Studio version:

I have had some complicated masking and I have tried everything with the magic mask. I finally came across a trick that seems to work with 19.4.

  • Mark out what you want to keep at the beginning.
  • watch carefully as it masks it out
  • stop it from masking as soon as you catch something off
  • add more marks., you can even go back frames
  • press the forward masking button.

No more going frame by frame. It’ll probably change randomly, but it might help in the short term.

  • huskypenguin
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    1 month ago

    I’ve found doing the mask in fusion will work better, and to find the most complicated frame first.

    • pelespiritOP
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      1 month ago

      Really? I tried every which way. Still some flickering and jumping, even with a green screen. I think the AI improved recently, so it might have already been fixed.

      • huskypenguin
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        1 month ago

        There’s a lot of variables. I’m curious what codec and bit depth your footage is in.

        Another trick is to use it in fusion and use multiple magic masks for different body parts, then multimerge them together and combine with traditional roto. If you did that I would suggest rasterizing out with a saver node so you don’t lose your work.

        • pelespiritOP
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          1 month ago

          I like that last tip. I finished the project, but I might go back to see if I can work on those couple of scenes. I don’t think the audience would notice it unless it’s an editor and/or fx person, but that might be wishful thinking.