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  • Best Chroma Key Plugin

    Posted by Tim Maloney on November 11, 2009 at 6:27 am

    Hi All,

    I’ve got a PRORES 422 clip and JPEG background to key behind on a PRORES timeline 108050i FCP 6.0.6

    The Lighting on the B/G is good and the ratio of face to green is great.

    Use the keyer in FCP or use the worlds greatest keying plugin called ????

    Take it out to Motion ??

    Suggestions please : )

    Best

    Tim

    Tim Maloney replied 16 years, 5 months ago 6 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Barry Bishop

    November 11, 2009 at 7:23 am

    I used to swear by Keylight…but I’ve been using Motion more and more and kinda like it. I almost feel like I have more control in motion than I do in Keylight. There is also primate keyer pro which i know people have used.

    Barry
    Associate Web Producer/ Video Editor

  • Peter Wiggins

    November 11, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    This has given me the best keys in Motion

    https://www.dvgarage.com/prod/prod.php?prod=dvmatteb

    Peter

  • Arnie Schlissel

    November 11, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    Personally, I prefer Shake. But Shake is getting hard to find since it was discontinued a few weeks ago, and it’s not intuitive to a FCP/Motion user. Once you learn it, it’s very powerful and easily allows you to do things that are very difficult or nearly impossible in FCP, Motion or AE.

    Arnie
    Post production is not an afterthought!
    https://www.arniepix.com/

  • Mark Raudonis

    November 11, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    We use “Ultimatte Advantedge”.
    It’s expensive but if you do keys all day long, it’s worth it.
    Mark

  • Chris Borjis

    November 11, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    I can’t say enough great things about keylight.

    It just never fails me and staying within final cut
    without going external for some projects to another app is helpful imo.

  • Tim Maloney

    November 12, 2009 at 2:31 am

    Thanks All,

    Since its a good quality shoot outcome I’m going to hit the books and run it through the FCP keyer following their seven steps suggested in the manual.

    The plug ins seem to be offering better control and craft options but I better get basic keying right first.

    Best and Thanks

    Tim

    Tim Maloney
    Managing Director
    Axis Films Melbourne Australia
    tim@axisfilms.com.au

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