Object Removal in Davinci Resolve 18 Studio!

[@tismeagen684]

Have seen quite few videos on object removal within DaVinci Resolve, this has been the best one by far, I've learned a lot. Thank you.

[@beatrixguitar]

I'm a musician, running a KZbin channel, I totally suck at editing but with your videos I feel like I'm getting better at it bits by bits. Honestly, the way you can explain everything in such a simple way so even unexperienced people like me can pick things up is amazing! I didn't even know I can remove things from my footage this simply until today, thanks for the upload! Love your work, keep it up! :)

[@scotey]

I appreciate how you showed the tweaking process instead of just blowing through an easy example that doesn't reflect the majority of more complex removals.

[@KayenVT7]

You starting the video stating it’s paid version only unlike the other 10 videos i just watched earned you a follow

[@LaLekASMR]

The part of swithing to keyframe in the tracker blew my mind... I never understood how to make the tracker work when something was moving in front of the subject... If you ever want to make one video dedicated to more advanced tracking usage (for magic masking, for hiding objects, for blurring faces, etc) would be awesome. Most of the video tutorial I ever saw use just simple footage with very little movement and where the subject is always in frame and never gets covered...

[@johnt9519]

Another really helpful video, thank you. I do landscape videos and often want to remove unwanted objects/people, especially from drone footage, and was struggling to get good results with the Object Removal. This helps, and demonstrates that a more suck-it-and-see approach is required.

[@j5s9cStu]

Another great tutorial from you, Alex. I love it when you say, "simple" and those of us new to Studio all go.. hmmm. You're a good teacher.

[@NickB_Yorkshire]

Great video Alex. Clearly explained as always 😊 A couple of days ago I took advantage of the current discount on the Studio version and bought it, so I'm learning about the extra functions now 😁👍

[@BackcountryExploringAZ]

Thank you for differentiating between Resolve and Studio. So many don't and frankly it's a waste of time for those of us who use Resolve to watch tutorials that use Studio only tools.

[@2424rocket]

Never saw Cullen out of his league before… absolutely fascinating. The biggest surprise was that prints are better today than they’ve ever been and yet now we live in a world where it’s very difficult to actually see a real print. I remember going to the Arc light years ago and seeing “there will be blood “, film, print, and it was glorious! Also, his use of nuke over resolve… wish you had asked him more about that.

[@peternavanac9310]

Thanks!

[@jamesatkinsfishing]

loads of good stuff to learn, Thank you Alex,

[@maurogutierrez]

Hello, great, first tutorial of these tools that I see that gives real and difficult examples since other channels make easy examples, excellent tutorial and channel, thank you for your content!!! 👍👍

[@alex__film]

Oh I like the explanation of the object removal settings as when I played with it before I was just guessing which parameters to use. Thanks, Alex, now I’ll be guessing with much more confidence!! 😁

[@Tekkerue]

I've used the Paint node's clone tool to remove big objects, like people. It's a little tedious because you have to paint it out by hand, but you can get really good results depending on how much time you want to spend on it.

[@stehume]

haha it was only today that i have been learning the way do it as i only have the free version

[@Tekkerue]

@@stehume I have the Studio version, but I still prefer to use the paint cloning method. You have so much more control to get it looking just the way you want and it works really well. With the AI stuff it's very hit and miss and there's not much you can do about it if it does a bad job of figuring out what to put behind the object. Casey Faris' tutorials on cloning are where I learned about the paint node cloning tool.

[@stehume]

Thanks for the comment. Yes it was his channel that i was watching yesterday, the spray bottle on the fireplace, which then my youtube home page got so many other recommendations, i mix and match tips from each videos and some of the things i do work lol What i think would be good in the studio version is that with magic mask you also have the option of adjusting nodes (the little dots?) i was watching Casey latest vid this week about masking and asked it you can do that but you cant, now if you could the time it would save would be good i think, You say about Ai being a hit or miss there is another channel on here and the guy makes films, he asked what peoples best tool is or would be and i said the magic mask if i had studio and he came back and said yes its good but there are a lot of other ways of doing a better job its just that its quick. cheers sorry can i ask, do you use davinci for professional work or as a hobby /you tuber vids, been debating weather to get studio version for a while @@Tekkerue

[@Tekkerue]

@@stehume You're welcome. And yes, the spray bottle video was the first video I learned from, then Casey showed another method in his video Change a Clock with VFX in Fusion which doesn't freeze the frame so the areas you are painting from continue to change, which is very useful if the lighting changes like it does in his clock video. Between these two methods, you can get great results. There are some very good Studio only tools, Magic Mask is a huge one. Depending on what your needs are there is also voice isolation, speed warp for slow motion, noise reduction, depth mask, relight, etc. One great thing about the Studio version is that the current model is to provide all future updates for free, so Studio is a one time cost. Blackmagic has the right to change this in the future, but so far every update has been free. I've seen people on the Resolve forum talking about using it since version 8 or 9 and they have never had to pay for an update. Another thing is to be on the lookout for is a deal to get a free Speed Editor with Resolve. I got this deal from Markertek almost 2 years ago. I just checked a couple places and this deal is not currently going. I don't know if it will be available again, but it's something to look out for especially with the holiday sales. I actually got Resolve because I want to make promo videos for some music apps I'm developing (like a metronome) but I haven't released the apps yet, so at this point I'm entirely hobbyist. My sister and I have a shared channel where we make fanvids for movies and TV shows called VidDuality, which we can't monetize because we don't own any of the content so it's just for fun. The very first project we finished using Resolve is called The Last of Grogu where we removed Ellie from The Last of Us and replaced her with Grogu from the Mandalorian. I used Casey's paint methods to remove Ellie and used the Magic Mask to cut out Grogu. There were some very complicated scenes to remove Ellie from, but I was able to do a pretty convincing job using Casey's paint methods.

[@stehume]

Yes his videos are really good and easy to follow same as this channel, almost my go to channels. just watched the video on your channel and i have to say i cant say that i have watched the movie or show before, not a big tv or film person but have to say that i could not see any bad editing at all, if i was to watch that on the tv i would have thought it was all done by a pro. i have subbed anyway to you. I have always wondered how people got away with using clips from other movies on youtube, now iknow thanks gain @@Tekkerue

[@RealTechnoPanda]

This is awesome. Need to bookmark this video!

[@virtuousmountainwoman]

Thanks for honesty upfront.

[@MuhammadUsman-g9o5t]

Priceless tutorial there! Had to subscribe.

[@robertlewisvideo]

Really Awesome Stuff. Very Useful. Love your Style of Teaching.

[@FPVwineUK]

Always learn something small and niche with your videos... Timeline in colour page is something I had never used, will be helpful because when you add an adjustment layer over the timeline it defaults to that clip, which is super annoying. Timeline may help with this! TY

[@4WheelingSA]

Will be great to remove dust particles caused by dirt on your lens. Thanks for the video.

[@PTFWWDB]

can you explain how to use EXTERNAL for object remover? literally nothing on the internet about it

[@JolanXBL]

The Patch Replace can be done in the Free version of DaVinci, using masking and some node adjustment setting that I keep forgetting what it's called. You track the footage in Color grade window, then move the mask to the 'copy' location and adjust tilt & pan of the node into the 'paste' spot.

[@karleon.814]

omg. Really cool lesson! Thanks!

[@freddudney738]

Amazing, as usual. Thanks Alex!

[@team2films]

Great job Alex!

[@eyewest]

Ah you little beauty, Alex! Needed to remove a flock of birds and some glare from a timelapse. So glad I decided to have a sandwich and see what was on KZbin subs first.

[@martinclay7557]

Nice video Alex, I reckon you could have improved the part where the chap is walking past the thing on the wall by keyframing the search range.

[@vladislavtolmachev2767]

Thanks a lot Alex. I was straggling to figure out how this tool actually work. Now I have an idea!!!

[@outdoorsinontario3037]

Really great! At the end there you ran into a couple of problems with the mask going off screen and a bit of the magic mask not working at 100% with the wall… So what would you do when you run into problems like that? I think we all have run into issues at times and we would (I’m sure) love a video showing how to fix those issues like in this video and also other ones that you think we should know. We trust you. (: hook us up. 👌👍🤞🤞🤞

[@AlexanderMarshallI]

3:58 Hilarious mate, appreciate the effort

[@reyvaz2951]

Super Use full, THANKS!! I smack that like button very hard.

[@dieterseitz1708]

Something new for me to use in the next project, thanks.

[@EdwardKilner]

Why did you use the Magic Mask? I might have missed it. It seemed a bit hurried to me, not really clear. The earlier stuff was really nicely explained. Thank you.

[@abi219]

Very useful to know. Great tip. Thanks 🙂

[@sergentboucherie]

It would have been funny if instead of the obvious hot air balloon you had removed the mountain range. Also thanks for showing us your summer house

[@peternavanac9310]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you!

[@hsnorh8180]

nice job with the tutorial. thanks. but can you tell us the lens and camera combo that you were using while making the tutorial a-roll?

[@eddu4361]

Great vid! Thanks Alex!

[@pedrohvmoleiro]

How do I work with a larger node tree? Where do I put the node object removal if I have a large color correction tree? Before? After? Using alpha output?

[@armanshaghi]

Another boss tutorial, thanks man

[@evfisher44]

I love these tutorials but I’d love to see how to approach object removal and masking in more detail complex clips.

[@MFoster392]

Another great video, maybe i need to update my GPU before all the holiday videos start coming in for repair and tweaking

[@pablojaviermuratore]

Awesome as usual, thanks!!

[@ZamoraChristian]

LOVE IT thank you for teaching us all of this super usefull things

[@TinaHikesColorado]

Great video and will be helpful in my hiking videos.

[@marc3793]

Alex, have you been tempted to splash out on the Elgato Prompter? Would probably be really helpful for the bullet points you seem to refer to?!

[@aaronmoe12]

Great video. Thanks forthe detailed tutorial

[@rajsivasiva6912]

Tq sir..it's very useful .tq so much ..I am workking in photo studio ..I am video edittor.. so davanci -il wedding tittle yeppadi podivathu sollunga pls

[@daveconneronline]

Hey Alex...I am wondering why a mask doesn't stay in place if you split a clip. Or is there a way that O am not aware of - Newbie here! :). Thanx Alex!!!

[@amiterez2115]

Something does not work for me. The leftmost dropdown (2:16) shows me different values than those seen here. What I see is source, offline audio track, multicam and annotations. What do I miss here?

[@williechieukam]

Great Info. Thanks for sharing

[@Dexter101x]

Nice one, Alex

[@Leinnon_Rojas]

Amazing thank you so much!

[@benjaminmaxant]

Thanks for the tips 👍

[@piotrszubryt1510]

Great stuff! i wish i could know it earlier!

[@sajjadabouei6721]

perfect, thank you man

[@Thebarebones_]

i dont have studio but ill Still Leave The Video A Thumbsup.Your uploads of been a great help with my YT Journay.

[@matrxreal]

Patch Replacer is possible to track too. Sometimes it more useful than Object Removal

[@CreateNowSleepLater]

You know what would be awesome. I I could reference another media source to sample from. For example, if you shot your room empty, then shoot your aroll as normal. You could sample from the video without you to remove you as it will know what to replace you with.

[@Tekkerue]

If you make a Compound Clip you could put your sample footage at the end of the timeline to sample from. Then you'd cut the clip in your main timeline so the sample footage never shows in your video. There might be a better way to do this, but I think that would work.

[@CreateNowSleepLater]

Thanks! "Googles Compound Clip" @@Tekkerue

[@frankinblackpool]

Wonder if I could use this technique to remove wires from a display? I filmed a Tableau of the Tardis and Darleks along the prom. I'd love to remove the supporting wires to make the Tableau look more visually stunning. My drone would have loved this to have happened in real life, before it slammed into one of them in the darkness. Doh!😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@JustinKendter]

PatchReplacer, any way to track it for a video that has more movement?

[@jeffreylawrence6928]

For the iPad version too…right?

[@najibbrot3600]

hello, i have some 8bit videos that I would like to enhance and get rid of the noise if you could do a video please...thanx

[@doboszewskijpl]

Thank you!

[@rano12321]

Object removal should be on the Fusion page, not color. why did blackmagic buy Fusion and integrate it in Resolve if they are gonna keep adding Fusion/AE like compositing features in the color page where no colorist is gonna use it for grading puposes.

[@hareblix]

Agreed.

[@César.Tejada]

Agreed x2

[@idovidal]

Agreed x3 we can't see the effect in fusion when we want to check out compositing

[@mosijahi3096]

If it matters try and ask them, it would be interesting to hear the why.

[@TheForeigner68]

As long as it does what it says in the tin, who cares? I'm much more concerned about where I'm going to find $300 to buy the studio version, to be honest ! 🙂

[@csound55]

Very useful thanks.

[@kobe0313]

I need help on how to remove flickering from a video.

[@Honk_Honk_Clown_World]

I have a 13900k, 4090, 64gb ddr5 but the super resolution is still so slow that it's practically useless. Honestly just general editing basic fusion with files from a7iv is still slow without proxy. Kind of disappointing.

[@AndrewBerube41]

Very cool

[@Aleksandar.D]

Patch replacement can work only on simple backgrounds that is easy to clone. On complex backgrounds with a lot of different textures, moving objects etc. it is useless. Also, it can work where you have no or very little camera motion. All of these examples are objects on clean, uniform background. On complex, multicolored backgrounds with a lot of moving objects this method is almost useless

[@damnn3330]

Hi, did you find a solution? or maybe @MrAlexTech knows? I need to remove a static watermark (not a watermark but a similar overlay) from a video. It has some objects (one object) entering and leaving an area under/behind the watermark. the video itself is static - no camera motion. I've tried playing with object removal but it doesn't work very well.

[@heiko4297]

The artist, that created the statue: WTF. xD

[@ericchase1294]

nice introduction, but I really need to know how to clean the hard parts of a video

[@kathyroberts7777]

This is handy

[@mortezamashhoudi]

How can I have these footages to practice?

[@MrAlexTech]

Pexels.com

[@chaoticneutral1090]

is it just me or is the new davinci 18.6 incredibly unstable? im getting more crashes than ever..

[@gopolarisstudio]

thanks m8

[@inmyfreetyme]

Don’t have the studio version. I have the free version, which I absolutely love! Thanks for sharing! Cheers. 😎😎

[@farzadq]

Object removal is terrible. It’s very trial and error and has never worked well for me. It works good in easy scenarios. Anything with a lot more activity and information in the scene fails miserably

[@mastixmastix]

Totally agree.

[@KenRossPhotography]

👍

[@endriu19]

❤

[@Smarthalayla]

Sure but it's like photoshoping a video. Where is the AI?

[@stockfootagez]

never felt so frustrated like while working with gayvinci, even with young Brick's explainations

[@MrAlexTech]

I think someone needs to go outside, touch some grass and come back to it when you're less frustrated. Works wonders.

[@infotoknow9486]

Can't use patch unless you pay $299

[@pplusbthrust]

It's hard to know what we see is real. The saying was, 'seeing is believing'. Not any more!

[@marclattoni1959]

Thanks!