Re: Keylight for Hollywood movies

I really disagree with this assessment. First of all, I've worked on three mega-budget features with huge teams of people all using Keylight. In the right hands, it works fantastically.

Secondly, Primatte is a decent keyer but it has workflow limitations that Keylight does not, and in my experience Primatte makes for an EASY key, but it doesn't always give a GOOD key. I saw in your link someone raving that Primatte managed to pull a hard-edged, unrealistic key for someone trying to key out their carpet. While that says a lot about how good it may be for rank amateurs who want a one-click solution, that doesn't really tell us much in terms of how it performs in professional situations.

In response to the poster's question, most big-budget shops use Apple Shake or Nuke for their compositing, which allows you to basically build your own keying tool from scratch. Down here on earth, most people use Keylight, Primatte or Ultimatte.

Brendan Coots

Splitvision Digital

www.splitvisiondigital.com