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  How do I remove the black background from a timelapse flower?

  Posted by Chris Pass on January 27, 2009 at 8:15 pm

  I had purchased an art beats Grow timelapse package of flowers. They all have a black background. How do I get rid of it so i can use just the flower element? Use a track matte?

  -Chris

  Grant Swanson replied 17 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Curious Turtle

  January 27, 2009 at 8:21 pm

  If they come with a separate matte file, then yes use those mattes as a track matte. Otherwise, us a luma key to get rid of the black.

  Some of the clips may also need a little masking to keep some of the black elements of the flowers in.

  Cheers,
  Ben

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  Grant Swanson

  January 27, 2009 at 10:48 pm

  Hi Chris,

  For this I use Color Key. Increase the tolerance, add a little edge thin, and a slight feather.

  And, as Ben said, if the flower has black in it, you need to mask the inside part out.

  Grant Swanson
  Visual Effects Supervisor
  Video Apex – Minneapolis, MN
  videoapex.net

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