FCP Green Screen & how to key it out
by Colleen Fitzgerald
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Sep 13, 2009 at 5:19:10 am
I"m trying to key out a very bright green screen. I found in effects the Blue and Green Screen, I'm just not quite sure how to key out the green perfectly.
Right now I have the Key Mode as - Blue/Green Difference ... should this just be on GREEN since its a green screen?
And these are the rest of my settings:
Color Level - 100
Color Tolerance - 80
Edge Thin - 70
Edge Feather 5
But I'm still seeing green around this womans head and in the arm pit area. Is this the best I'm going to get it? Or is there something else I could do? A different Key? An additional effect?
Re: FCP Green Screen & how to key it out by Ron Craig on Sep 14, 2009 at 3:51:41 pm
I have never used the tools in FCP or Motion for keying. I've always used the KeyLight plugin in After Effects. And I think it's terrific. But it's also a round-trip out-and-in to FCP. Have the tools in FCS improved to the quality of KeyLight?
Re: FCP Green Screen & how to key it out by Rafael Amador on Sep 14, 2009 at 4:03:30 pm
I don't think that the default chroma key in FC will works like a 500 bucks third part plugin.
But sure that the one that John suggest will give the best results.
Primatte have been the standard for chroma key for years.
A luxury that used to be reserved for the people able to pay 3-5K for Shake.
Cheers,
rafael
Re: FCP Green Screen & how to key it out by John Fishback on Sep 14, 2009 at 4:31:20 pm
Keylight is a great keyer. I usually use it in AE, too. If you're familiar with it, that's what I'd suggest. I've never has a problem round-tripping to FCP. Just watch that your settings in AE match FCP. I thought you needed to stay in FCP. BTW there is a Keylight for FCP plugin now available, although, it costs a few hundred dollars. http://thefoundry.co.uk/pkg_overview.aspx?ui=76B1D869-EA48-4D89-8F13-FDE188...
John
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