Surface Tracker Logo Replacement in the Colour Page of DaVinci Resolve 18

DaVinci Resolve 18’s new Surface Tracker tools allow for some amazing possibilities. In this tutorial, I show you how to replace t-shirt branding and/or logo using this new feature and others in the Colour Page. Most importantly, we do it all without needing compositing software like Fusion or After Effects - very exciting!
Let me know what you think and whether you’d like to see more of these tutorials in the future. Hopefully this can help some poor editor out who’s had the client change their logo mid-project (and of course they don’t have any budget for hiring a dedicated compositing artist either…).
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Time Stamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Important Info (Don’t Skip This!)
01:10 - Tutorial10:05 - Wrap Up

[@Sully365]

There is a track forwards and backwards button just to the right of the pause sign that will automatically track each way for you. Great job

[@MattQuattro]

Ah thank you very much, missed that one!

[@Pargesparrow]

Learned something new today. Thank you!

[@lewisaa05]

Making me want to switch back! Pretty cool. Love the angle and background on the A-Roll.

[@MattQuattro]

Thanks Lewis, I moved from Premiere Pro a couple of years ago and never looked back!

[@MrStevenhogg]

When I press on mesh I don't get any points in my box , not sure if its a bug as i have followed several tutorials and its the same on all.

[@scottdunlap4109]

I did everything you did, BUT, my logo does not show up. Your directions were clear as was Casey Faris a Mr Alex Tech

[@LucifeR-ex6bb]

same problem? any fix?

[@scottdunlap4109]

@@LucifeR-ex6bb nope

[@LucifeR-ex6bb]

@@scottdunlap4109 same here, don't know if my timeline was glitched but it worked in a different timeline

[@l0rdcroissant]

that was crazy, love it

[@aurelio_scala]

Grazie per il tutorial

[@keith2599]

Great program...Excellent video...

[@MattQuattro]

Agreed and really appreciate that Keith!

[@SeanMiller318]

Good stuff. 👍👍

[@davidp158]

Thanks for this tutorial. I am having an issue with the Surface Tracker not recognizing the transparency of my .png file. I confirmed the transparency is there, but the graphic outside my logo appears black over the tracked object. Any suggestion for what I'm doing wrong here?

[@NLGVIDEOS2]

Great vdeo

[@ArcanePath360]

Thanks for this, but why is it when I have my clip zoomed in and panning with keyframes, the tracker seems to be thrown completely out... It tracks out of time by floating in front or behind in a parallax 3D way?

[@MattQuattro]

It's tough for me to say without seeing the project, but I would suggest doing the tracking first before adding zoom and pans to the clip. Hopefully that helps you get some better results!

[@ArcanePath360]

@@MattQuattro Thanks. This program has some unusual quirks and lots of bugs in 18.01 still.

[@MattQuattro]

@@ArcanePath360 Agreed. Even though I find it more stable than Premiere Pro, I've definitely encountered a lot more strange bugs which can be very annoying!

[@ArcanePath360]

@@MattQuattro I quickly found a better way of working round it.... Firstly, I turn off auto save, because often it will save the bugs which it caused which somehow CTRL+Z won't undo, and then your project is knackered. Secondly, I turn on backups every 20 minutes so if it does crash, I haven't lost too much work, or if I find something got messed up, I can open a history and go back to an earlier time, which I have more than once so far, and I've only had the software a week.

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

is it in free version also?

[@MattQuattro]

That’s a great question. I believe the Surface Tracker is in the free version (correct me if I’m wrong), but the Patch Replacement Tool is a Studio exclusive.

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

@@MattQuattro ah I see. I haven`t yet installed new version, waiting for stable release

[@rano12321]

only studio

[@JaketheMotorhead]

@@MattQuattro Only studio for surface