Alpha mask output without the black around the footage?

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Alpha mask output without the black around the footage?

PostWed Feb 10, 2021 9:57 pm

Hello,

I'm a beginner with Davinci Resolve. Regarding the masking of footage I create an alpha output node and connect the footage to it which generates a mask to said footage. The mask also makes everything around the footage black. How can I prevent that? I want my masking to be applied to everything inside the actual footage dimensions and everything outside of it shouldn't be masked like there was no alpha output at all?

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Re: Alpha mask output WITHOUT the black around the footage?

PostWed Feb 10, 2021 11:24 pm

You must reposition the picture with the mountain to the left and up to eliminate the black. The whole picture must fit inside the oval.
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Re: Alpha mask output WITHOUT the black around the footage?

PostThu Feb 11, 2021 3:17 am

This is not what I want to achieve. Without repositioning. There should be no mask generated on the outside of the actual video footage at all.
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Re: Alpha mask output without the black around the footage?

PostThu Feb 11, 2021 8:39 am

R u on v17?
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Re: Alpha mask output without the black around the footage?

PostThu Feb 11, 2021 10:43 am

Add a rectangle window to match mountain image edges and invert it. Or put the oval on the image of the mountain and place that over the background image

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Re: Alpha mask output without the black around the footage?

PostThu Feb 11, 2021 10:59 am

Peter Chamberlain wrote:R u on v17?


Yes newest beta
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Re: Alpha mask output without the black around the footage?

PostThu Feb 11, 2021 11:00 am

Mario Kalogjera wrote:Add a rectangle window to match mountain image edges and invert it. Or put the oval on the image of the mountain and place that over the background image

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This can't be solution I guess??

There must be an option like "don't render mask outside of video pixels" or something like that.
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Re: Alpha mask output without the black around the footage?

PostThu Feb 11, 2021 5:14 pm

My Biases:

You NEED training.
You NEED a desktop.
You NEED a calibrated (non-computer) display.

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