OFX Plugin for DaVinci Resolve by MrAlexTech
MagicZoom
Zooms, simplified.
Zoom in on anything, right on the preview. Pick the spot, set how far, and MagicZoom glides in and back out with proper motion blur. Point it at a face and it follows them round the frame. No keyframes, no fiddling in the Inspector. Fully GPU accelerated, so it plays in real time, even at 4K 60. Easy, fast and intuitive.
Free 7-day trial. Needs DaVinci Resolve 21 or later, Free or Studio, on Windows or Mac. Real-time performance depends on your system.
Face Tracking
Point at a face. It does the rest.
Pick a face on the preview and the zoom stays locked on as they move round the frame. No keyframes, no tracker.
One Click to Track
Alt+click a face on the preview and the zoom follows it, frame by frame.
Pick Who to Follow
More than one person in shot? Hold Alt to see a box on every face, then Alt+click the one you want. It stays on them rather than jumping to someone else.
Face or Fixed Spot
Every point can follow a face or stay on a fixed spot. Switch any point with one click in its on-screen panel, and mix both in the same clip.
A Person per Point
Each point can track a different person, so the zoom hands over from one speaker to the next.
See What It Tracks
Show Tracking draws the face box in the viewer only. It never ends up in your render.
Private by Design
It all runs on your own computer. No frame or face is ever uploaded, and it never identifies anyone.
What it does
Three effects included
MagicZoom moves the camera inside your shot. It comes as three effects, one for each move editors reach for most.
MagicZoom
Zooms in on a point and back out, with motion blur. Add more points and it travels from one to the next. Each point can Zoom, Spotlight or Focus.
Punch-ins and pointing things out
MagicZoom Dynamic
One continuous move from a start framing to an end framing: position, zoom and rotation.
A slow push in or pull out
MagicZoom Pop Out
A magnifier window over your footage. The spot you pick is blown up inside the window while the rest of the picture stays put.
Showing a detail without losing the wide shot
MagicZoom
Zooms, minus the keyframes
Set everything up on the preview. Click where, drag how far, done.
Click to Zoom
Ctrl+click the spot, Shift+drag to set how far. It zooms in, holds, then zooms back out. Simple.
Real-Time, Even at 4K
Fully GPU accelerated on Windows and Mac. It plays in real time, even at 4K 60 (system dependent).
Up to 200 Points
Add more points and the camera travels from one to the next, each with its own zoom, rotation and timing.
Timeline on the Preview
Every point sits on a timeline strip drawn over the preview. Drag to retime. On long clips, F1 zooms the strip to 30 or 10 seconds.
Zoom, Spotlight or Focus
Punch in, magnify a shape or frame a region. Blur, darken or tint everything outside it.
Motion Blur
Proper motion blur while the shot moves, so a fast zoom looks like a camera move, not a slide.
Styles
20 styles. One click each.
Every style changes how the zoom moves and what the picture does while it moves. Go on, click one.
Portal. A ring of fire and sparks, and the view inside twists open. On Pop Out, a second blue portal opens round the spot it zooms from: the entry and the exit.
Plus: Camcorder, Phone, Smooth, Tutorial, Animated, Photo, VHS, Enhance, Comic, Glitch, Operator, Magnifying Glass, Bubble, Callout and Polaroid.
Also included
More than zooms
The tools for showing people exactly what to look at, built into the same effects.
Shapes
Draw shapes around anything to highlight it: a box, circle, arrow or highlight, in Clean, Marker, Sketch or Chalk. They can fade, draw on or pop in.
Inset
Create an inset at any point to show something else on screen while you're zoomed in: a region you pick, or the whole picture.
MagicZoom Pop Out
A magnifier window you park anywhere while the rest of the picture stays put. Up to three at once, with Magnifying Glass, Bubble, Portal, Callout and Polaroid styles.
MagicZoom Dynamic
One smooth push in or pull out across the whole clip. Set a start framing and an end framing, done.
Camera Moves
Keep the shot alive while you're zoomed in: hold still, push in, pull out, drift or go handheld. Nine move shapes and eleven easing curves.
3D Perspective
Adds real depth as the shot zooms, so the move feels like a camera travelling into the scene.
Tilt Shift
Keeps a sharp strip and softens everything else, for a proper macro, miniature look.
Camera Shake
A gentle handheld wobble, for when a locked-off shot feels too clean.
How it works
Seriously, it's this easy
Step 1
Install it
Download the installer, run it, done. MagicZoom shows up in Resolve's OpenFX effects, under MrAlexTech.
Step 2
Click to zoom
Drop MagicZoom on a clip. Ctrl+click the spot, Shift+drag to set how far. Alt+click a face to follow it.
Step 3
Make it yours
Pick a style, draw a shape, drag the timing on the strip. Save it as a preset for next time.
Pricing
Free, or the full thing
MagicZoom Free
Free forever
- Zoom in on any spot, right on the preview
- No licence, no account, no time limit
Not ready yet. Until it is, the trial gives you the full version free for 7 days.
$49.99
One-time purchase, plus tax where it applies
- Three effects: MagicZoom, Dynamic and Pop Out
- Face tracking, running on your own computer
- 20 zoom styles
- Up to 200 points per clip
- Real time, even at 4K 60 (system dependent)
- GPU accelerated on Windows and Mac
- Designed for the Cut and Edit pages
- Free updates for life
- No subscription, ever
Secure checkout via Stripe. Try it free for 7 days first.
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