
Understand which plugin sections you can avoid when color correcting and finishing.

Remove the “fiddle until it looks good” mentality and provide a repeatable approach to using this third-party FX, along with other Sapphire OFX.Learn the difference between the built-in glow and third-party OFX filters.After a brief walkthrough of the important controls and adjustments available within the effect, we’ll discuss some artistic methods we can utilize during the grading process, along with how it compares to the included ResolveFX Glow. In this Insight, we get our feet wet using the third-party OFX filter Sapphire UltraGlow (also known as S_UltraGlow). There is a free trial version of Sapphire available, but they do not have any permanently free plugins as far as I'm aware. An annual license for all of the Boris FX offerings is 1300/year.

A new license for Adobe/OFX (which is what should work with Resolve) is 1700. Unfortunately, its greatest strength is its greatest weakness, in that it can be limited by its simplicity – which is where third-party OFX plug-ins fill the gap. Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Pro Avid Media Composer Autodesk Flame Family Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve. Sapphire plugins are available for purchase from Boris FX. Tutorials / Mastering Glow Effects / How To Use The Sapphire S_Ultraglow OpenFX SeriesĪs we discussed in part 1 of this series, glows are an extremely popular and versatile effect, and the included default Glow Resolve FX (found in the Resolve FX Light category) is fast, efficient, and quick to set up.
