Re: Keying a wedding veil

It is extremely unlikely that you will pull a good key.

You shot this on Mini DV. DV is like food. It doesn't matter how fancy the food is, once my body processes it, it still comes out as poop. It doesn't matter how pristine the image captured on the CCD(s) of your camera is, once DV processes it, it still comes out all noisy.

I wonder if you could try something...
A layer for the bride and a layer for the veil. Do a rough mask around the bride's head and body. Do some keying work. But instead of trying to key out the veil perfectly, try using the screen blending mode on the veil layer underneath the bride layer. It's a long shot and it would depend on what kind of footage you're putting the bride over, but there's a chance it'll work.

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