ZERO Fusion Knowledge - PRO Skin Mark Removal in Under 8 Mins!

[@ChiJee]

Uffff, okay I freaking love this episode. I was about to relax with a podcast and call it a day after long hours, but now you’ve got me opening up Resolve 😅 Playing around with Paint in Fusion now. Thankss Darren!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed it Chi!!

[@masterchanchan]

Darren’s tutorial videos are honestly amazing, and by far my favorite. His teaching is super straightforward with no unnecessary stuff, and he’s so generous in sharing his knowledge. He explains how to get professional results in such an easy way. I use this software a lot and have watched tons of tutorials, but he’s the only instructor I truly admire. Really hope he makes more videos, and thanks a lot!

[@DarrenMostyn]

I appreciate that! Thank you so much, Im making more videos don't worry. All the best, Darren

[@soaringvisionimages8448]

That is one of the most straightforward explanations of Fusion functions in practice. Being jazzd about stepping out of routine is priceless.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Yes, just learn a few functions if you are overwhelmed by Fusion (like I am!).

[@lexrun01]

Amazing effective way of removing those 'forgotten-to-hide' lav mics ;-) Thanks Darren. You made my day.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Great to hear!

[@fredstork]

Great video. And I admire the stiff upper lip when you say it takes “hours or even days” to learn Fusion!

[@DarrenMostyn]

haha - yes, hours is probably a bit optimistic indeed!!

[@JimRobinson-colors]

I'm not a fusion guy either Darren. But I have done beauty ( acne, wrinkles , scars etc. ) using the surface tracker - most tutorials using surface tracker do shirt logos and such - but I've found that I can do really precise tracking using the surface tracker which also allows you to add texture back to skin where the smoothing happens - it works really good and for us people who like to stay on the color page - works great from there as well. Good to know about the cloning tool in fusion. Pretty sure most of us have used the cloning tool in Photoshop in our lives. Patch replacement is great for those quick removals of wall plugs or wires etc. that seem to pop up in corporate interviews. I keep thinking I should revisit learning Fusion, but then it seems to eat up a ton of time, so I am reluctant to go down that rabbit hole again. Cheers - good info here.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Jim - yes the inspiration for making this after using it all week was that you only need to learn a few good tools in Fusion if you are never going to master its entire scope (like me!). I'll do some more!! Thanks again, glad you enjoyed it.

[@andrewkneebonephotography5491]

I'm going to store this tip away and use from time to time. Thank you for not only being instructive but delivering in such a smooth and professional way!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Good idea to save it, yes. Enjoy.

[@stehume]

Been subbed for a long time, Great video Darren. I spend a lot of time in fusion and have never seen a couple things you did.

[@DarrenMostyn]

OK, thats a compliment then - I dont know much more than the TBH!!!

[@epicbucketlist]

Wow, that is a great technique, Mr. Mostyn! Thank you for sharing.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Very welcome

[@mccartikiss]

Yes, love this small dips into fusion for practical stuff that dosnt come along very often as an editor/colourist

[@DarrenMostyn]

excellent.

[@jamied6166]

I did not know about that Group Paint thing! Excellent tip, thanks!

[@leethecam]

As always Darren, a quick, concise and valuable lesson. (I'm building up quite a library of them. :) I'm working on a project where I need to replace a lot of screens and signs, so rather than farm it out to an FX house, I do it myself in Fusion. I'm almost always using the Planar Tracker, but sometimes some greens screen with Delta Keyer. Not only does it earn a few extra valuable ££, but it also means I can more easily grade the whole shot to blend it the extra elements so it looks real. (Often easier to grade each underlying element rather than deal with a final flattened composite. Your tutorial here has taught me not only the main subject of the video, but also a number of extra tips and features... Thanks.

[@DarrenMostyn]

wow. glad it helped you when clearly you know Fusion far better than I do! more quick FUSION tips coming!

[@zackcellomusic]

This couldn’t have come at a better time for me. Thank you so much, Darren! Always love your videos and the way you explain things so clearly and quickly. 🙏🏻❤️

[@brianstrombeck6305]

This was perfect timing. I was just asked to do this for a job I quoted. Thank you!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful Brian and Good Luck.

[@graemetowner7257]

love these little techniques and why you would use one over another similar technique, thanks for sharing your vast knowledge

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Graeme. Trying my best to deliver "why" over "how to"!

[@CR48Dalzell]

Priceless content as always. Have never used the patch replacement but the explanation of tracking the paint tool is so useful. Thanks Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad to help! Thank you for kind words.

[@_Oregon_Sunday_Drives_360]

Affirmative, great content.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@traderz13]

This was the exact sort of thing i ise fusion for so learning it via you makes so much more sense for me as im not a big fusion user and u teach the bare minimum i need and make no assumptions of what i know to do what i need. So yes id like some more bare minimum fusion videos from you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Will look into it. Thanks!!

[@andymcquade]

Thank you for this Darren! Amazing as always and now I'm more determined than ever to brave the Fusion jungle

[@DarrenMostyn]

Well worth knowing the fundamentals for sure!

[@Mr.G.Williams]

An amazing coincidence that you have made this video when I've just been asked to remove a piece of thread from a singers shirt from a 4 min video of him performing solo with an acoustic guitar. Previously I have done things like exporting all the offending frames as tiffs after completing the colour work, and then using Photoshop to heal/clone things out (including noise "debris" 😂) . I had started using Resolve to do this thread removal but wasn't happy with my method....this is much better so thanks Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was timely!! Enjoy!

[@brianrogers549]

Another awesome real-world example on must know advance technics 😎👍 Thanks Darren

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed it Brian

[@DahariSunny]

Amazing as always 🙏🏽

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@alex__film]

I always learn something new from you, Darren, but didn’t expect this time to learn these cool techniques for fusion! Thanks a lot! ❤

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Alex. This video came about purely because Im a pro colourist and am in different tools on different jobs- I often do something and then realise it would make a useful video for others to share the tips!

[@buzzedge]

You will actually make a good fusion teacher 😮😮

[@DarrenMostyn]

Well that was about it!! Enjoy it!!

[@andersistbesser]

Very very useful video. Thank you very much.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@马鹿好肯]

Thank you Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

very welcome

[@dmd3520]

Nice tutorial! Another thing worth trying if it's difficult to "clone-erase" in a convincing way is to export a still and bring it to Photoshop. Let generative fill create a patch erasing whatever you want erased. Bring the patch back into Fusion and surface track it above the clip. With poor skills in both Photoshop and Fusion I still managed to erase a lav microphone on a difficult background in a very convincing way.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks for sharing!

[@frenchiecolorgrading]

Great video as always !

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@grzegorzs5749]

Darren this video blew my mind. I am an amateur in DVR but it will help me in next montage productions and color grading for sure. 😊

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad to have your mind blown! thanks

[@Mal0wens]

Brilliant! Thanks Darren. It was good to discover a little more in Fusion.

[@DarrenMostyn]

My pleasure!

[@skyking95]

Darren, This was fantastic!! Short but really sweet!! More like this Please!! I hope you do some more tracking stuff in the Color Page as well.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Best Tracker Tips in DaVinci Resolve - HOW TO FIX BAD TRACKING! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ-6pYyPgpmMnMk

[@HenryBobeck]

Great tutorial Darren, would love to see more Fusion tips from you

[@DarrenMostyn]

OK, Im up for doing that. Thanks

[@LRRipley]

This is excellent and such perfect timing! I was just practicing the Patch Replacer and node sizing tools to replace objects and was wondering how often this comes up in work. This technique seems like an easier way in some circumstances and ties directly into those old Photoshop skills, without a doubt. Yes, would love to see some more Fusion tips.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks. I'll have a think on the Fusion things I do. This one came as an idea as I was doing it on a real music video !

[@olliemuncaster]

Brilliant! Thanks. Yes def more Fusion stuff

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks for feedback

[@RobertNoelvonDraminski]

Thank you so much for this video Darren. I only recently found myself struggling to remove something from a shot and couldn't quite do it with the Patch Replacer or Object Removal Tools. This will be a great addition to try out the next time.

[@DarrenMostyn]

you are welcome robert

[@adriancluskey3640]

Brilliant!!!! Thank you ❤

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you liked it!

[@mohsenalfaraj207]

Love it!! All the guys your mentioned are amazing, but you as a pro colorist i think few episodes about fusion or fairlight can help the channel grow more! Nothing to deep, just simple stuff

[@DarrenMostyn]

Dont worry, I dont go deep into them anyway!! Im only teaching what In know is good technique!! Thanks for your kind words anyway!!

[@brandonpierce]

Fantastic episode. This technique reminds me of Adobe Photoshop’s Clone tools. Very similar in the execution but with time tracking too. Anyway, thank you for this one!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Brandon . appreciated.

[@adityakumarchourasia3881]

Pretty informative video sir. Please keep making such kind of content.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you, I will

[@Snider-Films]

Great technique, Darren. Thanks for sharing!

[@DarrenMostyn]

thank you

[@akinbinuisaac9513]

Another to Thank God. He gave us Darren

[@DarrenMostyn]

trying my best!

[@vybrant-images]

Excellent explanation! Thanks Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eddyjuillerat835]

Great trick man, thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Happy to help - thanks Eddy

[@Jp-0721]

Great tip! How do you get around manually changing the tracking data for the ending when it goes off the desired area? This is something I've always struggled with in Fusion.

[@DarrenMostyn]

I didnt cover it in the video as wanted to keep it short. I had to do about 5% off the music video manually. Just dont track and keyframe the centre point instead of going to tracker. Im not an expert in Fusion so TBH there may be better ways. Im just sharing my limited skillset in Fusion here.

[@BarbarosGokdemir]

Thank you Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

welcome

[@madebyjovan]

THANK YOU!!! This is what I have been looking for! It definitely gonna be helpful for my upcoming project. Just a quick question, if you have multiple objects to remove in the frame, how do you go about it in fusion?

[@DarrenMostyn]

add another paint node in the chain and repeat.

[@madebyjovan]

@@DarrenMostyn awesome! Thank you!

[@rikkdesgres2074]

More like this please!!!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

noted

[@elcasanelles5806]

Great tutorial as per usual. For those that would like to stay in the patch tool realm, there is a way to avoid the ellipse, that I'm sure you know, but make available for those that don't. Make a window with the polygon tool and then in the patch replace effect, in the region shape instead of using the ellipse choose alpha channel. It allows for much greater precision. As for the paint tool I have many times struggled with making good trackings of the painted area. So maybe I should be watching tracking tutorials instead.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Track the group is what I did. Occasionally it missed but then I just manually keyframes. But 95% was great. I used the IntelliTrack option.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Check out the channels I mentioned...Patrick Stirling and Casey Faris. Bernd is not on KZbin I dont think?

[@elcasanelles5806]

@@DarrenMostyn thanks!

[@angelksaxena]

This is Brilliant. Thankyou so much for putting up these videos.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you like them!

[@colourgradebytm]

Excellent tip, perfect timing with the work I am doing, same as you, I'm no pro as fusion so this example was very useful!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Frombehindthelens]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@DarrenMostyn]

My pleasure

[@mirkotabasevic3509]

Thnx Darren!

[@JohnnyBouchier]

Excellent. Thank you Darren. I cannot wait to try this out.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Its a good one to have in your toolkit Johnny!

[@christimson]

Very neat. I must admit I try to use Fusion more during the grading process but usually end up throwing the clip into After Effects which is usually quicker.

[@DarrenMostyn]

not an efficient workflow though. But as long as it works for you! Thats all that matters. Im not a composite so not really my place to say here. Thanks for your input though

[@johnthomasgoerke7852]

Great and useful as always. Thanks Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks John

[@danielsonderhoff5882]

Thanx for sharing great knowledge hear. I love Fusion and mixed it up in my workflow wirh blender. But the cool trick was new for me. Thank you for the mail thats give the hint of your clip here. Sorry, my english is a little bit strange - I‘m from germany.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful! Yes, I only have a few good tricks in Fusion that I know I can rely on, else it goes to VFX and people who know how to composite far more than me! I know where my talent is best used!!

[@DellanaMetalArts]

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

appreciated

[@suffolkhistoryinanutshell]

Brilliant!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was good for you

[@Kiwiphotog01]

Hi Darren. I love your channel and have learnt so much from it thank you! I've just started a new role as a creative editor (Resolve & Protools workflow) in a large team and need to pass notes to the Audio team who use Protools. Could you please let me know if there is a method of using Resolve markers as notes when exporting an AAF and DNX file other than a spreadsheet or burning in a title on the DNX file? Any advice would be great. Thanks. Chris

[@martinclay7557]

Thanks Darren 👍

[@DarrenMostyn]

No problem 👍

[@caamada]

I usually use Patch Replacer in color page, using alpha channel, and I have a node before where I do a mask the shape I want, track it, manually I can adjust and I feed that to the Patch Replacer node. Then I keyframe in the Patch replacer node from were it will take the spot to copy in case the shot is complicated. It never failed me so far. Also you can add some softness if you need for the replacements

[@DarrenMostyn]

You can do all the here too including softness. Whichever way works for you is always the best way!

[@filmmaker3851]

Great information

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sterd0]

Такой подход я увидел первый раз, очень интересно. Я обязательно возьму его в копилку знаний. Спасибо за урок.

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

Sir it is awesome technique ... if i want to modify the cloning latter can i do that?

[@StuartHetzler]

You can actually very easily put a preview lut on the footage from the fusion page. it's the little dropdown by the grid icon up by the top of the inspector.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Stuart, absolutely you can assign a LUT - good point! - I wanted to show the GRADE - if you were working on a show I may have made the look using other tools than a LUT so this another option. Thanks, Darren

[@Armstrong50]

Thank You!👍👍😊😊

[@DarrenMostyn]

No problem

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

Thank u sir♥

[@DarrenMostyn]

very welcome!

[@amphimixis]

Can you do a video on why resolve is having a color shift when exporting with a Mac? I tried all the tutorials for the proper iMac & Macbook setup / DaVinci YRGB color management / proper delivery gamma export settings, but so far I'm still experiencing the same problem.

[@Cre8iveMedia]

I just wanted to add that, (although if someone knows a better way let us all know) when I do this I 1st create one tiny stroke where I want the tracker point to be, then go back to the group and add the additional strokes to cover, because if you need to move the tracking point then it also moves the painted mask, as the tracker point is bound to the middle of the strokes, this is good form something that is easy tracked, but some longer items to cover or where something obscures that area it can break the track. I am sure there must be a way to ungang the tracker point to the group of strokes and hopefully someone will let me/us know

[@shishirahmed9201]

Nice 😊

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Djangounframed]

Cheers Darren, great video. You probably don’t take requests, but if you fancy it, and have the means, any chance of a way to colour grade DLog-M (Osmo Pocket 3 log footage). There’s not really a CST option in DR so it’s a bit hit and miss. Cheers.

[@DarrenMostyn]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n52XYWyofdqfqJo

[@Djangounframed]

@@DarrenMostyn you sir are a star. I did try a search but I didn’t think of simply searching Drone. Thank you.

[@DarrenMostyn]

very welcome.

[@sunteem369]

Darren thanks you so much! perfect timing! a noob question: I'm trying to track an object which is zooming in. When I track it is not changing the scale. Any hints on that?

[@DarrenMostyn]

Should work fine. Try the new Intellitrack in V19

[@sunteem369]

@@DarrenMostyn Thanks for replying! at the end I solved it with a freeze frame, painted it with the clone tool and used a planar tracker and it worked.

[@DarrenMostyn]

@@sunteem369 pleased to hear. You are beyond my Fusion knowledge now though! all the best and appreciate you sharing your results - we are all always learning!

[@stefanocson6237]

Great

[@DarrenMostyn]

OK!

[@andrewwoffinden8671]

How important is it to go from canon log to DWG instead of say Rec709? I get the theory of it being a wider colour gamut but from a practical standpoint does it actually make a difference? Thanks.

[@DarrenMostyn]

if all your source is Canon log then no problem to stay canon instead of DWG. I cover this in all my colour management videos.

[@gimbalair]

Is this studio only? Another reason to upgrade.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Not sure in Fusion tbh

[@victorseastrom3455]

How do you move the screen around when you're zoomed in. I've tried everything that people have said on line. Nothing seems to work.

[@DarrenMostyn]

middle mouse click

[@victorseastrom3455]

@@DarrenMostyn Hmmm Okay Thanks

[@johannes3530]

Thanks....i will never understand this paint node....to many options... Multi Stroke, Stroke, CloneMultistroke and than different options in the apply mode. 😭

[@DarrenMostyn]

Me neither - so thats why I did this tutorial !! Just COPY me exactly step by step and it works - I dont know how to use Fusion except maybe 4 or 5 cool tricks! Thats enough for me - after that I want a specialist working on it! Take an hour out of your time and try each one on the same shot and see which gives best results. then you'll get it. I just took default and it worked great - that was after playing with other settings. Sometimes I switch pattern to tracker but I didnt want to get into that here. Sometimes I had to manually track too - again - keeping this episode short! All the best, Darren

[@chrisb5823]

I wish I had this a few days ago lol

[@DarrenMostyn]

next time! Thanks Chris. I think of these tutorials as jobs come in - the advantage of being a pro colourist is I deal with different situations daily. normally this would have gone to VFX but it was pretty straightforward, albeit a bit time consuming, but client allowed for it in the budget. So it inspired me to make a video.

[@nekola203]

- Should we put some makeup on her? - Nah... We'll fix it in post

[@DarrenMostyn]

easier to remove than add in some instances!

[@inknpaintCW]

🖌🖌

[@DarrenMostyn]

absolutely!

[@Luis-b6k5h]

Man, DaVinci is crazy...

[@DarrenMostyn]

take it one step at a time - Ive been using it for 15 years I think and still so much to learn! Focus on what you need.

[@movie-trailer19]

NICE remove

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks. Client was very happy with the job.

[@Mandsefar]

Yes - very good tutorial!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!