Here’s a quick suggested workflow for accessing secondary layers in Resolve:ġ.
Connect the alpha output from the effect node to the main alpha output you just created in the previous step.Right Click in an empty background area of the node graph and select Add Alpha Output.
Drag the effect onto the graph to add it as a new downstream serial node.Optional – if the node to which the effect is applied already had an external alpha channel such as when applied to still image with embedded alpha, then you may need to re-impose that source alpha channel by right clicking on the source node and selecting Add Matte to restore the matte.Right click on the effect node and select Use OFX Alpha.Connect the alpha output from the source node to the main alpha output you just created in the previous step.Right Click in an empty background area of the node graph and select Add Alpha Output.Drag the effect directly onto the source node.Please consult Resolve documentation for complete guidance, but to quickly get up and running with BCC effects that create or modify alpha channels in Resolve you can do one of the following depending on whether you apply the effect directly to the main node or to a serial node. Note that even in the Color page you cannot currently apply effects to Resolve native Titles, so if you want to apply an effect to text you should generate the text using Title Studio or to an imported still image with embedded alpha channel. If you apply an effect that modifies alpha in the Edit page, then Resolve will simply ignore any alpha changes, so when the effect needs to modify an alpha channel it should be applied in the Color page. Note that Resolve currently does not allow an OFX effect to modify the alpha channel if it is applied in the Edit page. Working with alpha channels in Resolve requires specific workflow techniques. Other BCC plugins such as Optical Stabilizer or Optical Flow fundamentally require access to frames at very widely spaced points in time and thus are not currently supported in Resolve.
Many BCC plugins access neighboring frames and may use restricted frame ranges when running in Resolve. Up through the release of Resolve 14 it is not currently possible for an OFX plugin to access the source layer at points in time that are more than roughly 5 frames from the current frame.Due to certain limitations in the current DaVinci Resolve implementation of that plugin API, not all BCC filters will appear as options within the Resolve UI. Improved support for the Fusion page is slated for future updates.Ĭontinuum supports DaVinci Resolve through the OFX plugin API. Some parts of Continuum may work fine in the Fusion page, but other parts will likely have problems in the Fusion page so Continuum is officially supported only in Color and Edit pages in Resolve at this time. Note that as of Continuum 2019 (v12.0.0) the Fusion Page in Resolve is NOT officially supported by Continuum filters. This document provides additional guidance for working with BCC in DaVinci Resolve.