Automatically Generate Mattes For Your VFX With This Helpful ONYX AI Matte Plugin

We cover quite a bit about what makes AI polarizing and scary (most notably with generative AI video models like Sora—RIP—and Seedance 2.0), but there are plenty of AI-powered tools, features, and plugins that are worth shouting out as simple and easy ways to make your professional filmmaking, editing, and VFX workflows better.

Let’s take a quick look at a new auto-tracking matte extraction plugin, ONYX AI Matte v2.5, and see what it can do to speed up your projects.

ONYX AI Matte 2.5

Designed to help VFX artists fine-tune mattes like a pro and with ease, ONYX AI Matte 2.5 is a GPU-accelerated matting plugin for DaVinci Resolve, Fusion Studio, and Nuke that should be a nice option for those who need production-ready quality mattes without wanting to do the hours of manual roto work that would usually be needed.

Powered by Meta SAM3 and VitMatte, ONYX AI Matte 2.5 aims to combine text-based object discovery with point and box selection for a flexible, fast workflow that adapts to any shot. And from the looks of it, it appears to work pretty much just like that, as users will be able to simply type an object name and SAM3 will instantly find every instance in the frame.

Users can then click to select specific objects, extract all at once, or switch to direct point or box selection for precise control.

Key Features, Price, and Availability

As far as key features go, here’s a full list of everything ONYX AI Matte 2.5 will offer and be able to handle, including:

• Text Prompts — Type any object class to detect all instances in frame automatically
• Point Selection — Click to segment specific object; positive/negative points for refinement
• Bounding Box — Draw a box for quick rectangular selection
• Trimap Generation — Automatic trimap from SAM3 masks (Text & Box modes); VitMatte refines edges automatically
• Trimap Input — Connect Roto mask as trimap input; VitMatte refines alpha edges to cinema quality
• VitMatte Refiner — High-quality edge refinement for hair, fur, and complex boundaries
• TensorRT Acceleration — 3-4x faster VitMatte inference on NVIDIA RTX GPUs
• Temporal Smoothing — Reduces flickering across frames for clean motion sequences
• Edge Controls — Feather, shrink/grow, offset, binary threshold for fine-tuning
• Overlay Preview — Real-time mask preview with customizable colors
• Cache System — Smooth scrubbing and playback during review

If this sounds like something you’re interested in, ONYX AI Matte is available to try for free, and then available for different licenses depending on your team size. You can find more info on the company’s website here.