From the course: Adobe Green-Screen Workflow
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Using masks with KEYLIGHT
From the course: Adobe Green-Screen Workflow
Using masks with KEYLIGHT
- As you work inside of After Effects, there is a complex system of masks that can come in handy. Maybe you're dealing with reflections that you don't want to actually remove or maybe the green screen itself didn't fill the whole background. Well, that's okay. It's pretty easy to go in and use masks to refine which areas should be kept and which ones should be ignored. Let's switch here to 4.5. I'll double click on this comp to open it. In this case, you see that the green screen background does not fill the entire frame. In fact, it's not quite as wide as it needs to be, but that's okay. Our subject never actually exits the background. Additionally, on the lens here, we have a little bit of greenish tint. A lot of lens elements will have this naturally. Unfortunately, it's the same color of the green screen and naturally on it's own it's going to get keyed out even though it shouldn't. Sometimes areas that are reflective or certain surfaces might actually start to key that you don't…
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