Every week, Frame.io Insider asks certainly one of our skilled contributors to share a tip, software, or approach that they use on a regular basis and couldn’t stay with out. Colorist Heather Hay shares find out how to convey HEX into your Resolve tasks.
It’s a well-recognized story. Your consumer is available in with a PDF containing a given hex quantity (quick for hexadecimal when you didn’t already know) together with a swatch of the product, emblem, or graphic to match this particular hex#. But we’re working in RGB land, so how will we use this as a reference?
How to make use of HEX coloration values in Resolve
In the Edit web page, click on on Toolbox/Generators then click on and drag a strong coloration to the top of your timeline or into a brand new timeline. Make positive the clip is chosen and click on on the colour field for the colour dialog field to seem. On the decrease proper, below the RGB sliders, enter your Hex Color #. Right-click the strong coloration clip within the timeline and make a brand new compound clip.
To double-check your HEX reference, make observe of the RGB slider values above the HEX quantity you simply entered and get the RGB values. In the Color Page, choose the colour picker in Resolve to choose the colour. Right-click on the area subsequent to the viewer to click on on Show picker RGB worth.
When you could have an correct worth, seize a nonetheless to the gallery, go to the Edit Page, and delete the Solid Color clip out of your timeline. Now you could have your Hex Color saved within the Gallery for reference.
Alternative technique (serial node)
In the Color Page, add a brand new serial node. On the highest proper, choose Effects/ Resolve FX Generate/Color Generator and drag that onto your new node. Click on the colour field for the colour dialog field to seem. On the decrease proper, below the RGB sliders, enter your hex quantity.
To double-check your hex reference, make observe of the RGB slider values above the hex quantity you simply entered and get the RGB values. Select the colour picker in Resolve to choose the colour. Right-click on the area subsequent to the viewer to click on on Show picker RGB worth:
When you could have an correct worth, seize a nonetheless to the gallery. Now you could have your hex coloration saved within the Gallery for reference.
