DaVinci Resolve · Framing, motion and effects
How to add camera shake in DaVinci Resolve
The short answer
Select the clip, open the Fusion page, add a Camera Shake tool between MediaIn and MediaOut, and set Deviation and Speed. For a quick jolt without Fusion, raise Zoom slightly in the Inspector and add a few fast Position keyframes.
5 steps
In DaVinci Resolve
01
Open the clip in Fusion
Put the playhead over the clip and click the Fusion page. You see a MediaIn node connected to a MediaOut node.
02
Add Camera Shake
Select the MediaIn node, press Shift+Space, search for Camera Shake and click Add. It sits between the two nodes.
03
Set the shake
In the Inspector, raise Deviation X and Y for the size of the shake and Speed for how fast it moves.
04
Hide the edges
Set Framing Mode so the edges don't show, or go back to the Edit page and raise Zoom a little in the Inspector.
05
Or keyframe it by hand
On the Edit page, raise Zoom to about 1.05, then add Position keyframes a frame or two apart that jump left, right, up and down.
Good to know
Before you start
- Note 1
- Fusion effects apply to the whole clip. To shake only a moment, cut the clip with Cmd+B or Ctrl+B and add the shake to that section.
- Note 2
- Resolve also lists a Camera Shake ResolveFX in the Effects Library; check that it is available in your version before you build around it.
Eddie AI
Do it in Eddie
Ask Eddie for a shake zoom on a line; the punch-in carries to Resolve, the shake doesn't.
Say "Add a shake zoom on the punchline." It shows in Eddie and in MP4 renders. In the Resolve export the punch-in is kept without the shake, and the export notes say so, so add the Camera Shake in Fusion if you need it there.
Back to Resolve
Open the edit, click Export and choose Resolve. The default is a Resolve project (.drp) that opens with the timeline built; behind the arrow is a Resolve FCPXML you bring into the project you have open with File > Import > Timeline. In the desktop app, Send to DaVinci Resolve builds the timeline in the Resolve you have running, through Eddie's script (Workspace > Scripts > Eddie AI AE).
If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media: relink to those in the Media Pool with Relink Selected Clips, not to the camera originals.
FAQ
Questions
- Why does camera shake show black edges?
- The picture moves past the frame. Zoom the clip in slightly, or lower Deviation.
- Can I add motion blur to the shake?
- Yes. In Fusion, turn on Motion Blur in the Camera Shake tool's Settings tab, or add Motion Blur from ResolveFX.
