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Because it worked initially, and your problem reappeared I’m will assume the issue is elsewhere: Black screen glitches can often be caused by text elements. Try disabling text / assets around the issue to make sure it’s definitely your magic mask. Black/glitching can also be the result of your computer running out of graphic memory or your gpu not being able to keep up. Make sure you have at least 100gb space left on your device so it can memory swap efficiently. If you are still struggling, I’d delete the cache folder for davinci resolve and let it rebuild cache. If you give me more information on the actual problem you are having I may be able to help further. I haven’t used saver nodes, so unsure if they are potentially adding issues. It’s also worth noting that if you aren’t doing a remote/heavy workflow, you could just render in place your masked video in prores 4444 or another codec that preserves alpha.

​@@TimBelchamber I suspect my installation of DR may be glitchy. I've noticed that (sometimes) when I go into the Color Page and click on the MagicMask button, nothing happens until I click on other buttons like Blur or Key right next to it, then when I go back to Magic Mask, I can enable it. I'm planning on reinstalling DR, but because it scatters files all over my system and I'm in the middle of a project that's behind schedule because of Magic Mask, I'm extremely hesitant to do it right now. Regarding the other items in your comment; There's almost nothing else on the timeline except clips. I'm pretty sure the problem is Magic Mask. As for my system, I'm running it on a 2023 Mac Studio M2 Max with 32GB Ram and 177GB still available on my HD. All files are on the HD, not my external drive. My Render Cache is set to "Smart" and I did render in place using Quicktime/Apple ProRes 422, but the result is a clip with a black background that I can't get rid of. A weird thing about the Saver Node, it only seems to work intermittently. Earlier, I got good results, but after a few passes, it also appears to lose its connection to all the files it saves (as I was working through the problem, I noticed the title of the node turn red and 75% of the frames disappeared during playback). And that's with the Loader node in the output. Additionally, I'm trying to test your ProRes4444 suggestion above and now I can't even get back to having a clean transparent background to render. Ultimately, I'm sure that a lot of my issues are due to my still being a newbie, but when something works the first time, then doesn't work when you repeat it over and over again on fresh clips.... At this point I've wasted so much time trying to solve this it's stupid. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. At this point, I have to cut my losses and ditch Magic Mask, and that really stinks.

@NealWiser there’s something fundamentally wrong with your set up, either hardware or software. I’d do a stress test on the mac to just to check you haven’t got a slightly defective gpu. I’d also do a project save as then open that and see if it fixes anything. Beyond this I’d have to be looking at the project myself and problem solve. It’s definitely not behaving correctly. I’ve never needed or used saver nodes. I’d personally drop them incase they are adding issues. For now turn of smart render as it doesn’t always update and might be showing old cache data. Only use smart render for final passes. Otherwise low res proxies if your timeline is lagging. If the project is valuable to you jump on to my website and scroll down to the bottom of the work with Tim page to contact me. I won’t be available til next week though: Www.timbelchamber.com

@@TimBelchamber I just got off the phone with Apple and they don't have or can't recommend a specific app to stress test. What do you recommend?

@@NealWiser it’s been a long time since I’ve done any computer tests, back in the day it was furmark and cinebench. Have a little research and see what others are doing.

Glad it helped you out! I do agree - there’s no reason they can’t have a simple recovery or project recycle bin/safe mode styled database.

So true. I think it depends on the type of content but I definitely still cut pauses and breaths for most situations.

I take it you agree? 😂

@@TimBelchamber Absolutely, I am old school and also a Scotsman. The idea of someone randomly deciding what pixels I get to see is anathema to me.

@@6minutemedia543 especially when it’s such a simple formatting issue that shouldn’t be an issue for stuff like streaming services. Ah well.

What are the issues? Are you able to give me any additional context as I may be able to give you something to check. I have no problems since doing this.

😂 pretty sure it’s the case for most people until they have thousands of hours of presenting under their belt

@@TimBelchamber the road to mastery Lmao keep the videos coming brother

@OutofPocket005 should be a solid one coming soonish, but I went a bit overkill with it so taking a bit longer 😅

Hi Andrew. The editing section is part of creative shortcut. Obviously I highly recommend joining and am happy to assist you with any creative problems there. This free TH-cam video will help you understand further: th-cam.com/video/CN9y8s-yNWM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oFkCgpobA6VrSrfr The most likely scenario is that your timeline is still 50fps, so you are having to regenerate frames to take your 25fps footage back up to 50fps. Make sure your timeline is 25fps. The other likely scenario is that you controlled your exposure with shutter speed, so didn’t stick to the 180 degree rule (2x your frame rate; 25fps = 1/50, 50fps = 1/100. This will make your footage choppy as you will lose motion blur. It’s why nd and polariser filters are so important. I have a super powerful video on filming coming to TH-cam soon that covers this. It’s also plausible that it’s a mix of both and just more noticeable at 25fps as frames are less frequent. I use a support ticket system for communication as emails just get ripped by data companies and spammed up on sites. Thanks for letting me know you found it difficult to communicate with me/find this. I’ll look to improve it.

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Glad to help!

The problem never came back, so in my case this method was a permanent solution and worked well.

It’s almost like we have similar minds… 😂 Thanks!

Thanks! Glad you got value out of the video😊

Haha, well it is genetic so some bald bloke must have been very ‘successful’ in the past 😂

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Glad it was helpful!

Dialogue leveller is free, others are studio. Studio is absolutely worth getting and the licence works on two machines - so if you have a friend that also edits, you can get it half price.

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Thanks Catito

Thanks! Embracing the journey is what life is about ☺️

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Glad this video saved you time. Are there any other pain points you have with your editing? I’m always looking to make helpful videos!

Glad the video helped!

Voice isolation is paid/studio, dialogue leveller isn’t and also still does background noise reduction so still helps.

Thank you and glad you enjoy the content.

Glad you found the video useful!

I agree that Fusion seems to have been better when I’ve used it, but I have had to replace media occasionally (works like the resolution method I show for resetting cache) when the project has passed through many editors with media on many different hdds. Colour tab is also just much more accessible to anyone that hasn’t played with fusion.

Thanks! th-cam.com/video/2A2zqQontwo/w-d-xo.html Yes, I cover embedding a magic mask in a timeline in this video. I might revisit it as I have more ideas around masking, but as a mini tutorial: If you have a magic mask that is long and you want to manipulate it a lot, make a separate timeline for the clip, do the magic mask, and then drag this timeline on to your main timeline. Now when you use transform/effects on it, the tracking cache data doesn't need to be re rendered and you can actually see what you are doing!

@@TimBelchamber Thank you.

😆 glad you enjoyed it!

This is odd. I suspect you have some kind of disk sleep/power saving mode that basically disconnects the drive your media is on. Maybe have a look at that. If this does happen. Restarting dvr is probably the best solution.

@@TimBelchamber My tech knowledge is pretty poor (god only knows why I am trying to use DVR), I edit off an external SSD. It definitely doesnt happen while I am using it, so you could be right. Thanks for coming back to me.

@@voyageadventurevans no worries! It might also be if you’ve remounted the external to a different port with DaVinci still open, this would require a restart too.

Fusion does take a minute to understand/could be easier. I do think you should be able to outline things without needing to understand nodes, but nodes also have their benefits. In terms of making it easier, DVR 19 has new features that involve making background replacement/blurring simple so it will be interesting to see that develop, but I’ve not played with it yet.

@@TimBelchamber yes but what I'm saying is if you want something to fade off in Fusion, there is like 3 steps instead of just having an Opacity attribute that you can keyframe, you know?

Unless I misunderstand, the blend slider on merge nodes does this. If that doesn’t help please could you give another example?

@@TimBelchamber yes you're right . I was mistaken, but my point is that you have to create a new merge node to do this for 1 object and it just complicates the node tree, making mistakes easier to make, I just wish node's had a key keyframe or opacity to skip this step

This would work for simple mode trees but wouldn’t work for multiple nodes as you would need to find a way of defining the order and controlling what fades in to what. I think it’s just a difficult thing to do/define and the current set up makes the most sense overall.

I’d be interested to do a side by side with the same clips. I’ve found tracking to be as solid as when I used Adobe (2010-2020). In this situation, I don’t see how you can track something that disappears. I could have used different tracking methods or tools/nodes for this, but it was quick and all that was needed.

I’ve actually not found any bugs with magic masks and it’s better Vs a year ago. It’s an incredibly complex task to achieve and certainly is a huge improvement from rotoscoping. That being said I’d love it to be more robust for when you change colour grade or adjust transforms on timeline.

Appreciate your feedback! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️