Remove a video background in DaVinci Resolve Free with AI
Tested September 18, 2026, DaVinci Resolve Free 21.1 on macOS.

Open Voyager-background-removal.drp through Resolve Project Manager > Import Project.
If media is offline, select the source clips in the Media Pool and use Relink Selected Clips to point to this extracted folder.
The timeline has source (0-5s), light composite (5-10s), and dark composite (10-15s). The AI cutout sits on V2; background clips sit on V1.
source.mp4: silent five-second excerpt, 1280x534, 24fps,120frames.
cutout.mov: original Bria VRMBG3.0 output, ProRes4444 with alpha, same size/timing. About96MB.
matte.mp4: extracted alpha for inspection, white=opaque,black=transparent. This H264 viewing copy is not itself a transparent clip.
light.mp4 / dark.mp4: generated flat background plates.
native-comparison.mp4: Resolve H264 render, remuxed from QuickTime to MP4 without re-encoding video; silent.
comparison.mp4: four-panel web comparison assembled from native render plus extracted matte.

Model recipe: bria/video/background-removal/v3
background_color=Transparent
output_container_and_codec=mov_proresks
auto_zoom=false
preserve_audio=false (silent test)
Fal listed price retrieved2026-09-18: USD0.05 per second; estimated5s costUSD0.25. Not a billing receipt or runtime guarantee.
No manual matte cleanup, no green-screen key, no Magic Mask, no paid Resolve effects applied.
Native source media paths in the DRP refer to the author's machine; relinking is expected on another computer.

FOOTAGE CREDIT / LICENSE
Tears of Steel (2012), (CC) Blender Foundation | mango.blender.org
Director: Ian Hubert. https://mango.blender.org/
License: Creative Commons Attribution3.0 Unported: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Licensing statement: https://mango.blender.org/sharing/
Source: https://download.blender.org/demo/movies/ToS/tears_of_steel_720p.mov
Modifications: excerpt178-183seconds, audio removed, H264 encode; AI background removal and replacement backgrounds; resized/labeled comparison. Original performers do not endorse Voyager, Fal, or Bria. No original soundtrack is included.
