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Chromakey best approach?
I’ve been using Vegas 7 & 8 since August 2007.
I’d like to hear how everyone approaches chromakeying.
I’ve read forums and watched tutorials and there are alot of opinions how to get a good key.
I’ve tried the following FX chains so far with various results.
1) chromakey alone (green screen)
2) chromablur + chromakey and in reverse order
3) color curves + color corrector (secondary)Saturate greens
+ chromakey (pure green)I even downloaded a trial of After Effects and tried a key with that. I’m also trying to get my hands on a unregistered Ultra2 by Serious Magic.
Thanks in advance for all your input!
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Keith Kolbo has an excellent tutorial on his site titled Using Chroma Key and Chroma Blur in Sony Vegas.
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Thanks for replying!
I had already read and bookmarked that tutorial.
I’m still curious what others on this Forum have tried. -
Hey Chuck, both Vegas and Ultra Key will do what you want, but I find Ultra Key much easier for that task. It’s designed for that purpose and that purpose alone. Super easy to use and intuitive. The main reason it’s better, is you can monitor your “Live” camera input, and ensure your lighting is optimal. As you probably already know, a great key is dependent on proper lighting. With Ultra Key, you can see your subject and even put a background on him or her for testing. Adjust your lights so there are no shadows. Then when you record the actual footage, it will just be your subject and the greenscreen. Allowing you to add whatever background you want in Post Production. Whether that be a still image, video footage or a 3D software background. But like I said Vegas will do the job as well, as long as your lighting is perfect.
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