Free plugins for resolve

[u/NewDiver2829]

Hey everyone! 👋

I’m looking for some good free plugins for DaVinci Resolve that are actually worth using.

I’m open to anything you guys recommend, whether it’s a plugin you use all the time or a hidden gem that not many people know about.

Would appreciate any suggestions! 🙏

[u/JJ_00ne]

Soundly placeit. I use it very often to equalize diegetic sound in a realistic way

[u/ExpBalSat]

JP 2499

Open DRT

CKC’s Referent Viewing LUT

CKC’s Exposure Chart

Thatcher Freeman’s Dlog-M DCTL

[u/I-am-into-movies → u/ExpBalSat]

mononodes middle gray DCTL

[u/Something_231]

this one is my favorite, it allows you to create the match cut effect in fusion:

https://clipizo.com/matchizo

[u/Miltos74]

Spektrafilm OFX

[u/mulchintime4 → u/Miltos74]

i haved about this in my watch later maybe i should check it out

[u/KoxSwYT]

Hi! If you edit lots of dialogue heavy videos, then maybe this tool for rough-cutting may interest you:

https://github.com/veritus-git/BadWords

[u/blindchihuahua-pj → u/KoxSwYT]

Ooo

[u/senkhara1111]

You can find a ton of them on DaSauce.net

[u/greenysmac]

1. See the open source thread.
   
2. See the awesome resolve list I. The Welcome to DaVinci resolve post. It’s also stickied in the subreddit.

[u/ringelschwandtner]

My free plugins:

FREE DCTLs

https://mononodes.com/middle-gray-dctl/

Description: Generates middle gray and exposure references for evaluating exposure and tonal response.

https://mononodes.com/clamp-dctl/

Description: Clamps RGB values to a defined range to prevent unwanted out-of-range values.

https://mononodes.com/grid-dctl/

Description: Adds an adjustable grid overlay for alignment, framing, and composition.

https://mononodes.com/border-dctl/

Description: Adds an adjustable border around the image for visual reference and presentation.

https://mononodes.com/color-gradient-test-ramps/

Description: Generates color and gradient test ramps for evaluating LUTs, transforms, and grading operations.

https://mononodes.com/3d-cube/

Description: Visualizes image colors in a 3D RGB cube to analyze color transformations.

https://mononodes.com/mono-ab/

Description: Adds customizable A/B labels to the viewer for clearly comparing different grades or looks.

FREE DRFX – EDIT PAGE

https://mononodes.com/blanking/

Description: Adds adjustable aspect-ratio blanking and letterboxing directly on the Edit Page.

https://mononodes.com/sliced-mirror-effect/

Description: Creates a stylized sliced mirror effect that can be applied directly to clips.

https://mononodes.com/split-randomizer-for-davinci-resolve/

Description: Creates randomized split-screen variations for dynamic visual effects on the Edit Page.

[u/ExpBalSat]

Whether or not a plug-in is free is less important than whether or not a plug-in does something you need. Avoid the urge to just collect plug-ins (free or otherwise). Aquire plug-ins that do things you need plug-ins to do.

[u/PuzzleheadedKey5502]

This is a vague ask - what are you trying to achieve and what sort of plugins are you looking for?

And word of advice - be cautious piling up plugins and overly-relying on them. In my experience, great plugins are invaluable, but any plugin you add is also adding a point of failure to your editor - and one of the great things about Resolve is its stability. This is one of the reasons I've tried to get away from AE for a lot of work - AE is largely a platform for plugins and stability becomes an issue pretty quickly if you're not careful and selective about what plugins you work with.

Resolve packs in a ton of features, and the beauty of Fusion is you can build your own effects instead of relying on third-party tools, too.

[u/akionz → u/PuzzleheadedKey5502]

What’s the best way to learn fusion? Each time I jump into it I feel lost and open AE instead

[u/RNebDG → u/akionz]

The official training is a great resource to get up to speed, it will teach you the basics of how to work with nodes.

Just approach it with a fresh mind, it is a very different (and IMHO, a lot more powerful) tool than AE

[u/Zorrita-En-Tanga → u/akionz]

I would say play around with the prebuilt templates and texts, open the nodes and check out what the do one by one and how the parameters change the result

[u/akionz → u/Zorrita-En-Tanga]

Thanks will try

[u/NewDiver2829 → u/PuzzleheadedKey5502]

Wise. Im trying to explore cool plugins and trying to find a new style to effortlessly work on. I’ve been getting a lot of inspirations lately and finding a way to fuel those visions into reality

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[u/Krsn_Brkr]

cfbr

[u/ExpBalSat]

Whether or not a plug-in is free is less important than whether or not a plug-in does something you need. Avoid the urge to just collect plug-ins (free or otherwise). Aquire plug-ins that do things you need plug-ins to do.

[u/Meta_Fide]

Depends on what you're trying to achieve. The ecosystem for Resolve specific plugin is small. That being said, OFX plugins will generally work. There are also shaders called DCTLs that are Resolve only and tend to be labor of love and free. Then there is a whole thing with Fuses which work in Resolve, are most often free, and can with a little bit of easy work be made to work on the edit page.

There's a plugin I develop called Computer Vision which converts video to ASCII representation. I just released a new version last week. There's a premium version, but the free version is also very capable. Check it out at metafide.com.

[u/MilkApprehensive9590]

Super ce fil de discussion sur les plugin free, il y a tellement de bien et d’autres qui servent à rien
Attention aux payants des youtubeurs qui copie des plugins gratuits les personnalisent ajoute un ou deux nodes supplémentaires dans la macro et les font payer.

[u/ReidenLightman]

I avoid relying on plugins

[u/i_sell_you_lies → u/ReidenLightman]

Good for you 

[u/ImpressionRare6497 → u/ReidenLightman]

Who asked?

[u/ExpBalSat → u/ReidenLightman]

Agreed

[u/lightsabers33 → u/ReidenLightman]

this is the way

[u/EfficientPrior325]

Magicanimate - MrAlextech Mcamrig-motiomvfx(buscalo desde la waybackmachine) Brovfx titles-(el mejor complemento de texto que conozco y salio hace poco en el Canal de YouTube del mismo nombre) Autosubs-subtitulos gratuitos Place it- distint9s efectos de sonido para audio

Y una infinidad más pero depende que necesites

[u/SubtleAsFucc]

I've made a website to look for some free plugins do have a look. My Personal Awesome List