Clone Yourself With Magic Mask: Davinci Resolve 17 Tutorial

[@JayLippman]

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[@JasonLorette]

Ha ha that face on you clone after you walk away is priceless. Neat effect.

[@TheUtopianWanderer]

Oh boy!!! My wild clone ideas could come to fruition with Magic Mask!

[@nashhall694]

I’ve just upgraded to studio! This is super cool. I’m going to try this for my wife’s cooking channel. Thankyou so much Jay! Super helpful as always! 👍😀🥰🙏

[@robpoulter8199]

Jay your videos are Fire bro really enjoy them and the intro was gold

[@JayLippman]

Thanks so much dude!

[@robpoulter8199]

@@JayLippman my pleasure, keep doing your thing bro every time i need a how to on davinci resolve your channel is the first stop!

[@Carlow888]

17 is just awesome... They listened!!!

[@JayLippman]

They most certainly did!!

[@abhilashkhairnar4239]

Woow, Thank Jay For This Awesome Tip.

[@backyardmetalcasting]

That looks great Jay. Thanks for showing us how to do it

[@backyardmetalcasting]

Thanks Jay!!

[@BrianSellers]

Dude, I'm legit editing a video doing exactly this right now - perfect timing!

[@JayLippman]

Hahahahaha DM me the link or tag me in the tweet when you're done dude! I wanna see it!

[@BURNITDOWNYT]

Amazing Tutorial 🙏🏻

[@JayLippman]

Thank you!

[@owenmuchini698]

great video !

[@raselbenyamen9025]

Thank you so much sharing this video godblees always

[@JayLippman]

Thank you!

[@joz1ah175]

2:47 I don’t see this Icon why not?

[@JayLippman]

It's not available in the free version. Are you in the free version?

[@joz1ah175]

@@JayLippman yes I am. Are you saying I can’t do this effect because I am in the free version?😢

[@JayLippman]

No, you can, just not with this tool. There's another way to do it using power windows. There's a tutorial on my channel about it.

[@joz1ah175]

@@JayLippman ok nice! Can you give me the link to the tutorial?

[@jasonmichael9000]

You are a legend

[@JayLippman]

Thanks so much!

[@mylifecinema-1235]

loved it even i had tried it before but on free version 16

[@JayLippman]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@douglasmarshall4075]

Thanks for the response. Power WIndows? Is that part of Davinci?

[@JayLippman]

Yup! In the color page. I have a video on them too!

[@warrenbrotherstudios2166]

Your other cloning tutorial was the first video I ever saw of yours

[@JayLippman]

Oh nice! Well thanks for watching!

[@ViMBarN]

Actually me too!

[@brianwohlgemuth26]

Hi Jay, have you noticed the tracking data randomly disappearing? I hit command+z to move back a couple steps WELL into the work flow, WELL past having tracked the clip and consequently wiped out all tracking data on 3 different masks I was using. Follow up question. Is there a way to use the magic mask to track a single frame, then apply that mask to the entire clip? Thank you in advance.

[@markwillis2539]

Reading the comments, I also am wondering how magic mask compares to greenscreen. It looks like I may have just wasted money purchasing a greenscreen. I can certainly see some advantage to using the magic mask, such as wearing something green during a shoot. What would be the advantage of using a greenscreen over using magic mask?

[@JayLippman]

Great question! Green screen is great for replacing backgrounds, but that's pretty much all their used for. Magic Mask can be used to replace backgrounds, clone, color grade people and animals separately from the rest of the scene, and basically anything else you can use power windows for. That being said, I would say that when it comes to replacing the background, green screen might actually be better than magic mask, because you don't have to do any tracking.

[@CountDrunkula]

I'm trying to conceive what kind of mischief can be done with this. I want to make somebody that's not me unknowingly argue with themself... the setup would be tricky. Great tut.

[@JayLippman]

Thank you!!

[@JayLippman]

Thank you!!

[@frankinblackpool]

I shall have a play with this. 😁 Cheers

[@JayLippman]

Have fun!

[@ST7GOLDTRIDENT]

Thanks👍

[@JayLippman]

No problem 👍

[@god-lightbulb]

Jay, do you think the Magic Mask can handle very close colors, for example, in the video you are wearing a dark black top. Do you think the Magic Mask can handle the distinction between that black top when you stand in front of a totally black background in studio conditions? That's the scenario I need for my videos, and I need to know if it can handle that, for me to decide whether to buy the Studio version.

[@JayLippman]

I'm not sure! I haven't tested it out. That's a great question though!

[@_iam_seven_]

Very useful🔥❤🥺

[@JayLippman]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

[@johananGR]

Thanks!

[@JayLippman]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@oscarx6384]

great videos! ;)

[@JayLippman]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@AlienDrones]

Thanks, friend! I am so surprised to not see this in the fusion page! Also, what is the benefit (other than the very cool "Magic Mask") over just creating a power window in the color page? Seems like if the backgrounds doesn't do anything odd that masking with a power window far away from the subject wouldn't matter much.

[@JayLippman]

Tracking is the biggest benefit. Tracking works so much better with magic mask than it ever did with power windows. Thanks for watching!

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

Funny intro!! made me laugh! ( still you have to take out the trash :-) )

[@S.A.T.7]

How do you mask the background and use another background???

[@RayBeliveau]

I was super excited when they announced this feature. Unfortunately, it treats my system resources like it's upscaling a 4K video. I'm really hoping for some memory improvements in the next few updates. Nice tutorial!

[@TriniWeekes]

amazing my friend

[@JayLippman]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@krishagarwal6980]

What is a master timeline? If i set up a new project is it there by default?

[@JayLippman]

A master timeline is a locked timeline that contains all of the files in your project, and links to wherever those files are used throughout the project. So if you grade a piece of footage in the master timeline, that grade will show up in every clip made from that footage throughout the entire project. It's not on by default. You have to turn it on in the general options section of the project settings.

[@douglasmarshall4075]

Hey, again great content! What would you do if you wanted to clone yourself playing 2 different instruments and lots of movement?

[@JayLippman]

I would probably use power windows, or crop the frame. I have about how to do that on my channel.

[@PatrickGregoryDaniels]

This is what I came for

[@maniratnamcreator]

i want resolve studio beacause i switched completely to resolve for editing and color and want to use those extra studio only features to improve my videos .

[@AlienDrones]

Do you think the magic mask is good enough to use in place of a greenscreen? 2nd question: I do have studio but was waiting for the kinks to be worked out before I upgrade. Do you still find it stable enough on windows that it's worth just pulling the trigger? I won't hold you to anything, just wondering about your current opinion (I know in your previous vid you mentioned it was okay)... Thanks, man!

[@JayLippman]

I haven't really had any stability issues, but I think that has as much to do with your system as it does with Resolve. As far as green screen is concerned, I think that while Magic Mask has more versatility, green screen is better for what green screen is actually used for, which is replacing backgrounds.

[@AlienDrones]

@@JayLippman Thank you sir. 😎

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Jay, although that all works and your lesson is actually how to use the magic mask, you have a situation there where the two people don't intersect. New users should be aware that if you put one clip on top of the other, the easiest and fastest way would to be to just put one on top of the other and crop the top clip from one side or the other. So good lesson on the mask but not really sure if it was the best example of actual use. Blurring a background of using some exposure techniques on only one subject might have been a better real world example. Good acting though, if I didn't know your personality, I might think that you had a twin brother.

[@JayLippman]

I'll be doing some more magic mask tutorials that will cover that stuff, but the idea popped into my head, and I really wanted to see if I could do it.

[@tibfox]

thought the same

[@isoladellerosetv]

is this trick working also in 16?

[@JayLippman]

Magic mask isn't available in 16. Sorry!

[@AnshGupta]

0.30 - that yay tho

[@ahmed_ouf]

I don't find it in davinchi resolve 18 what should I do,i have the free version btw

[@JayLippman]

Magic Mask is only in the paid version I think.

[@ahmed_ouf]

@@JayLippman i did with fusion 😂 but thank you

[@2EL69]

I don't see a magic mask option please help!

[@JayLippman]

It's only available in 17 Studio. If you're on the free version, or in version 16, You won't have it.

[@Almach42]

Nice video, thanks. BTW, are you the nice guy or rude one?

[@JayLippman]

Depends on how much coffee I've had 😂😂. Kidding. Apparently I'm a nice guy.

[@glennparker8247]

I dont get what you mean about the master timelines?

[@JayLippman]

You mean you don't get why it won't work with a master timeline, or you don't know what a master timeline is?

[@andersistbesser]

my nvida 1050 graphics card with 2gb ram gets killed every time when i try to use magic masc. my laptop always crashes its just too weak..

[@JayLippman]

Yeah Resolve can be pretty taxing on your computer for sure.

[@owenmuchini698]

would be a dram come true if i could win that license 😭

[@pahtashow]

I have a OpenFX Filter that I want to isolate on same person like woman on your foutage. OpenFX Filter name is Holomatrix from Red Giant. I want to fake a heat vision effect from Predator film. But without background. Only body with head and hands. Only heands are moving and head a little bit. Please help.

[@JayLippman]

You have to mask out the woman, and then apply the effect to the same node as the mask.

[@pahtashow]

@@JayLippman Hand and finger gestures are too difficult in one minute. I dropped this idea.

[@isart3757]

my i5 doesn't support resolve 17

[@JayLippman]

Oh no! That sucks!

[@ViMBarN]

The classic Clone effect is a great way to show-off the Magic Mask tool... but it raises more questions about what other new and things it can do that old power windows can't. I guess the main benefit is the really good and easy tracking? (Tracking Power Windows is such a hassle)... I'm guessing the bright red hoodie was chosen to also help with that? Anyway great vid.. exciting time to be a hardware/cinema/gaming enthusiast I'd say....!

[@JayLippman]

Lol the hoodie was just the closest hoodie I could grab. Didn't really make a difference with the tracking. Im glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@thefullmonte1902]

OH NO, the blue background! Don't let Camera Conspiracies see this!!

[@kumojo-sei]

:( im only 13 so i cannot buy studio version im stuck with the free one which means i have to trace every clip D:

[@JayLippman]

I was on the free version for a long time. There's still a lot you can do with it!

[@juicyjay3338]

I mean that's cool but the easier way to clone like that is ut split screen...lol. but es I love magic mask!

[@thefullmonte1902]

Strangely, when I made a clone of myself a year back, I also manifested a jerk... why one may ask?

[@S.A.T.7]

How do you mask the background and use another background???