# What do the DaVinci Resolve 19, 20 and 21 New Features Guides say Magic Mask does as a roto/matte tool, which controls affect edge quality and jitter, what are its stated limits, and how do you get the matte out as pixels?

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The Resolve 20 guide describes AI Magic Mask v2 (Studio only): click-based selection of people or objects, a Faster versus Better quality setting, Matte Finesse controls, a Consistency control that smooths edge jitter in low-confidence areas such as frizzy hair or translucent clothing, and a paint tool for frame fixes. Blackmagic itself says the mask will not always be perfect. The older mask remains as Legacy Object Mask. The Resolve 21 guide (public beta) adds rendering Magic Mask 2 in place as an external matte node; the Resolve 19 guide says Magic Mask does not transfer through the OpenFX DaVinci Resolve Renderer plugin. No accuracy numbers appear in the three guides.

The Resolve 20 guide describes AI Magic Mask v2 (Studio only): click-based selection of people or objects, a Faster versus Better quality setting, Matte Finesse controls, a Consistency control that smooths edge jitter in low-confidence areas such as frizzy hair or translucent clothing, and a paint tool for frame fixes. Blackmagic itself says the mask will not always be perfect. The older mask remains as Legacy Object Mask. The Resolve 21 guide (public beta) adds rendering Magic Mask 2 in place as an external matte node; the Resolve 19 guide says Magic Mask does not transfer through the OpenFX DaVinci Resolve Renderer plugin. No accuracy numbers appear in the three guides.

Curator qualifications: Verified the Studio-only status, the Consistency control and the vendor caveat.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_20_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
      "note": "AI Magic Mask v2; Consistency"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_21_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
      "note": "AI Magic Mask v2; Consistency"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_19_New_Features_Guide.pdf",
      "note": "AI Magic Mask v2; Consistency"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The Resolve 20 guide describes AI Magic Mask v2 (Studio only): click-based selection of people or objects, a Faster versus Better quality setting, Matte Finesse controls, a Consistency control that smooths edge jitter in low-confidence areas such as frizzy hair or translucent clothing, and a paint tool for frame fixes. Blackmagic itself says the mask will not always be perfect. The older mask remains as Legacy Object Mask. The Resolve 21 guide (public beta) adds rendering Magic Mask 2 in place as an external matte node; the Resolve 19 guide says Magic Mask does not transfer through the OpenFX DaVinci Resolve Renderer plugin. No accuracy numbers appear in the three guides. · locator: AI Magic Mask v2; Consistency · source: https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_20_New_Features_Guide.pdf

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