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Blur and sharpen: Fundamentals

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Blur and sharpen: Fundamentals

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- Another tool that's really useful for creating looks is blurring and sharpening. We've got a couple options here in DaVinci Resolve. We already kind of looked at one, which is down in the Color Wheels, if we go to page number two, we've got this Mid Tone Detail, which does some sharpening and blurring. But it's a little more selective in what it does. It tends to sharpen or blur on high-contrast areas, not the entire image. Sometimes we want to blur the entire image. Or maybe sharpen it. For instance, this particular shot looks a little bit soft to me. And what if, really, the focus of attention was supposed to be her and not her. Is there anything we could do to help bring her more into focus? So Shift-F. Yes, there is. We have an entire Tool Set here dedicated to blurring and sharpening right next to the Tracker is the Blur Tool Set. Now, it's pretty simple. We've got the Blur Radius. We've got red, green, and blue. It is by default locked together. So you've got this link, and…

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