SCREEN REPLACEMENT IN FUSION - DaVinci Resolve 16 Tutorial [Beginners Welcome!]

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In today's video we walk through our system for replacing a screen element in Fusion. At first it may seem quite simple, just track and replace. However, there are some extra tid-bits that, although seem subtle, will greatly enhance the quality (and believability!) of your screen replacement.
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[@Clickumentary]

This video is exibit A for *why I watch every Casey Faris video* as soon as they pop

[@SmartEnergyLab]

Thank you Casey for being my "just-in-time" trainer. Whenever I need a new skill with DaVinci Resolve, I go straight to your channel. I love the way you start with making it simple then show how it can be refined as an addon skill. You're a great teacher.

[@TimetoTalkwithYevgen]

Absolutely fantastic tutorial! It has all I need in one video. I watched 15 different videos to be able to understand this trick. Thank you very much Casy!

[@ColinKlupiec]

I signed up for your Fusion Zero to Hero course a week ago and have worked through roughly a third of it already. Then watched this. It made sense so much more quickly. Not only could I make the tools work, but I more clearly understand the composition thinking behind it. Thank you. 😀

[@CaseyFaris]

Ahhh yeah! So good to have you in the class Colin!

[@monkeyrobotsinc.9875]

This is nuts!

[@7Ties]

Thanks man, I needed the first 4 minutes of the video to help me with making meme edits. If I ever do professional work, I'll be sure to come back and watch the rest of your video to make my footage seem more realistic. 👍

[@obsidiananvil9719]

This was excellent! Really appreciate your eye for detail, and cut-to-the-chase methodology of remedying the obvious and not-so obvious "not quite(s)". Well done. Thank you.

[@empressredbird]

Mastering this technique finds use not just for screen replacements, but so much more!

[@melliflousbufo]

That's amazing, both in terms of Resolve's capabilities and your knowledge. That and your teaching style, of course :) thanks very much for posting!

[@CraigBogun]

Well someone had their coffee this morning Mr. Bees knees indeed. Also, those extra steps super helped sell the effect, thanks for the heads up.

[@RobertShaverOfAustin]

That was a lot more steps than I was expecting. I guess you have to be a good observer of how things look in the world. p.s. where are those 5 tips?

[@ourlifejourney9184]

I love your video's. Very detailed. You make things look easy, explain it with enough detail to ensure we know what you are doing and why and provide relevant visuals of what, when and where. You are a true pro.

[@SethBlackMedia]

As someone who's been using After Effects for years and is new to Fusion, I gotta say I find this WAY EASIER and faster to accomplish than having to open up Mocha within AE. And it tracks a whole lot faster! I don't know what it is about Resolve, but it just runs and calculates things so much faster than Premiere does. Not to mention everything is under one hood!

[@svenwestphal4964]

Crazy good , thanks for all your Videos

[@RDUBTutorial]

uh Oh new resolve 17 Beta announced today .....cant wait to see your upcomming vids on that. BTW your vids are great.

[@stevehainestrumpet]

Nice video Casey. I am somewhat new to Davinci Resolve and have been using it for music videos. I can discern what is needed musically, but this opens a new world for me on what can be done visually. Thank you for all the tips you provide!

[@TriniWeekes]

Thank you for this Casey. Will definitely use this.

[@Moumen_Sherif06]

thank you very much bro

[@NikHem343]

You’re such a great dude. It’s probably a lot of fun hanging out with you. Oh and great tutorial btw.

[@Blazs0]

Good Stuff, Change the blend mode on the reflection though. And instead of cropping the replace screen do something with it to get a soft edge, what ever work flow or effect will let that happen. Oh and with the reflection, if you don't track it but, instead use a the screen replace to make an alpha you can then draw the reflection bigger than the screen. Then when the shot or screen moves it will shift a little the way a reflection should. Sometimes this makes a perfect illusion, other times you may need to add a few key frames to the reflection node to make it move a little differently.

[@schmidty1194]

That sounds almost like a scrolling texture... nice tip

[@martialartsgreatness]

Bro love your work so much. This was an amazing tutorial! Learning so much from you. Thanks so much!

[@TheHirade]

Today's the day, Davinci Resolve 17 will be shown 👍

[@creatingthings2700]

How will it work with a person partially blocking the screen?

[@AlienDrones]

Hey friend, thanks for the vid! With your help I'm getting more comfortable with fusion as time goes by,... Going to have to watch this one a couple of times. 😎

[@pijafinocchio]

Hello Casey, this is Clem Fandango. Thanks for the video!

[@polsey74]

What about placing an image or video onto a screen that is moving? And moving into different angles?

[@scorebatgaming]

It should work the same as the tracking method he used takes note of the screen's perspective, so if the screen is changing shape from perspective the tracker should work just as fine

[@boxingpinoy2027]

@@scorebatgaming it doesnt work i think

[@TimetoTalkwithYevgen]

yes!

[@bacanito]

Not working for me...by the time it has 'tracked to end', the zone ive selected ends up off the green screen. Help please 🙏

[@venutiggu6291]

@@bacanito same happening to me

[@AG_Gustav_Boel]

I always watch these videos a dozen times before I can remember what is actually going on :D I don't think this video will be different :P

[@sageofthetiger4166]

you were just born a little soft in the brain im stoned af and understood it all in the first watch and i have barely any edit experience, his videos are so clear and concise

[@AG_Gustav_Boel]

@@sageofthetiger4166 I haven't seen it yet though, and I want to remember them in about 4 years. I don't feel like that is your goal :)

[@tonytoffolo9915]

Outstanding content! Thanks Casey!

[@mustafaozcan7540]

Thank you so much!

[@JulesO]

This guy totally rocks.

[@zuzkarory]

great tutorial. i'm subbed and love your content. can i ask if you could PLEASE give a link to downloading the green screen with markers that fills up your whole screen? that would be MUCH appreciated.

[@ultramegaviolence]

Thank you for your videos - as always very informative and clear. but I had a problem when tracking during a sharp turn of the camera, the tracking mask and the image move out - please tell me how to correct the tracker mask frame-by-frame and edit the movement to remove the shift? thanks for your work

[@WorkerBeeSupply]

Thanks a lot for this, great tutorial like always!

[@filnn]

Cool video, Casey. Casey the Man...

[@tommybrown9378]

😂😂😂 The phrase 'the bee's knees' was originally an 18th century fanciful phrase which referred to something that didn't exist. It was used as the kind of spoof item apprentices would be sent to the stores to fetch - like tartan paint or a left-handed hammer. This meaning is no longer used - Great video!

[@briantierney6992]

Thank you! Best one yet 👏

[@videoamateur9063]

yes

[@TechWeLove]

Is there a way to copy and paste all these steps if you are going to use the same green screen with a talking head ? I want to make news videos but don't want to have to do all these steps every single time in DaVinci resolve.

[@serdarismail7219]

my Friend ALL your videos are AWESOME. Thank you so much. Please don´t Stop to work on Davinci Resolve :-) Could you PLEASE a Tutorial on Davinci How put myself in a Hollywood Movie . Thank you so much

[@PauloHenrique747]

Very good! But you didn't have to use the green screen, as it wasn't used as a crhomakey. It could be a white screen for example. It would avoid the color correction you made on the keyboard.

[@CaseyFaris]

Totally agree

[@KyleCre8s]

Thanks Man! Really cool!

[@danielgiffin3518]

I feel really stupid asking this but this is all still fairly new to me lol. But how does he zoom in on the image in fusion?

[@tysonbiornstad2205]

this was awesome

[@teknobuddie2612]

Great tutorial, but I just wanted to know what if its round? Like a watch or something? Is that possible? Thanks

[@strangecasa3783]

What if a hand or fingers crosses over? For example I had 2 clips I shot, I put tracking marks on one on a phone. in one scene and my arm passes over a couple times Another I thought the spot was above my head and it was more most the scene, but I crossed in front of it with my hand and head a couple times. I didn't think I would need a green screen since I didn't think I would pass in front and I was shooting myself. I tried to mask over and track them, but the issue I had was figuring out if it was even possible to stop at a certain point, move the mask or cut it out for those handfuls of frames, but not totally change the shape of my corner pin. So I would example get to the part where my arm crossed and tried to move the corner pin and thought it was now closer to the shape I wanted, the rest of the track would be in that shape and look weird. Similar to changing from clip to frame in the color tab, but in fusion. I ended up in a rush just cutting the track and using a freeze frame and then cutting between the two, but it meant it was static. Something like that if it hasn't been shown is what I want to learn.

[@EchoTango]

I don't understand why things that used to be easy like changing a greenscreen now is hard as f.... in fusion. To many steps.... Still love your videos tho... Life saver. (New davinci resolve user) ❤

[@ediethesalsafreak]

GREAT VID CASEY!! So... this is totally different than using DeltaKeyer in Fusion... Right? Or ... how is this different?

[@guidogast]

You're asking the real questions: "Do bees have knees?" 😂

[@Reggtube1]

Casey Help my understanding with this program in DaVinci to have only my cut out of the image and not the square edges from picture...

[@proctoscopefilms]

Great video ! I'm looking for a way to change the aspect ratio of a clip while it's playing. Like make it extend mid shot. Do you have any suggestions ?

[@frankywashere]

you forgot to add a grain node to match the grain of your footage. other than that, great spot.

[@CryptowithRico]

Hey Casey, maybe you (or someone else) can help because Fusion is driving me absolutely nuts. Here's the situation: I'm talking about a conclusion, and pointing out three things. All three things need to pop up on my screen. Those are: "Cheap", "Lightweight", and "Quality". So far, I tried to add three texts, then make compound clips, then make a fusion clip etc. Obviously I messed that up so it didn't work. Then I thought: Why not build it in Fusion. So I got the video clip, and made it a fusion clip. In Fusion, I added three texts. I've also added a tracker. So now the situation is: Text 1 Text 2 Text 3 Media in ======Tracker=======Media out Then, I needed to transform the text. Because: "Let's make it more complicated shall we?" So the situation is this: Text 1 > Transform (1) Text 2 > Transform (2) (Both transform are now combined in a merge node (1)) Merge node (1) goes into the Tracker(1) Media in(1) ===== tracker(1)=====Media out(1) So far so good, it's doing EXACTLY what I need.. but here's the problem..... I can't get that third text added and/or to work. No matter what I try. It's driving me absolutely insane. Apperently I can't create a third text, with a transform node(3) and then have it connected to the merge node. When I do that, I don't see any of the text anymore. Why can't I add three texts to one merge node? How can I solve this? Because what I've done is: Create a third text (Quality), create a Transform (3), and I wanted that to go into the Merge (1) and then the merge goes into the tracker but it just won't work. TLDR: How the .... do I add a third text in a fusion composition which also uses the tracker node that I've made?

[@CaseyFaris]

Add a second merge right after your one combining the two texts. That new merge becomes your big comp with all of them that you can pipe into the tracker.

[@CryptowithRico]

@@CaseyFaris KZbinr of the year award for you sir, thanks! Glad you were around to help!

[@heldersimoes1124]

oh I see, it´s just like we´re back to calcullus classes again...but nevertheless, I am going to rewatch this till I get it

[@NinoTurbaProductions]

I have the following problem: I follow all the steps exactly the same as you, but with a video inside of the screen. Then when I come back to the editor, the video plays way faster than it is supposed to. Very annoying, I have tried everything but can't find a solution.

[@eventechnix9815]

Great tutorial as always, so thank you Casey. We could use some help with a video we edit if thats okay ... We shot polaroid pictures on a video and instead of a picture we put green screen so we could sort it out in post. Unfortunately its seems to be harder to track 3 different greens in one videos. Any suggestion please?

[@danielgiffin3518]

As soon as I merge the background node to everything I get a black screen. Not sure what’s going on?

[@HarshithJV]

Say I've not clipped the video in Edit window. I tracked only few seconds in between the video. When I set corner pin its should set only to tracked time. How do I achieve this? When I try this, the 'Corner Pin' is set to entire video and not just to tracked time! How to fix this without clipping the video?

[@johnf.hebert1409]

what do you do when people walk infront of the computer or tv?

[@veronicabrown9837]

Hi Casey, Great insight, as always. What mic are you using there?

[@gregorygeorge8777]

how do you do this but put a video in the screen instead of a still image

[@danymalsound]

Can I ask if that green screen on the laptop is a digital image or is it a practical screen that's physically stuck to the computer screen? Cheers

[@andrewjohnson6716]

I'm stuck at trying to do the Corner Pin. No matter how many times I select Corner Pin, it just stays on Track. does anyone have any hints as to what I am doing wrong?

[@Markchristiankc]

Idk why but this just doesn't work for me. Followed your exact steps. Any clue as to why this might not be working? For a client project so it's urgent! :(

[@andrifrauenfelder]

Hey Casey, what do you think of DaVinci Resolve 17 so far?

[@Tumshiz]

Why don't we have a discord for the hundreds of thousands of editors and content creators on her?

[@SphazeTV]

any tips on resizing? When I added the node, it was significantly smaller than the screen

[@edurabin4681]

Any tips on how to color grade both of the shots on color page?

[@blessyponnachen9528]

Hi Can you post a video on how can I change background in my self talking video inside davinci resolve 16?

[@VapidSlug]

I believe "bee's knees" was originally "business." Due to pronunciation, people began to actually think it was "bee's knees."

[@fabuxo]

Great! Thanksss

[@bacanito]

is it possible that, while following all steps, the tracking doesn't work (i.e. in a rendered file, i have my green screen + the outline of the area that should have been tracked both visible, in different positions due to screen being in a different position at the end of the clip) due to my machine not being powerful enough?

[@AngelsandCookies]

You lost me at "zoom in", I figured out you can zoom in to 50%, 100%, 200 or 400% by clicking the buttons up top, but now I got an error message saying "invalid current time"?

[@basifernandez]

This way fails when some part of the green screen goes out of the frame... How can it be fixed??

[@albertolawncare5563]

the master of the awkward endings lol bees knees

[@LisaMiza]

Yes. Bees do have knees. Though it's primarily due to an odd language thing

[@prescottmajette5290]

When you're a bee, every dance is an interpretive dance.

[@LisaMiza]

@@prescottmajette5290 I.. I have no way of denying that.. thank you?

[@prescottmajette5290]

@@LisaMiza Bees dance to communicate? I thought that's what you were getting at when you said "odd language thing." Now I see you were likely referencing the aforementioned idiom lmao.

[@LisaMiza]

@@prescottmajette5290 oh, yea I just did a quick google and stuff about language came up :p

[@prescottmajette5290]

@@LisaMiza haha gotcha

[@Reggtube1]

green screen image photo edges so I can move image and not see any square edges from image?

[@Reggtube1]

...with FCPro green screen image has no edges just the image outline from picture is what I need! How to with Davinci resolve?

[@DavidRFIT]

Just a question about the lift and gain corrections: wouldn't the screen itself be the brightest part of that image, in its bright spots? If so, why match it with ambient light? I can understand the concept for the darks, but I don't know about the bright part...

[@albertolawncare5563]

the screen may emit light but in a video shot unless the monitor is at max brightness with a bright overall image it doesn't look realistic that a computer brightens the room. In this example, most of the image he is superimposing is dark, so it wouldn't give off the same kind of light splash as the green screen did (on the keyboard). Personally, if it was a bright clip i was superimposing, I would color correct the keyboard area to match the screen (white, green, whatever). Another option, way more advanced, is to have a copy of the same mediain (of the screenshot), flip it upside down, reshape it and overlay it onto the keyboard, then play with various color, saturation, and blending modes to get an effect that is more detailed. This would also be useful for the weird reflections that might come from (for example) if the media on the monitor is actually a video clip. as the video plays on the screen, a reflected and muted/blended version plays out on top of the keyboard. Hope that helps!

[@MeetLocalSingles]

Hi! about 3 minutes in, and found that my planar tracking was MILES off; seemingly as I am trying to cover a screen with footage playing on it, rather than a green-screen. Total beginner, and unsure where to go from here, anyone have advice to point me the right way?

[@CaseyFaris]

If there is footage that is throwing off the track, you can track just the rim of the monitor by selecting just the rim in like a U shape. This has worked for me

[@ImInTheMaking]

can you do rotobrush tool but in fusion? or...after effects function but in fusion :D

[@wongsanggar]

DR 17 is out! Make whats new videos please

[@VintageInsightPhotography]

What I’m looking for is a fast and easy way to add borders to PiP images. I have a photography vlog, and it would be great to be able to easily add the still photos over the video with a small white border and a drop shadow.

[@albertolawncare5563]

if they are all the same dimensions, you can prepare a fusion template for your photos. Aside from any adjustments you might want to make with a color node, you'd only need to use keyframes and the mediain (the additional images to appear on your footage). Then, any time you want to add a new photo, you pull down the template, add the new image, and then tie it into the footage at the spot you want. The template also gives continuity for the overhead spot. Example - you can use a mask layer at 0 width in frame zero and 100% width at frame 2 seconds after, with the photo under the mask layer. Then for the same keys you can also use the fade or blend sliders to make it appear over the 2 seconds (but only within the mask). Want it to look like a printed photo? put a white background with a shader node on it for some drop-shadow and place these behind the photo as well. (make sure the mask fits where you want it. The thing with these transitions is, it's easier to imagine the end result and then move backward in the process to determine how to display when it is being played forward. hope this helps!

[@Mike-Jennings]

Bees, like all insects, have six sections to their legs: the coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus. Each is connected by a joint and the one most like a knee is between the femur and tibia. ... Of all of these, the only one actually found in nature is the bee's knees, so perhaps that's what's so special.🤣🤣🤣

[@AryanSingh-bp4xm]

Yi

[@HarshithJV]

Hey Casey, planar tracker does not work as you showed. I am not able draw a rectangle as shown. it just drags the node. What do we need to press other than left mouse? I tried shift and alt but they have different behavior

[@HarshithJV]

Alright, figured. All I'd to is click on different areas. No need of dragging. LOL :P

[@Raphael2034]

First

[@timehealthfit1891]

I appreciate you, wannt be youtube friends?

[@wireditvideo]

The more I learn, the less I knew.