So I inserted a white background to show Ultra Keys capability’s. You can’t hide green remnants on a white background. Premiere Pro’s Ultra Key is up to the challenge. Stay away from solid colored backgrounds. That’s the best defense with poor keying, pick a background that hides what you can’t. Placed in the right background, flaws don’t jump out at you. Nobody would notice the leftover green on my fingers and clothing. Sure, I could place myself in a green field using cheap software. That is if you actually scrutinize scenes for overall quality. You practically need a studio with studio grade lighting to pull off a “High Quality” key with most inexpensive editors. However, there’s no substitute for quality footage.Ĭamtasia has limited keying capability’s. Primarily Premiere Pro.Īfter Effects can salvage footage Premiere Pro cannot. I do my Chroma Key work in Premier Pro or After Effects. Here’s an alpha version of a keyed out me in Premiere Pro.Īny Green/Blue screen shoot will have it’s own set of challenges. Each unit holds 5 bulbs activated by their own switch. The side lights were full blaze 1500 watts. It’s usually set to a much lower power than the others. They put out up to 1500 watts lighting power each. Positioned at steep angles from the far left side and the far right side of the backdrop. Color correction is an issue you don’t have to deal with.Ģ diffusers are directed primarily on the screen. Skin tones, whites, blacks, mid-tones, etc. If the lighting is right “Correct Amount of Light” Color accuracy will usually be spot on. You set the white balance in the camera to Daylight. I use 5500K florescent daylight balanced bulbs. And only enough hitting the scene/actors to illuminate Them/It without casting any dark shadows.ĭiffused lighting is best. If not, you want plenty of light to hit the wall evenly. By opening a lot of blinds, curtains, etc. Lighting is critical, if you could flood the area with natural light “No Direct Sun Light” to avoid shadows altogether. Why there isn’t enough lighting falling on the wall? Probably due to how close your actors are to the wall. Switched to Alpha view.Īlpha view shows what’s visible in White.Īnything that is not masked out. I placed the image in Adobe’s Premier Pro and applied Ultra Key. I grabbed your image and highlighted the worst shadows.Īn image downloaded from the internet is not a great source for keying, but I can use it to show those worst shadows in greater detail. So when you go to remove the background, the outer edges of your silhouette start to vanish as well. Mainly around the outer edges of your silhouette. Plus, when your too close to a colored backdrop. You want enough free space to direct light on the wall or backdrop and cancel out most of the shadows. You want some distance between the wall, your actors and any props. The characters are positioned too close to the wall. Then compression probably isn’t an issue. So that’s another obstacle you’re probably facing. It’s impossible to assess the actually quality of your footage from an image posted to this forum.īlue backdrops should be extremely blue, much more so than yours is.Ĭommon DSLR’s and Camcorders don’t record/compress bluescreen media as well as they do green screens.
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