Realistic Film Emulation Texture with MTF in DaVinci Resolve

Learn how to accurately emulate the texture of film in DaVinci Resolve. And no, this is not about film grain, halation, flicker or dust. We’ll dive deep to understand what gives film its soft characteristics and how to recreate the effect of an MTF curve in post-production.

TIMECODE CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:16 - What is MTF - Modulation Transfer Function?
02:31 - Setup and Colour Management
03:26 - Method 1: Edge Detect OFX
05:23 - Method 2: Custom Frequency Separation Tool in a Compound Node
08:52 - How is MTF different compared to blur?

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[PawFromTheBroons]

That frequency separation idea was most excellent

[andyspacey]

Every day is a school day. I love how technical and simple your teaching style is on every video.

[arthurangenendt]

Omg, thank you for stopping me from blurring all my videos hahahahah

[tylerm]

Love resolve, but I’ve always been jealous of Baselight’s texture equalizer tool. This seems like a great substitute. Thanks for all the great texture tips on this channel

[JimRobinson-colors]

Nicely done - There are a few OFX that do frequency separation, they are difficult to actually set up though. I applaud the complexity of this tutorial. Seems to be a fresh take on the esthetics of a film look. Thank you.

[thedouglasdutton]

Fantastic presentation of the MTF curve and techniques to emulate it Marieta!❤

[manuelsweingarten]

Great one Marieta! Love the way you combined the theoretical with the hands on part. 👏 Well done

[DarkTrapStudio]

Extremely good explanation, so simple yet full.

[pollloxxx]

I found the using a mix of both work very well, because, is the frequency separation works small textures beautiful, but the edge detect method work best for edges of the images, (like the name says haha), so I configure edge detect for big details and put some blur very subtle and frequency separation for small details like skin level . for me work really well. Congratulations for your channel

[Falorepus]

Finally, an important Video to Cinematic Look on YouTube not that Dehancer, Film Look Creator S.... thank you so much

[Kdh]

Thank you for the video. It’s the most refined, technical, yet easy-to-understand video I’ve seen since I started learning color grading. And it’s not even that long. I can’t imagine how much preparation went into making this video, but I hope to see more great videos from you in the future.

[OneMoreFrame]

Like always perfect tutorial and detail explanation of all.

[adrianoclinquart]

Marieta is always so good to hear you talking about color grading! I’d like to ask you something about MTF. What’s your definition about the difference between Lens MTF and Film MTF?

[Film.look.addiction]

I will say this is best video in YouTube to dive really deeper in how film different from digital. I have already using this magic trick to my project with DTCL tetra and some grain, glow effect you can easily life without expensive plugins like Dehancer.

[SweetBananaMan]

Lovely video!
I liked. I subscribed.

[chrismartin]

Really enjoyed the breakdown as to the the “what and whys” of MTF. I am coming off 5 years of Baselight and back in Resolve and the textural blend modes are one of the things I miss the most. I would suggest people interested in working with MTF start with “Texture Pop” OFX plugin that is standard in Resolve. Once the operating mode is switched from “Simple” to “Advanced, ” you can then adjust all the different frequencies independently all in one node without having to use keys or composite nodes. I would prefer if Blackmagic just gave the numerical ratio to the frequencies but the names sort of describe themselves :)

[Charles-Elie]

This is awesome ! First time I've seen something like this done and it's fantastic!

[nelsonpuello]

Both informative and entertaining. Thank you for this unique insight that I had never heard of (MTF), and for providing the technical background for it. Very clever way to implement it in Resolve.

[watzmaaname]

This is overkill for me but I loved how technical it was and your ease in presenting the topic! Good stuff.

[AlHawaniTV]

Hi Marieta,
Is it possible with a download link for a powergrade?