Don’t enter any value (the value entered in the previous step “0.247” is enough.).
Determine the ending point of your glow by pressing your right key arrow a few more times – the timeline playhead will move further few frames to the right.
This will place another key frame automatically.
Now enter a value, let’s say, “0.247” and press enter.
Determine the starting point of your glow by pressing your right key arrow a few times – the timeline playhead will move a few frames to the right.
Let the default value be “0.750” (you change it to whatever value based on your taste).
It turns red (which means it’s activated).
Click on the small diamond icon at the end of the “ Shine Threshold” to place a keyframe.
Go to the “Inspector” > “Effects” > “Open FX” tab > “Glow”.
Then place the timeline playhead there.
Determine where you would like to have glow effect in your video.
Click on the video clip to select it in the timeline.
Add the “ Glow” effect from the “ Effects Library” onto your video clip.
Keyframing Glow Effect in DaVinci Resolve (In the video above, I do the keyframing to get the desired effect.) This is where the keyframing comes into the picture. However, you might need to control the starting and ending of the glow effect – occurring at a particular point in your video. The above was a quick and dirty approach to adding a glow effect. I ended up with “ Add” – the most suitable composite type for my footage). (At the end of the above video, you can see me playing with the different composite types – to get the look I want. Click on the “ Composite Type” dropdown and play with different values like “Normal”, “Add”, “Subtract”, “Multiply”, “Overlay”, etc. It drastically changes the look and feel of your glow effect. The most important setting is the “ Composite Type” in the “ Glow” effect. You can also change the color of the glow from white to the one you want using the “ Color Filter” color picker.
“ Saturation” affects the intensity of the color of your image.
Changing the “ Gamma” value affects the midtone of your image.
Changing the “ Gain” value affects the highlight part of your image.
You can also get your hands dirty with the “ Relative Spread Red”, “Relative Spread Green” and “Relative Spread Blue” to change the look and feel of your footage. Then, under “ Shape and Spread“, change the values of “ Spread” and “ H/V Ratio” till you get the desired output. Play with the “ Shine Threshold,” which will increase or decrease the glow in your video. Glow Effect Inspector Settings in DaVinci Resolve įor further fine-tuning, click on the clip in the timeline and then click on the “Inspector” tab > “Effects” > “Open FX” > “Glow”. You can see that the brighter parts will now glow. This should instantly introduce a glow effect into your footage.
Now drag and drop this effect onto your video clip or image.
If there are no results displayed, then make sure you click on the “Effects” button to see the effect listed in the search.)
(Alternatively, you can also click on the search bar and search for “glow”.
Click on “Open FX” > “Filters” > scroll down till you see “Resolve FX Light” > “Glow”.
Now click on the “ Effects Library” tab (next to the “Media Pool”).
( This step is crucial because, while adding effects the right clip needs to be selected, or accidentally you might end up adding effects to the wrong clip)
Click your desired video clip in the timeline.
Create a timeline (if not already) and drop your video clips on it.
Then import your footages by pressing “Ctrl + i” (or “Cmd + i”).
Under the “ Edit” page, click on the “ Media Pool” tab from the top left corner.
Create a new project (or open an already existing one).
How to Add Glow Effect in DaVinci Resolve Quickly?