D-matteStandalone
D-matte Standalone
The application on its own.
2,000EGP
- Rotoscoping with SAM 3 and SAM 2.1
- MatAnyone 2, ViTMatte and VideoMaMa
- Node graph, brush and wipe
- EXR, ProRes 4444, PNG, TIFF, H.264
D-matte
Describe it. Matte it.
AI rotoscoping for video. Type what you want cut out, get a clean alpha channel for your compositor.
Before / after
Move across the picture
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PlateCut-out
Move the mouse, or drag a finger, across the frame. Loose hair and all.
What it is
Rotoscoping and matting, driven by a sentence
D-matte Standalone is a Windows desktop application by DAVX, made by Hossam Galal. You point at the subject, or just describe it, and the tool tracks it through the whole shot and turns the rough mask into a soft alpha matte. It all runs on your own NVIDIA card: no upload, no cloud, no waiting in a queue.
D-matte for Nuke is one node inside Nuke 15, by DAVX, made by Hossam Galal. Connect your footage, draw a box or type what you want, and the node tracks it through the shot and refines it into a soft alpha, right in your script. It all runs on your own NVIDIA card: no upload, no cloud, no round trip.
D-matte All-in-One is the application and the Nuke node together, by DAVX, made by Hossam Galal. You point at the subject, or just describe it, and the tool tracks it through the whole shot, turns the rough mask into a soft alpha matte, and can even paint the subject out of the plate. It all runs on your own NVIDIA card: no upload, no cloud, no waiting in a queue.
Describe, don't click
SAM 3 takes a sentence. "person" on a four-dancer shot gives four separate tracked mattes with no clicks at all. SAM 2.1 is still there when you want to point at one specific thing.
A real matte
Hard masks are refined into soft alpha with hair, motion blur and glass intact. Levels, gamma, feather, choke and despill finish the edge without a round trip to another app.
Paint it out
D-matte fills in the background where the subject was, steady across frames instead of flickering. Long clips are split into overlapping windows, so a thousand frames run on the same card as a hundred.
Deliver for the compositor
EXR half-float sequences from frame 1001, ProRes 4444 with alpha, PNG or TIFF sequences, or H.264 for review. One file per object, named after the object. Send to Nuke is built in.
Stays in the comp
The matte comes out of the node like any other Nuke output: overlay, matte only, premultiplied or straight. No export, no import, no second app.
Workflow · the application
From clip to matte in five steps
Load the shot
Video or image sequence, up to 4K. The tool reads the container and warns about limited range, a non-BT.709 tag or variable frame rate.
Prompt
Type what you want, or click to include and right-click to exclude. Every match becomes its own object.
Track
The mask follows the subject through the shot. Press T. Cancel any time and the frames already done are kept.
Refine
Pick a matting model and turn the mask into soft alpha. Press M. Fix it with the brush where the model is wrong.
Export
Choose a format and send it to disk, or straight into Nuke. Press Ctrl+E. What you approved on screen is what lands on disk.
Workflow · inside Nuke
From footage to matte in one node
Add the node
Nodes ▸ D-matte, or Tab and type it. Connect your footage, unpremultiplied RGB is best.
Prompt
Draw a box or points on the Viewer with SAM 2.1, or type a word like person with SAM 3.
Track
Press ROTO / TRACK SAM. The matte follows the subject forward and back from the reference frame.
Refine
Pick MatAnyone 2, ViTMatte or VideoMaMa and press REFINE MATTE for a soft edge.
Output
Overlay, matte only, premultiplied or straight, or turn the matte into editable Roto shapes.
Models
SixFive models, each doing one job
Each model declares what it accepts (points, text or a box) and the panel shows only the matching controls. Weights live in one shared folder that other tools can read, and missing models are reported, never downloaded behind your back.
| Model | Job |
|---|---|
| SAM 3 | Text prompt, tracks every match as its own object |
| SAM 2.1 Large | Click-based tracking of one specific thing |
| SAM 2.1 Base+ / Small | Box or point tracking of one specific thing |
| ViTMatte | Matting: fastest |
| MatAnyone 2 | Matting: steady, light on memory |
| VideoMaMa | Matting: finest edge and least flicker, slowest |
| Object removal | Fills the background where the subject was |
The three matting models, measured on the same 4K frame
| Model | FPS | VRAM | Edge detail | Flicker (lower is steadier) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ViTMatte | 1.67 | 5.29 GB | 44,996 px | 19.5 / 255 |
| MatAnyone 2 | 1.39 | 6.01 GB | 33,835 px | 22.6 / 255 |
| VideoMaMa | 0.49 | 5.64 GB | 47,407 px | 16.6 / 255 |
VideoMaMa is the steadiest and finest, and more than three times slower. ViTMatte beats MatAnyone on every axis measured here.
By hand
Fix it where the model is wrong
Brush
Paint into the mask, or straight into the soft matte. Left-drag adds, right-drag erases. Size with [ ].
A wipe that follows the cursor
Sweeping across the edge you are judging beats reaching for a slider and looking away from it. The same wipe as the before / after above.
One history for everything
Prompts, strokes and finished runs share a single undo stack. Click any entry to roll back. A stroke stores only the rectangle it touched, so undo costs kilobytes, not a copy of a 4K mask.
Nine views from two choices
A view is a stage (source, masks, mattes, removal) crossed with an output (overlay, matte, alpha, over colour). The exporter uses the same code, so what you see is what you get.
Clip info and disk usage
See what you loaded and what it costs. Disk usage separates what can be rebuilt for free (frames) from what cost model time (masks and mattes).
A workspace per shot
Each clip gets its own folder, so opening a second shot never destroys the first one's masks. Reopening a clip you have already loaded is instant.
Inside the node
Built for how Nuke works
- 1. RotoPick SAM 2.1 or SAM 3, draw a box or points on the Viewer, name the object, then ROTO / TRACK SAM.
- 2. RefineChoose MatAnyone 2, ViTMatte or VideoMaMa and press REFINE MATTE. Shrink, feather, black and white point and gamma finish the edge.
- 3. Export / OutputMatte overlay, matte only, premultiplied or straight. Export an alpha sequence, or Create Roto shapes for a normal Roto node.
Up to 16 named objects
Name each box before you draw it. Every object gets its own colour and its own matte, and Object Colors Overlay shows them all over the plate.
Fix fast moves
Add prompts on later frames for a fast move or an occlusion, save the correction, and track again.
Bring your own matte
Seed tracking with a mask you already have, refine a connected matte directly, or add, subtract or intersect another mask after the run.
Roto shapes from the matte
Create Roto shapes builds a normal Roto node: one Bezier per object, keyed on every frame, ready to edit by hand.
Five output modes
Matte Overlay, Object Colors Overlay, Matte Only, RGB*A premultiplied and RGB+A straight.
Help in the node
A Help tab with the steps, every setting, what to do when it goes wrong, and the steps in Arabic.
Output
Formats your compositor reads
EXR
Half-float sequence, numbered from 1001.
ProRes 4444
Movie file with a real alpha channel.
PNG / TIFF
Image sequences, with or without alpha.
H.264
Small review copy to send for approval.
Send to Nuke
Put the shot beside its matte, or in a folder you pick, ready to open.
Performance
Built to run on one card
Complete and verified end to end on an RTX 3060 Ti with 8 GB. Every slow job runs on a worker thread, so the window never freezes. GPU jobs run one at a time, so two models never fight over the card.
| Stage | 1080p | 3840×2160 |
|---|---|---|
| SAM 3 propagation | ~1.0 fps · 1.7 GB | ~0.6 fps |
| SAM 2 tracking | ~4.8 fps | ~2.0 fps |
| MatAnyone 2 | ~2.6 fps @ 720 | ~1.6 fps @ 1080 |
| Object removal | ~0.34 fps · 6.0 GB | — |
A 110-frame 4K shot takes roughly three minutes to track with SAM 3, or one minute with SAM 2 points. You need Windows and an NVIDIA GPU with 8 GB or more.
Keyboard
Made to be driven from the keys
Transport
Space play · ← → step · I O in / outTools
P point · B brush · W wipeStages
T track · M matte · R remove · Ctrl+E exportView
1–8 presets · F fit · \ isolate objectEditing
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y undo and redo · Esc cancel the running jobTry it on your own shot
Send us a clip you want to test, and we will send back its matte.
Download and pricing
Get D-matte
Install it, use everything for 7 days free, and buy a licence only if it earns its place on your machine.
For Nuke
D-matte for Nuke
The D-matte node inside Nuke 15.
2,000EGP
- Rotoscoping with SAM 3 and SAM 2.1
- MatAnyone 2, ViTMatte and VideoMaMa
- Up to 16 named objects per node
- Roto shapes from the matte
Best value · save 1,000 EGP
All-in-One
D-matte All-in-One
The application and the Nuke node.
3,000EGP
- Everything in Standalone
- Everything in for Nuke
- Object removal
- Send to Nuke
Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit · no admin rights needed · 7 days free, no sign-up · a licence opens one machine
AI models are not included: you download each from its authors, under its own licence.
What you need
Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) and an NVIDIA graphics card with 8 GB of VRAM or more. There is no Mac or Linux version yet.
First launch
The first run downloads PyTorch and the AI libraries once, about 3.4 GB. Updates after that are small. Download only the models you use from Help ▸ Models.
Updating
Install a newer Setup over the old one. Your licence, PyTorch and models are kept, and the app tells you when a new version is out.
Works offline
After the first-run download, no internet connection is needed to keep working.
Free for 7 days
The trial starts on first launch, with no sign-up. Everything works during the trial except Send to Nuke, ViTMatte and VideoMaMa. The days left show in the status bar.
How to buy
Copy the machine code
In the app: Help ▸ Buy / Licence, then Copy machine code.
Send it to us
Paste it into an email or a LinkedIn message. We reply with the price and how to pay.
Activate
Paste the licence we send and press Activate. Everything unlocks at once.
One licence, one machine
A licence is signed for your machine's code and is refused anywhere else. It needs no internet to keep working.
Compare editions
| What you get | Standalone 2,000 EGP | for Nuke 2,000 EGP | All-in-One 3,000 EGP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracking: SAM 3 (text) and SAM 2.1 (points) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MatAnyone 2, ViTMatte and VideoMaMa edge matting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The D-matte node inside Nuke | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| The application, with its node graph and viewer | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Object removal | – | – | ✓ |
| All export formats (EXR, ProRes 4444, PNG, TIFF, H.264...) | ✓ | – | ✓ |
| Send to Nuke | – | – | ✓ |
What's in 1.0.0
The first release.
Work
Node graph with several shots in one project. SAM 3 text prompts and SAM 2.1 points. Three matting models, object removal, brush, wipe and one history for every edit.
Deliver
Eight export formats, five output types, and Send to Nuke: one click renders the matte and puts the nodes on the clipboard.
Interface
Dark and light themes that switch at once, five workspace layouts, a start window with recent files, and a models window that downloads only what you use.
Licence
A 7-day trial with no sign-up, a licence tied to one machine, and an update notice that never locks anything.
Questions
Will it run on my graphics card?
You need an NVIDIA card with 8 GB of VRAM or more. D-matte was tested end to end on an RTX 3060 Ti with 8 GB.
Does it work on Mac, Linux or an AMD card?
Not yet. It is Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) and NVIDIA only.
Is my footage uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything runs on your machine. After the first-run download, it works without an internet connection.
How long does a shot take?
A 110-frame 4K shot takes roughly three minutes to track with SAM 3, or about one minute with SAM 2 points. Matting is slower: ViTMatte ran at about 1.7 fps on a 4K frame, VideoMaMa at about 0.5 fps.
What formats can I export?
ProRes 4444 with alpha, ProRes 422 HQ, H.264, H.265, FFV1, and PNG, TIFF and OpenEXR (half float) sequences. You can export the matte, a cut-out, the cut-out over a colour, the source plate, or the plate with the object removed.
What happens when the trial ends?
The app asks for a licence. Your projects stay where they are, and they open again as soon as you activate.
How do I activate a licence?
In the app, open Help ▸ Buy / Licence and copy the machine code. Send it to us, paste back the licence we reply with, and press Activate.
Can I move a licence to another computer, or upgrade later?
A licence opens one machine only. To move it, or to go from one edition to All-in-One, write to us and we will sort it out.
Does it need the internet at all?
Only for the first-run download of PyTorch and the AI libraries (about 3.4 GB), for the models you choose to download, and for the update notice.
Are the AI models part of what I buy?
No. D-matte does not include any model. Each model is made by its own authors and comes with its own licence, and D-matte downloads it from the authors' own page only when you choose it. Some of these licences allow non-commercial use only, MatAnyone 2 and the object-removal model among them. Read each model's licence and decide for yourself whether your use is allowed: that choice and its responsibility are yours. What you buy is the D-matte software.
Not sure it fits your shot?
Start the 7-day trial on your own footage. If a shot is hard, tell us about it and we will say honestly whether D-matte is a good fit.
About
Roto should take minutes,
not days.
A few seconds of a person with loose hair can cost a roto artist a day or more. D-matte does the first 90% with AI in minutes, and leaves you in control of the rest. It is made by DAVX, a post-production studio, for compositors, and it runs on your own machine.
Who is behind it
DAVX
Post-production studio
DAVX is a post-production studio: VFX, compositing, colour grading and editing. D-matte started inside its own pipeline, built around how shots really go: long takes, tight deadlines and one GPU. Now it is available to other studios and artists.
HG
Hossam Galal
Compositing supervisor · maker of D-matte
Hossam is a compositing supervisor who built D-matte from scratch to take the slowest job in the pipeline off the compositing desk, and answers every email and message personally.
5stages, from clip to export
6AI models behind one interface
4Kmeasured on real 3840×2160 shots
8 GBof VRAM is all it asks for
What we believe
Four rules the tool is built on
Your shots stay yours
Everything runs on your GPU. No upload, no cloud queue, no account. After the first-run download it works offline.
Tested on real jobs
D-matte is checked end to end on commercial and film footage, not on demo clips, with the speeds and VRAM published instead of promised.
Never block the artist
Every slow job runs in the background, cancelling keeps the frames already done, and one history rolls back anything.
The model is not the last word
A brush, a wipe and soft-edge controls are there for the frames where the AI is wrong, because there always are some.
Connect
Questions, a licence, an order for several machines, or a shot you want to test? Write to us.