Harry Potter Style Magic Effect Easy - DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

Easy Magic Effect in Free Version of DaVinci Resolve 16. Download free assets here: footagecrate.com/search/#!/Sm...
Download Davinci Resolve for Free: www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...
Notes:
So I'm starting more vfx heavy videos and I figured what better place to start than magic and keep it simple. No complex tracking, just some basic animation and a bit of roto work. Also while it gives some strong harry potter vibes the asset is actually a remake of Mysterio's powers from Spider man Far from Home.
Getting into the nitty gritty wheat really makes this effect work is the practical light inside the book. Without that everything would fall apart. You can however add masks and apply green in post, but it won't look as good and if you can do it onset it'll almost always look better. I will also add that this effect could be brought up an extra notch by adding a reflection in the eyes. It was just becoming a little bloated and adding tracking could have made it a little too info dense I think. Not to mention this was the most troublesome tutorial I've made in months. Everything went wrong, corrupted files, OBS crashing, audio issues. So many darn reshoots, but hopefully you folks like it and it will make it all worth the trouble.
References:
Footage Crate is Awesome with free high quality assets: footagecrate.com/
Check out the Resolve Reference manual which can be found in the help tab of resolve
Glow Effect: Page 2809
Lens Reflection: Pages 2813-2814
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Socials:
I don't use any, but if I start you'll be the first to know
Gear I use:
Camera - Black Magic Pocket 4k
Microphone - Rode NTK
Main Lens - Meike 12mm f2.8
Other lenses - Meike 35 mm f1.7, Rokinon 50mm T1.5, Rokinon 24mm T1.5
Tripod - Velbon Videomate 638
Computer Specs:
CPU - Ryzen 1700x
GPU - GTX 1070
Montior: Eizo0

[@NathanCarterVids]

You could say it's "black magic" 😜 as always more info in the description.

[@autora111]

I love your videos, they help me a lot. Thank you very much for sharing all this! It's the only channel where I can find exactly what I need 💚

[@JarredCordova]

Your style is so snappy... I need to turn up my editing and condense my ideas! Practicals with a vfx shot always helps sell the effect! I can't believe I haven't been getting notifications for your channel I have the bell icon hit hmm? I'm going back through your catalog. Keep this up pleaaaaaase!

[@NathanCarterVids]

Thanks I really appreciate it. With regards to the notifications, that's weird. Make sure to click "all notifications" and if you still don't get it then it's really weird. Lots more videos coming out though for sure. Every Monday and Thursday. Thanks for the support

[@tshansen]

This is really nice to follow... You make alot of great content my friend. I just found your channel and been watching 6 videos now. I do know some Davinci stuff, but always nice to see and learn new tings. Cheers from Norway

[@NathanCarterVids]

Awesome. Thanks for the support. I really appreciate it.

[@lanescast]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks for de material man!

[@NathanCarterVids]

No worries. Glad you found it useful

[@Yoo_Ace]

Awesome video! I have another video idea if you could do a death eater video.

[@davidmultimedia2024]

Very cool tutorial Nathan! Thank you ;) BTW, I just realized that you'd look SO much like Tintin if you'd shave! 😂

[@NathanCarterVids]

Hahahaha Tintin.

[@joeygarfunldye4150]

I have a question: Is there anyway you can do spell lightning bolts? Like how you see in the movies with Harry Potter and Voldemort duels when their spells collide?

[@judithhaller1680]

Hello Nathan, really cool tutorial, keep on the good work, i just subscribed your channel, greetings from germany ;-)

[@NathanCarterVids]

Thanks you. More on the way. Haven't been to Germany (aside from a layover once) but it's on the list.

[@judithhaller1680]

@@NathanCarterVids One little Question, i downloaded the Asset File from Footagecrate, but i can't import the mov file into the media pool in the free version of davinci, do you have a workaround how to fix this issue ?

[@tek1719]

where do you get your sound effects and music for the shorts? Great video!

[@NathanCarterVids]

Typically I use audio audioblocks, which is great. Trying to figure out an easy way to get free sound downloads so it's easy for people to follow along in the future without having to use a bunch of different sites.

[@kimilkartap4216]

hai nathan, new subscriber here... thanks for the useful tutorial, please do more video effect like this.. and also if possible i really want to know if davinci resolve can do ben tk open door transition.

[@NathanCarterVids]

Thanks. I'll look into it for sure.

[@epiccitybuilders]

You need to join the DaVinci resolve KZbinrs group in Discord! Lots of great stuff going on there 👍

[@NathanCarterVids]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm not super well versed with discord, but I'll look into it for sure.

[@epiccitybuilders]

@@NathanCarterVids no problem check it out here discord.gg/ZZPq82M (after you download discord if you do) it's great

[@jayaprakash8187]

Hi,Nathan Nice video .Good keep going .can you tell me the configuration of your system ?

[@NathanCarterVids]

Thanks. Specs are in the description. I run a Ryzen 1700x and a GTX 1070 with 32GB of RAM

[@jayaprakash8187]

@@NathanCarterVids Thank you Nathan .. waiting for your new Davinci techinic video

[@petrub27]

You are right, but for practical reasons, when you are doing corporate work for example one should use the skin tone line

[@NathanCarterVids]

I would say it's situation dependent. I actually did a more in depth explanation on this topic and go over the history of this line: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXmTdaFolt-oh7s

[@johnford3825]

I like the idea of a sound design tutorial please.

[@NathanCarterVids]

Okay thanks for the input. I'll see what I can do

[@pranitvashista1573]

Hi The magic effect is not getting imported to the software, can you help with that ?

[@NathanCarterVids]

Did you download a PNG sequence?

[@pranitvashista1573]

@@NathanCarterVids thanks a ton for the reply. ✨ Yes I did

[@NathanCarterVids]

@@pranitvashista1573 and that's not working eh?

[@pranitvashista1573]

@@NathanCarterVids it’s getting downloaded as a MOV file ...

[@NathanCarterVids]

@@pranitvashista1573 so on production crate you can choose what type of file to download.

[@ab-tt2su]

come up with harry potter wand effect

[@NathanCarterVids]

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into that.

[@ab-tt2su]

@@NathanCarterVids yes please I replied so many KZbinrs but no one made it 😕 I hope you will do ❤️

[@NathanCarterVids]

@@ab-tt2su honestly I've moved away from VFX style videos the past few months, and focus on color page more. Out of curiosity, do you have a specific shot from the movies in mind when you say "wand effect"

[@ab-tt2su]

@@NathanCarterVids yeah offcorse !

[@NathanCarterVids]

@@ab-tt2su if you can link a reference so I know exactly what you're talking about that would be great.