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DaVinci Resolve: Applying a Film Burn overlay with Screen blend mode

Demo summary

The video shows how to use a film burn asset and change its Composite Mode to 'Screen' to create a stylized light-leak transition.

Step-by-step

  1. Drag the film burn asset into the timeline on the track above your footage
  2. Set an In point (I) and Out point (O) to select the portion of the clip containing the flare
  3. Use Command+B to cut the clip at the frame where the light fully covers the screen
  4. Align the midpoint of the film burn clip with the cut point between your two video clips
  5. Select the film burn clip and go to the Composite settings in the Inspector
  6. Change the Composite Mode to Screen for both parts of the overlay

Tips

  • Treat the film burn like an arrow transition by centering the transition on the frame where the light fully covers the screen
  • Trim the clip right before the light starts to break out to maintain the full-frame coverage effect

Highlights

Definitely one of the go-to transitions. I love the way that that looks.

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