Davinci resolve remove background without green screen

In this tutorial, we will show you how to remove the background from your shot without using a green screen.

Are you working on a video project which requires you to remove your video background without using a green screen or blue screen? You may not have the time, money, or ability to set up a green screen for your existing shot. Take 7 minutes and learn 2 methods of doing this with the best results.

Running Time: 7 minutes

This AE tutorial will cover:

• The basic workflow of a green screen and why people prefer to use it.
• How to use Luminance keying if you don’t have access to a green or blue screen.
• How to use rotoscoping when lighting options are limited.

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• Flying Birds

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Hello

is it possible to remove my background without green screen with this software?

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CubeAce wrote on 4/6/2022, 7:44 AM

@Hamid-Bilverdy

Hi.

To be able to remove any background from any given object, a mask must be created that precisely covers the object frame by frame. The easiest way for that to happen is to have a solid coloured background that does not occur within the chosen object for isolation. That is commonly called 'green screening' although technically it could be any colour but when dealing with isolating people, green seems easiest to manage.

The least easiest way is to have a program capable of recognizing and isolating a given object through complex artificial intelligence. They are normally separate plugins that will either work as stand alone programs or as a plugin within a video editor. Video editors themselves do not at present have them as a standard feature.

So no. This video editor cannot do that.

Ray.

browj2 wrote on 4/6/2022, 7:55 AM

@Hamid-Bilverdy

Hi,

Particularly, which software?

If you mean Video Pro X, then yes. But, you'll need to create a mask for either the foreground or the background. You can do this by getting either Xara Photo & Graphics Designer or Xara Designer Pro X. You can open Xara from VPX and the video will appear. Create a mask on the part or parts that you want to mask. Export to an avi file and exit Xara. The animated mask will appear on the timeline. Then, follow the normal masking procedure for Chromakey Alpha. Unfortunately, there is a bug and the XAR object will be emptied once you close the project, which is why you should also export to a transparent avi file and use that.

Note that If either the background or foreground moves, then you will have to adjust your mask, possibly frame by frame within Xara.

John CB

Thank you guys. I was hoping that there was some thing build into the program. I have After Effect so it was easy to use the Rotobrush. I also managed to use a really good iPhone app which did an excellent job removing my Non-green screen background.
Thank you..

CubeAce wrote on 4/6/2022, 3:18 PM

@Hamid-Bilverdy

Hi.

Really even for the AI powered rotoscoping available in the Vegas pro products it is still a lot of work.

Adobe have always been the leaders in this field due to years of experience with still images within Photoshop.

Virtually everyone else lags behind in that area. Even video editors that claim to be able to do this including DaVinci Resolve (Full, not free version) and Filmora. I think if you have a top of the line, new generation Nvidia card that their Broadcast program is able to do that reasonable well.

Ray.

Nalmcruto wrote on 4/6/2022, 10:03 PM

The only Magix product that can do Roto is Vegas+Mocha Pro plugin.  It's an expensive combination.

Nalmcruto wrote on 4/6/2022, 10:13 PM

Really even for the AI powered rotoscoping available in the Vegas pro products it is still a lot of work.

Vegas could not achieve complicated Roto, but only the basic roto for simple footage using Mask tracking/Planar tracking.  

@Hamid-Bilverdy

Hi

. . . . is it possible to remove my background without green screen with this software? . . . .

Depending on the background this may be possible in Video Pro X - see this tutorial, although it refers to an earlier version of VPX the principals still apply for the latest versions.

HTH

John EB
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