Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Knowing how spatial tools work and when and where to use them will keep your grades looking clean and professional (instead of accidentally creating newbie results like halos and unwanted texture). In this video I'm going in detail on what spatial tools are vs. their non-spatial counterparts, and showing an example with two most commonly used tools that you wouldn't think had spatial effects.

Here's a reference list of Resolve tools that are spatial so you know which ones relate to what you learned in the video:

Contrast pop
Midtone detail
NR
Blur
Texture Pop
Highlights
Shadows

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