AE 6 vs AE 5.5 Chroma and Render

[Jeff White]

hey Dave, nice to meet you. Is there any other way to text you other than creative cow? it’s kinda annoying what i need to go thru just to send you a message. if not, its ok. But i need you help and guidance, sir 🙂
i have a specific problem in adobe after effects. i use Keylight 1.2 to do simple keying stuff with my stop motion animation. the issue im having is that some of my subject gets cut out with the green screen and i dont know how to subtract those areas of the shot from the keying effect. masks dont seem to work bcoz my animation is in motion and the mask stays where it is, but i dont know how to use inside masks anyways (if thats what i need to do)…could you lend me some advice please? thanks! ^_^

[Todd Perchert]

Does the subject you are trying to key have green as well? Try posting a frame of your original image to a message so we can see and give better advice.
TC

[Jeff White]

See the tip of his sword? i already did a keylight change to take out the greenscreen but how do i correct stuff like this?

Jeff White

[Todd Perchert]

I was hoping for original image. I’m guessing you have some green reflecting off of the sword… How much tweeking have you done in Keylight? I had a greenscreen the other day where someone had green spots in a hat that were very close in green to the wall. I was able to get a key, although some colors in the hat shifted so there was no green – which was fine. But adjust your Screen Gain and Balance to get a good balance, then adjust the Clip Black and Clip White. When done you may need to soften a little and shrink the Screen. All those adjustments are in Screen Matte in Keylight.
TC

[Jeff White]

Hey thanks, in this case it’s definitely worth the time to make it right so thanks for the help!

Jeff White

[Jeff White]

Oh! sorry! :p Im still learning about Keylight in after effects and im already in love with the feature! 😀

Ohhhhhh, i see what you mean now that you brought it to my attention. 🙂 Dave gave me some advice also but im still not quite sure what to do. He said to copy the layer and make the reflected green a grey, but if i can just mimic the chrome-like effect to match the actual plastic, that would be great. im lost 🙁 HELP! :p

also, before i go… i opened up my adobe PS and got this message (below). what should i do???

thanks again for all your advice and expertise. much appreciation for you and Dave <3

Jeff White

[Jeff White]

Dave, there must be an easier way to send u a message. but i cant find it on this website. anywho, please visit my blog when u have time 🙂 i have questions for u there.

Jeff White

[Todd Perchert]

The green reflects so much into the sword, the best thing will be to duplicate the layer like Dave said, and change the color. Then you’ll need to mask it or create a matte layer. You will need to move it for every frame – since it’s stop motion, it shouldn’t be too bad, just time consuming. Or you can always re-shoot and avoid reflections. No easy fix on that one that I can tell.
Good Luck!
TC