- [Narrator] Keyers often fail…to key all parts of the target equally well,…so in those situations,…it's necessary to pull two or more keys…and merge them together.…The same thing can happen with spill suppression,…where just one part of the target has problems.…So again, two or more despill operations may be needed.…Here we see how to join…those multiple efforts together…into a single uberkey, and a unified, despilled image.…So let's cruise in here…and start by taking a look at our split soft key.…
Here at the main key, we switch to the alpha channel,…we can see that we've got some noise out here,…and of course we have our transparency problems here,…but the real thing that we want…is some better hair detail.…We can see here that the hair detail…has frankly been clobbered by our denoise routine.…The problem is that light bits of hair…are down literally in the noise level,…so the denoise or degrain routine…can remove the fine hair details,…but having it denoised or degrained…is extremely helpful for getting a good key in general.…
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10/3/2016Note: This course was created by Steve Wright, author of the seminal book, Digital Compositing for Film and Video. We are proud to host this course in our library.
- Creating an uber key
- Keying green-screen vs. blue-screen footage
- Preprocessing footage
- Building a clean plate
- Making luma keys
- Keying on hue and saturation
- Pasting keys together
- Grain management
- Saving time with garbage mattes
- Using spill suppression
- Improving edges
- Color correcting keys
- Sweetening the comp
- Alternative compositing workflows
- Fixing edge problems
- Using KEYLIGHT, Primatte, Ultimatte, and other tools
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome3m 57s
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Exercise files1m 19s
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1. Keying Workflows
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Creating an uber key2m 58s
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Which keyer is best?7m 15s
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2. Pre-Processing the Green Screen
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Step 1: Analyze the clip13m 34s
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Screen-correction workflow11m 45s
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3. Other Types of Keys
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Keying on hue9m 34s
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Keying on saturation6m 6s
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Keying with just one channel14m 7s
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How to create a texture key7m 34s
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4. Building the Uber Key
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5. Spill Suppression
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What is spill?4m 15s
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How spill suppression works5m 33s
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Spill suppression with gizmos10m 30s
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How to fix despill artifacts4m 26s
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6. Compositing Techniques
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7. Color Correcting
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How to match grade two clips4m 15s
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8. Workflow Examples
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Compositing keyer outputs3m 54s
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The basic uber key composite7m 43s
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9. Sweetening the Comp
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When to use edge blending5m 18s
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Adding interactive lighting3m 59s
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How to QA your comp6m 34s
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10. Fixing Edge Problems
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Sculpting your key edges9m 6s
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Recoloring the RGB edges7m 6s
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11. Special Keying Solutions
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How to add more hair detail11m 15s
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How to cope with bad video12m 3s
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12. Appendix: Keyer Tutorials
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Ultimatte: Basic setup3m 24s
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Ultimatte: Overall workflow5m 19s
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Ultimatte: Spill suppression4m 11s
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