• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Chroma Keying Not Working

  Posted by Tmacdonald on November 26, 2006 at 10:54 pm

  I have some footage of a subject in front of a green screen. When I put it into Final Cut, apply the chroma keyer it will not key out the green screen. I have done this before, but I think the formats I am using won’t work with it or something. But when I change it to the format I used when it worked, it won’t work. Whats up? I really need to get this to work.

  Matt Devino replied 19 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Jerry Hofmann

  November 27, 2006 at 3:17 am

  What format are you using?

  Jerry
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  Walter Biscardi

  November 27, 2006 at 3:31 am

  [Jerry Hofmann] ”
  What format are you using?”

  Along with other useful details like your system and software setup. Really makes it hard for anyone to help with no idea of what you’re running.

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  Tmacdonald

  November 27, 2006 at 11:29 am

  Im on a 17inch MacBook Pro. Core Duo, 2GB of RAM. I’ve tried all kinds of formats. I would like to have it work with HDV though. So I’m using HDV 1080i 50 or 60.
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  Matt Devino

  November 27, 2006 at 8:02 pm

  If you have after effects, motion, or shake you should really do this in one of those programs. The keying tools in FCP are not the best. If you have motion it comes with Primatte RT and this is much better than the color keyer in FCP. Give it a try and see what happens.

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