HOW TO CLONE OUT ANYTHING IN FUSION [FREE VERSION TOO!]- DaVinci Resolve Paint Out Tutorial

[@CaseyFaris]

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[@FrancescoMucciFilmmaker]

You have just saved an entire short film, dude! I'm about to cry 😭

[@taylrthegreat]

Was it a Starbucks cup?

[@brophetic4456]

@@taylrthegreat LOL

[@kolora6785]

Learning Resolve is the most fun I've had since learning to play drums 30 years ago! Thanks for explaining all of the incredible things Reolve can do.

[@opadeiroalemao]

Man, I'm so happy I found your channel searching for Davinci related stuff! Not are you only a master teacher but your videos are entertaining, dynamic and funny. All thumbs up and a big thank you for your effort!

[@MooseManNaturePhotos]

YOU are the BOMB!!! THANK you for NOT speed talking and for explaining everything so very well. There are many moving parts here, and you took the time to demonstrate and explain it all. Now, impossible? No such thing!

[@joemehere1151]

I hope people watch this video to the end. Your work is phenomenal, your teaching method is great and your results are very useable in a few easy steps. I enjoy your work and your comedy. I'm not certain most viewers recognize how important to compositing and post production this video is. I know I didn't until I was under the gun and found EXACTLY what I was looking for. You are in the top 10 KZbin/Davinci Resolve Instructional Vloggers! Thanks so very much Casey!

[@gr8moblaze553]

After watching at least 50 of you excellent videos, I finally realize your personality reminds me of Ryan Reynolds, but way more natural. Keep up the great tutorials.

[@davethedaygames2899]

I'll be honest... I just recently bought your Intro to Davinci Resolve program because I'm new to videography and editing. How does anyone who's serious even get to that point? You film something. You decide to edit it. So you download a software like Davinci Resolve and play with it for a day or two. Then you decide you need help! I bought the program and honestly felt bad about it based on the "Barney" level instruction... but wait... that was until I got to the fusion and color grading portion. Then I couldn't be thankful enough for the "barney" style approach. That being said, the more and more I watch your content. The more examples I see in your instruction style. The more I realize I will be a Davinci stylist for the foreseeable future and will build the foundations of what will be my business off of the things I learn from you. Thank you, Casey for taking the time, energy and effort to make content that makes ANYONE feel like they can turn a hobby into a 6-7 figure business. Much respect!

[@yoosafabdulla2680]

Thank you so much Casey. This is the most unique tutorial on cloning most effectively and the only one you need for any form of cloning!!I have scourged through the youtube for hours but your tutorial is the best and most easy!!!!keep up the awesome work Casey..YOU ROCK!!!

[@alantuttphotography]

Quite impressed with how well this worked. I also really like how you explain the thinking behind the process rather than just say "select this, click there, enter this number, etc. etc. etc."

[@joshuapaulwhite]

Finally jumping in to make science youtube videos to help elementary school science programs and I didnt even know how to start making something even remotely professional (SciShow, Veritasium, V-Sauce). While I have a lifetime of information to learn, your videos and free downloads to follow on give me hope.

[@Blazs0]

An alternative to this is to use the steady mode in the tracker, then paint / clone stamp your footage. Next copy the tracker and run the paint node output into it, now use the nu-steady footage check box to invert the tracking data. This will clone stamp every frame so you keep texture, grains, and any lighting changes. In this set up its important to track and steady the object you want to paint, you want it to look so steady when played that it looks like a freeze frame.

[@JoshMandella]

you're such a good youtube personality. something which could be considered mundane was super interesting and fun to watch. Thanks, definitely going to watch more

[@eklectrikmusic]

I am such a fan. You are a natural. I am always inspired to jump right into Fusion.

[@Navostar1]

You are giving me a Bob Ross vibe “happy clouds”

[@rynoshaun]

Dude, I love you, you helped me grasp this entire program in one night only, I love you, you legend. If you ever come to South Africa, my farm is your oyster for adventure! You legend.

[@reggiejohnson2]

Thanks!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Holy cow, I just used this to clone out a bridge in a forest behind a person all hand held by combining it with magic mask in Resolve 17. Crazy. Great tutorial, thanks.

[@TheREALJohnL]

Im actually glad you chose something difficult to clone out, other tutorials will clone out the EASIEST things like someone standing in the middle of something with a plain easy to clone background.

[@RVKevin]

You make learning DR very fun young Jedi. Thank you for another great lesson that complements your Master Training.

[@yellowrustybirdwheels]

thank you for being a awesome teacher as soon as I can afford your course I am buying it your one of or the best DaVinci Resolve teachers I have found here on you tube and your helping me help my disabled self become the best editor I can be and I can not thank you enough.

[@BenjaminArnedo]

It's like learning with Deadpool. Love it. Thanks.

[@ZetsueiTV]

Another great video showing every step you did so nothing is missed. Always appreciate it when a tutorial shows everything involved

[@ryanblake1870]

Love your videos and how you mix humor into them. Great stuff and thanks for teaching me so much!!!!!!!

[@nagyvk1]

that was like a pro level, Casey! I liked it

[@RiffsAndBeards]

Wow good one.

[@rytchbytchrockingclub3867]

Isn't there some way to vote Casey to be the #1 of all KZbin tutors? After watching this I have the urge to put that medal on him.

[@siennafleegal848]

Thanks for this! Really helped me sort out that there was a bug going on in the tool and I needed a reboot.

[@Kawaiielf420]

great video btw

[@dalanglois]

Dude. You just made my life so much easier. I love you.

[@redumbrella4218]

Great job! Thank you! I have a shot where the actor moves around the frame and has sweat marks on her dress, plus the size of the spot changes. Do you have any suggestions on how to approach this task?

[@VLenzer]

Hi there, first I wanna say thank you, for all your really great tutorials. They actually help! Second I hope you excuse my "not so good" English. I'm using DaVinci free, for about three weeks now, cutting a short movie. Here is my problem: We have a pretty long shot, with two people, walking into the sunset. Yeah, I know, it's a clichee and it is ment to be one... ;) Filming into the sun, means lens flares. Most of them are ok, but there is one green, looking more like a sphere, wich is also "pulsing" two times in the whole shot. The camera is standing on a tripod, so I startet to "clone" it away. It worked. NOW to the real problem: At the end of the shot, two actors are walking through my correction, making DaVinci to "clone them into" my correction. So there are parts of their clothes "flashing" up in the background. I can't explain it better, sorry. My Idea would be, to keyframe from now on and correct any frame. Like pasting the people over the flare. Is there a better/easyer way? Greeting, V.

[@robinwatson4282]

Holy shit. That was beautiful to watch. I found it really hard to follow the steps for selecting the various nodes and how to connect them and the logic behind why they are connected that way. Could you point me to some previous tutorials that would lead me up to understanding this one? This is amazing.

[@stevensavoie856]

The good part was the painting job, for the 'rough it in' approach, it went shockingly well. Good job there. The rest of it makes me glad that I am not a beginner in video production because it was a rather bad way of doing things and I would have just accepted it as the right way. Just some honest feedback.

[@WindTreeStudios]

WOW!!! Great video Jamie!!

[@gmcubed]

not bad for the footage you are using, but what if I have more dynamic lighting where using a still breaks the illusion?

[@UniverseUnearthed]

hey casey, love your tutorials! Any videos on how to extend a vfx file to play across the screen? I'm trying to get the birds to fly across the screen not fly in one place and not going anywhere. have a great day

[@scottdunlap4109]

Great demo/lesson! and the result was FANTASTIC. I really appreciate being able to download the same footage that you use

[@TheHallberger]

This one is so much fun to do! I'd really like a tutorial how to do this if the object we need to clone out is moving, like a person walking through a scene or similar scenario! Great content Casey!

[@ParsaKherghepoush]

I second this^^ The video is incredibly helpful thank you! I've been struggling to remove something that is leaving the frame due to the camera panning. is there any way to key that out without my tracker going wild?

[@LizParker-Samson]

Just amazing - following along it took me a little while, but in the process I learned a lot more about how Fusion organises effects. After a few goes I had it down. Thank you so much for taking the time to do these videos - just so incredibly helpful.

[@carboomtv1479]

Fantastic tutorial Casey..love the mix of humour and good info.

[@claudiavalcich]

At about the 9:14 mark - when you add the Planar Tracker - the spray bottle becomes visible again (enabling you to draw the polygon around the object). How did that happen? I followed the steps closely along with the video, and my "clone" is still visible. I feel like I missed something crucial right around that step.

[@daveruble5150]

It's JUST. Flippin'. Magic!

[@nweditor875]

Thank you for this video I think I found what I am looking for. But I am having trouble its not letting me copy on the object after I click on it to color the other object. its not leaving the red dot like yours is doing.

[@white_lizard]

Hi Casey, thank you so much for your video! I was wondering if we wanted to clone out multiple items in the same video how we do that? Or if anyone can shed some light? Thank you!

[@happyproject5306]

I'm impressed - been looking for a solution for days and it was so simple! However, how to I stop it for other frames? I only want to clone something out in some chunks of the video, not all

[@somearsehole]

I was a compositor back in early 2000s (oddly enough using fusion when it was Eyeon product) and now I find myself getting back into it with Resolve and i have to say i LOVE your videos. 10 out of 10! Keep them coming :)

[@kkj1697]

Casey! Great appreciation for your amazing tutorial! But I'm experiencing some difficulties. I have a warping screen if I appy the nodes same as yours. What should be done to fix this?

[@katefalconer]

Is the tracker set to perspective? That may warp/distort the frame(s). Try different Motion Types.

[@fromdebsstudio2022]

Question: When you say "get rid of the mask" (eclipsed area) are you deleting that node? I got the clone to work in one clip of my working video [didn't apply to entire clip (got tired of waiting because I didn't know how long to wait and didn't go all the way to the beginning either, nor did I get as far as create planar transform] but it worked. My unwanted object is 'covered' and the rest of the footage shows/moves. I thought wow that was easy but I've tried three times now to do the same thing to another clip and each time I end up with a freeze frame through the entire clip. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong and I've followed the steps with you each time. I have never used photoshop or any photo editing software. BTW, my camera is stationary, if that makes any difference. EDIT: I got it figured out. Since my camera was stationary all I needed to do was paint out/clone over the undesirable culprit I allowed into my video. Took me two days, but yeah. . .pretty proud of myself actually.

[@Mr_happyface]

Can you do a video with fusion on the free version? I'm considering getting davinci Resolve and I don't know if its possible to use fusion or any of the 3d tools on free version. If theres any way please show me

[@jeanm7115]

Great, thanks. Do you have any suggestion to clone hot pixels?

[@mickyr171]

Fantastic delivery and technique, thank you for your time

[@theearlybirder-videos]

I just this going step by step with my own attempt to clone out a twig with the bark behind it. I go to the step of the planar tracker and couldn't outline the object because the previous steps cloned it out. In the video it is visible again. I came to see if there were any questions regarding a missing step and I see my own unanswered post as I tried this a year ago with the same problem. So again I ccan't proceed to outline the subject because it's masked and playing on the still.

[@P4TTT]

11:44 This node setup in Da Vinci Resolve 19 Public Beta makes playback extremely slow. It renders 0.5 frame per second. Any ideas what may be the reason for that?

[@AkomolafeOmotayo]

This was so fun to watch despite how complicated the task was. Thank you for sharing

[@BackroadExploits]

Very nice tut! So many ways to do things in DR, trying to determine which way is often an issue.

[@Comedy4cast]

Thank you for this one. I am very familiar with the Photoshop clone tool, so I am glad to see those skills will work here. I have never tried using the tracking tool, so this will be a good entry point. Also, points for using Star Trek music with a Star Wars reference and a Battlestar Galactica cylon. Crossing the streams can be fun!

[@ChrisAnsonPhotography]

Really great video. Thanks for doing this. How would I do this same thing for two different areas in the same clip?

[@bobcieslinski]

Pretty awesome! Thanks! Is there a way to make templates to create a a virtual ensemble video?

[@bobcieslinski]

@@sergentboucherie thanks I’ll have to learn about what you are suggesting. I’m pretty new to Davinci.

[@restuwijaya6003]

wow you is the best tutor i ever see.... easy to understood

[@ChrisBucklin]

The time speed control makes my system slow down to where the footage can't render or play properly. Using 6k Braw. What else can I use to make the still image?

[@photojoseph]

Well, my head just exploded 🤯

[@glenncolina4353]

I liked Clone Wars, and I liked this tutorial. This is the way

[@forexsquirrel431]

I like the look of your courses BUT I can't afford to purchase them outright would you considder monthly subscription access?

[@barryallen6217]

one question.. Is there a way to draw lines over the bricks so i can copy them perfectly ? .. like painting by numbers. So i can stay inside the lines. Does that make sence ? Or would it be just extra work ?

[@Ashelley2007]

Thanks for the great content, Just recently moved to Resolve from Pp when selecting the Elipse/Circle it doesn't attach between Timespeed1 and Merge1 am I doing something wrong... Ah got it didn't have the merge selected

[@sharil.6382]

Is there a way to do this with Tracker instead of Planar Tracker? Planar Tracker will only track 1 frame ahead for me, but Tracker works.

[@theearlybirder-videos]

I had to give up. I got to the point of the planar tracker, but while his video still shows the object to be removed, mine is still hidden as the still remains. I backed up multiple times to see if I missed something and I still don't see the object to be blocked. I started all over to see if I made a mistake and come to the same point and I know longer see the hidden object, as the still is there to the end. More than an hour, maybe 2 and don't see maybe a step missing.

[@simmthingler]

Hi Casey thanks for the great video! One question though. At 9:11 you strike a key and a light on the planar tracker node lights up (right side of two holes) What was that key stroke and what is the function it performed? Thanks dude and keep making great videos!

[@versusgravity]

The two holes are the viewer windows. Hitting key 1 or 2 will move the selected node to that viewer. He hits 2 (an says so) I missed what he did there for a minute too. You can also click the hole.

[@simmthingler]

@@versusgravity Cool thank you Fiona

[@ahmadteshayev9914]

Hey, Casey as usual you did pretty well. Keep doing such amazing stuff. Thank a lot

[@joecaruso9990]

Worked great! Until a subject walked across the floor I removed unsightly cables from... Their legs became all wavy and lagged?? I'm assuming this is used when nothing crosses the path of the removed item...???

[@paulmckenna5224]

I spent nearly 15 years with Softimage/Avid DS as my compositing software, and a task like this would have been a breeze...obviously that was quite a while back! Just getting started with DaVinci, and the paint node is kicking my butt. So, I gotta ask, why can't you clone from moving video, and track that? It seems like cloning a still over moving video, even with tracking, leads to a whole different set of problems. What happens when the light changes rapidly, which can happen even in a short shot, for example. Does DaVinci even have the capability to clone from moving video, or must it always be a still?

Hi Casey - I am really struggling with a task I am trying to do in Davinci. I do have some windsurfing footage, I would like to make a jump look higher by moving the guy a bit upwards, do you have any tutorial regarding such a task? I have now spent my Saturday without acomplishing too much.

[@type471podcast2]

Hi! When cloning at the edge of the frame, how does one avoid (or fix) the cloning that bleeds over the edge when using a soft brush? And is there a chance that it actually won’t be seen?

[@denisdion6847]

Thanks for another great tutorial. Can you tell me if there's a way to remove two objects that appear in the same frame but can't be selected at the same time? I can't seem to select more than one with the Planar Tracker. I ended removing the first object, rendering and removing the second object from the rendered clip.

[@leifericyoung4047]

same problem. cant find an answer. you got it?

[@adee7546]

I followed your video and it worked. However, the image I masked always appear IN FRONT of everything else. So, if an actor walks past the cloned area, they appear behind it, instead of in front of it. How can I fix this?

[@mkmartin559]

So helpful! I got lucky and didn't have to track anything for my first clone project tonight. But WOW, it was easy after watching your tutorial. Thanks once again, Casey!

[@relaxingsoundsforyou7983]

Love your videos. I have just tried to copy on a 30 second shoot to try and clone out a mirror and I went to infusion, then paint, then clone and clicked on an area and its all gone white. I have tried undo and reboot but now in infusion its just a white screen but on edit its normal. any ideas?

[@alexander2800]

Casey, will this work to remove scrolling white text over a dark background?

[@CuestionesDePareja]

You are the best of the best. 👍🏼 Thanks for helping me improve my editing process.

[@cinematic-travels]

Thanks so much for this informative video. I followed the steps getting rid of myself in my drone footage and worked a treat. Saved in my library of useful tips, thanks man!

[@scopez3853]

Thank you so much, I’m learning tNice tutorials in quarantine and you made it very simple I really appreciate it, thank you for going over every little

[@melanietheault9328]

Hi Casey, I have trouble with the planner tracker which get out of the screen and made some large forms. It made me crazy because I do it three times in raw... Help !!! Please :)

[@mr.k905]

At 8:56 you say "I get rid of that mask for now". What do you mean by that exactly? ...Sorry, I'm a beginner but very interested in changing that asap :) Cheers from Berlin!

[@The_Daliban]

Lots of love Casey❤️ Because i like telling people i like them. That’s weird too(:

[@KaptinK]

KILLER tutorial and workflow.

[@CornerStoreVideo]

I’m curious how this would compare with trying to use the Object Removal tool in Resolve. I know results with that aren’t always great, so while this is more tedious, it gives great results. Thanks for posting!

[@film4cine17]

Your awesome you crack me up all the time great tutorial 👏👏👏

[@marcusmezzano]

Casey your humor is just the best man 😂

[@CizaEnjoyIt]

i was looking through youtube to find yours video finally :D this one solves my problems of learning how to clone properly. i mean - the easy stuff i am capable of. thank mate! i was mainly struggling with the frame not being copied to the rest as well. will you make a video about the studio FX - object removal and other similar tools?

[@lucaspaschoalick]

Hey Casey, can I use the Dead Pixel Fixer for small clones, like removing pimples? This tool is so perfect but i can’t figure how to make it move since dead pixel would be fixed. Please help-me? 🥰

[@lucaspaschoalick]

Hey Friend, great video. I did almost exactly as you teach, but instead of the paint node I used the Dead Pixel Fixer node, because I was removing some pimples... and it worked like a charm! thank you

[@AllThingsFilm1]

The best tutorial on cloning out objects...ever! Thanks so much. Happy subscriber here. :D

[@fabuxo]

One of the best video, casey. Outstanding!

[@AbrEvig]

Excellent tutorial as always!!! I wonder if you would be willing to explain us how to use the Planar Tracker on long panning/tilting clips, where the camera is moving so much that no objects are in the frame throughout the entire clip. I know of the Append mode on the Tracker (point tracker) but how not figured out how to use the Planar Tracker for this kind of clips.

[@rytchbytchrockingclub3867]

I'm no video editor (audio engineer) and also new to DavinciResolve, but my personal way would be to simply use several trackings, each of which uses a smaller time period / motion, like in a relay race... they should be able to take over from one another, shouldn't they?

[@kelvinfunkner]

wow. completely different approach than I expected! But way more versatile than the power window "patch clone" approach :-) and yes. you are correct. just use a still from frame 23 for the rest of the video and yay! you are done. Welcome to photoshop lol!

[@Kawaiielf420]

does this not work for long videos? or maybe videos that move around alot? ive tried this 10 times now. and it always crashes mid way through tracking backwards :( i have been trying to remove some blemishes since this seemed like the easiest way. but i dont think its going to work for me

[@kingdronebr]

Hello Casey, very nice tipo on this video. Here is the problem, my video I have a big sailing boat crossing alongside pier, I clone out (paint) an advertisement in the background, but when the boat cross over the clone blur the sails, how can I make a mask and cover the clone with the sails coming over? Sorry my english, I from Brazil. Thank you

[@CaseyFaris]

You’ll have to trace out the boat and paste it over the blurry part. Very similar workflow to my last video with the pigeon.

[@kingdronebr]

@@CaseyFaris Hi Casey, thank you very much, I'll have a try, (traking objects and rotoScoping) that's it, see you

[@rbengraff]

Hey Cassie, thanks again for a great (easy to follow) tutorial. I do have a mystery that perhaps others might be experiencing. This technique works flawlessly on most all of my footage, but I have found that this technique seems to fail on virtually every shot of a commercial that I just shot. What all of these shots have in common are that they are all dolly shots. What I was wonder is if you or anyone else might be able to weigh in on is, do you think that it has something to do with the fact that unlike shaky handheld or slow panning shots that the dolly is introducing too much perspective change? Just to illustrate my point in more detail, an example of one of the shots that I can’t seem to use this technique on is a shot of a person sitting at a desk with a laptop. The camera is staying on her while on dolly moving from left to right and all I was trying to do was retouch out the power cable running over the desk and the patch just won’t track well and/or hold perspective. Anyway that’s what I am seeing and I would love to hear your thoughts. Again thanks a million for your fantastic content. I am truly a better production professional because of your perennial content!

[@eminencegrise3787]

A dolly shot has perspective change, while the planar tracker is focussed on 2D location and rotation tracking. For the dolly shot to work, you'd have to do a camera track. 3 months late but hope it helps!

[@rbengraff]

@@eminencegrise3787 No worries and thanks. Yeah, I thing camera tracking is my next thing to learn in fission. Very powerful.

[@Tiago09031985]

help me Casey Faris, you're my only hope! I have this footage of a string puppet and I need to remove the strings in DaVinci (I have the studio version). I've tried so many things but I always end up failing. the problem is, the strings run across the puppet's face (so not the background, I already removed those). Plus, both the puppet and the strings move around, so those string don't always cover the same part of the puppet's face. on any still frame, I manage to remove the strings, no problem. But even if I do that frame by frame, when you play the whole clip, you can totally see the irregularities in the image, because the "paint job" moves around the frame, where the strings used to be. Any ideas???

[@filmcrew4u]

Another great, easy to follow, video. Thank you. Fun to watch too. Off topic, how do change your voice like you did at the beginning of the video.