Isolate backgrounds with the Depth Map in DaVinci Resolve
LEARN TO ISOLATE BACKGROUNDS WITH THE DEPTH MAP IN DAVINCI RESOLVE
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Natalie Barnard introduces her workflow for creating powerful colour corrections
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Depth Map is a powerful tool used for isolating parts of your image based on their distance from the camera. It’s a great alternative to hand-drawn windows or Magic Masks, and is all thanks to DaVinci Resolve’s neural engine.
In this first tutorial of our twopart exercise, we’ll use Depth Map to apply colour corrections to the background of an interview shot. Make sure you check back next issue for our second workshop, when we’ll build on the work we’ve done here by using Resolve 18.5’s brand new Relight effect to add three-dimensionally accurate virtual lighting on the interviewee, which matches the new colour of the background we’re creating here.