, but it may be so new that it's not implemented into any editing suites yet.
Great video!
Quick question: is there a way to remove the flash frames, but keep the original duration of the clip? i.e. interpolate the lifted frames?
Thank you!!!
Yes but it's a bit of a pain. I actually did that in the intro for one of the flashes when I'm talking. So you wanna find the frame right before and right after the flash, delete the flash. Then go go back one frame on the before clip make a cut, then freeze frame that single frame clip. Do the same to the post flash single frame. Then extend each freeze frame to to cover the time gap. Then make the you make a compound clip of the pre flash (the freeze frame plus a second or so before) and a compound clip of the post flash (this time the freeze plus a second or so after) you then add the smooth cut between the newly created compound clips and boom you're off to the races. Hope that helps.
gracias.
wow thank youuu so much!!!
First! Amazing Video Really Helpful!
Awesome. Really happy you're able to get some use out of it.
How about shadow removal?
Great question. That could get complicated if the shadow is moving and would require masking and tracking. However if it's just a darker part of a mostly uniform area then my vignette removal tutorial could help as the principle is roughly the same ruclips.net/video/sDzgLhwl2Ic/видео.html
@@NathanCarterVids my shadows are pretty much static..I'll give the vignette thingy a try. Thanks
You're a gosh darn wizard
Haha thanks man!
Hey man, thank for this video, keep up the good work! Actually awesome that you reacted to my question. I have another one for you that would make a great tutorial video. So far I have not found a solution to this for resolve, maybe you can help me out.
It's about removing lens dust from my footage. There is one video about it but it seems like he's doing such a heavy fusion composition just for one small dot. Maybe you know a simpler way?
Glad you like it. I'm actually working on something like this right now. For simple things like limited camera movement and the environment staying similar around the dot throughout the shot you can absolutely get the job done without going into fusion.
Guhh, I've been waiting for someone to make this video for ages. Thank you!!!!
No worries. Glad you got some use out of it
Fantastic idea re the smooth transition between the cut. I would never have thought of that.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks. Glad you found it helpful
Excellent tip for setting up the user defined “fast” transition.
Glad it was helpful!
Nathan, That was a Superb Tutorial,,
that got even better when you showed the faster methods,
and even better with the newly made Preset Transition.
Thank You.
I wonder if you could show an easy way of making a "Page Curl" Transition,
and maybe with additional Options for customising ?
Thank you. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I can definitely give that a try, but I'll be the first person to say my VFX skills are my weakest area of editing so that may be a bit of a challenge. However I'm actually working on something that may be able to help with this a bit. Hoping to get it out next week. Thanks again for the support.
You kind sir deserve waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy more subs!! I'm basically learning davinci through your videos and I cannot thank you enough.
Thank you I really appreciate that. If you have anything specific you want me to cover in the future just let me know and I'll see what I can do.
This is horrible advice! There's still a jump in the pan and in all movements. And a cut in the sound, too. The results is just garbage except for in very few edge cases! You need to use optical flow to actually insert frames there based on the last good frames before the flash and the first good frames after the flash. You said that that's what your method does, but it doesn't. At all.
I'm thinking, something like cutting out the N flash frames, then put the two clips together and run them at 1/(N+1) speed causing N frames to be generated inbetween every real frame, then take the right N newly generated frames from there and insert into the missing part. Maybe this could be done with some kind of script, or perhaps with Fusion.
Amazing bro....btw which studio light u r using?
Thank you. I've got a cheap softbox from Amazon with a blanket over top for flagging. Not advisable, but can get the job done in a pinch.