The Pipeline Practical tips and tutorials from pro artists to improve your CG skills BLACKMAGIC DESIGN: DAVINCI RESOLVE The Pipefine Grade effects in DaVinci Resolve
We shot a lot of fire and smoke elements for our setups, so to isolate the takes that we liked and wanted to use, we first do a colour correction or grade on our element footage. This gives us the opportunity to prepare the elements so they are already suitable for overlaying our miniature shots within Fusion.
During this process, we'll set the black level to a custom amount to allow just the areas of fire and smoke to be visible. Likewise, we'll be adding an animated/keyframed mask to isolate the area of interest, as well as remove any unwanted areas of the sides of the
