DaVinci Resolve OFX

Smear the glass.

Optical dirt on CG and plates. Dust, grease, fingerprints, motes.

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Night plate with Lens dirt already on: backlight, motes, smear around the subject
Through the glass 01-hero-look.jpg 1600 × 1600 · 1:1 crop · or 01-hero-look.mp4 (4-7s mute loop)

Square crop of a shot with dirt already on. Backlight so motes and grease read. No clean plate. The circle is the lens.

Clean glass. Then the muck.

Drag the split. Left is the clean plate. Right is Lens dirt at a selling setting, not a filthy smear across the whole frame.

Same night plate with Lens dirt applied
Dirt on 03-dirt.jpg 1920 × 1080 · 16:9 · pixel-locked to 02

Same frame, Lens dirt on. Grease and motes should read at web size. Keep the subject visible.

Clean night plate, same framing as the dirt side
Clean 02-clean.jpg 1920 × 1080 · 16:9 · identical camera to 03

Same still as 03-dirt.jpg with no OFX. A backlight or a hard edge so dirt is obvious. Export both from one playhead.

Clean glass Dirt on

What sits on the glass.

Four hits. Fingerprint, motes, smear, edge crud. If it does not read at thumbnail size, recapture tighter or hotter against the light.

Fingerprint on the lens with Lens dirt
Fingerprint 04-fingerprint.jpg 1200 × 1600 · 3:4

A print caught in a highlight. Ridges should read, not a grey blob. Portrait crop so it stacks against the squares.

Dust motes in backlight with Lens dirt
Motes 05-motes.jpg 1600 × 1200 · 4:3

Backlit dust in the bokeh. Specks should hold as optical, not digital noise. Against a dark field or a window.

Grease smear across a highlight with Lens dirt
Smear 06-smear.jpg 1920 × 1080 · 16:9

A grease streak through a practical or the sun. Soft, directional, not a Photoshop smudge tool.

Dirt built up on the edge of the frame with Lens dirt
Edge crud 07-edge.jpg 2100 × 800 · 21:8

Crud in the corners and along the barrel. Wide crop so the edge is the subject, not the talent.

DaVinci Resolve Inspector with the Lens dirt OFX controls visible
In Resolve 08-inspector.jpg 1600 × 1200 · 4:3

Inspector with Lens dirt selected. Dark Resolve theme. Crop tight on the plugin so knob names read at 800px wide.

On the node. After the look.

Drop the OFX on a Color node. Last, or on a parallel so you can mix it. Built for the same jobs we finish, not a stock dust overlay.

Host
DaVinci Resolve OFX
Use
CG and live plates
License
Commercial, one payment
Updates
Included for owners

Optional timeline still: 09-timeline.jpg (2400 × 1000, 21:9). Color page, Lens dirt on a node after the grade, viewer showing the smear.

Where the dirt earns it.

Three jobs. Three stills. Each one should look like the lens was never cleaned.

CG shot with Lens dirt making the render sit in a real optic
CG through glass 10-cg.jpg 1920 × 1080 · 16:9 · full bleed

A render that still looks 3D until the dirt hits. Car, character, or product. Leave space at the bottom for the caption.

CG that sat in a camera

Clean renders give themselves away. This is the shot that sells the plugin to 3D teams.

Backlit live plate with motes and smear from Lens dirt
Backlight 11-backlight.jpg 1920 × 1200 · 16:10

A window, a practical, or the sun. Motes and grease should catch the light. Proves it is not only a CG tool.

Against the light

Dirt is nothing until it hits a highlight. This is the money angle.

Run-and-gun or documentary plate with Lens dirt
Run and gun 12-run.jpg 1920 × 1080 · 16:9 · full bleed

A handheld or documentary frame. Dirt should feel like the lens lived on a shoot, not a preset dumped on a beauty still.

Lived-in glass

The optic nobody wiped. Music video, fashion, or a plate that needs age without going tape.

Questions

A DaVinci Resolve OFX for optical dirt on CG renders and live plates. Dust, grease, fingerprints, motes. It is a lens treatment, not a film-print or tape look.
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OFX plugin for DaVinci Resolve. Notes ship with the download. Typical install is the OFX plugins folder, then a Resolve restart. Exact supported Resolve versions will be listed on the download.

Leave the muck on the glass.

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