While there are several keyers included with Adobe After Effects, one of the best to use is KEYLIGHT. It’s a third-party tool that was bundled with After Effects, and it's been used on several feature films. In this video, join Richard Harrington as he demonstrate how to refine green-screen footage keyed with KEYLIGHT in After Effects.
- Keylight offers many controls.…And in fact,…a lot of folks are a bit intimidated by the effect.…Let me break it down and show you some of the most important…With my footage layer selected here.…I see my keylight effect.…Let's twirl that down to get a bit more access.…And I'll make this window a bit larger,…so I have a little more room.…Now the first thing to look at is the view.…This let's you take a look at the individual elements.…
I'm going to temporarily turn off the advance spill suppression…so it doesn't go after the green.…As you can see there,…the source is pretty straight forward.…That's the original.…And you can see any alpha channel details…in the original file.…The corrected source is showing you what happens next…once you start to clean things up.…In this case,…the correction is the foreground color correction,…which can be processing the shot as you see there.…
As well as the ability to do color suppression…or remove any other unwanted color within the clip.…Now this is great,…but we're going to actually take advantage…
Author
Richard Harrington
Released
3/1/2018- Keying in Premiere Pro vs. After Effects
- Importing footage to key
- Stacking layers in Premiere Pro
- Using the Ultra Keyer
- Using KEYLIGHT
- Enhancing a key with 3D lights
- Deciding when to use a third-party tool
- Processing backdrops in Photoshop
- Exchanging transparency data
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 21s
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Exercise files53s
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1. Deciding Where to Key Your Footage
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When to key in Premiere Pro5m 30s
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When to key in After Effects4m 24s
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2. Importing Footage to Key
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3. Keying in Adobe Premiere Pro
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Using the Ultra Keyer2m 55s
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Refining the Ultra Keyer6m 24s
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Creating previsualization5m 54s
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4. Keying in Adobe After Effects
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Using Dynamic Link4m 39s
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Using KEYLIGHT3m 5s
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Refining KEYLIGHT6m 7s
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Using masks with KEYLIGHT9m 40s
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Rescuing a bad key9m 1s
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5. Selected Third-Party Keyers
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Red Giant quick start6m 57s
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The Light Wrap Fantastic5m 46s
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6. Processing Backdrops in Photoshop
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7. Backdrop Techniques
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8. Exchanging Transparency Data
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 9s
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