Can we bring OBS Chroma Key effect over to Vegas12??

[Steve Rhoden]

Third Party Chroma Key plugin is the best option presently, Vegas built in keyer is no longer up to the task
for any serious keying work.
Hitfilm Ignite Chroma key filter is presently the best in the business for serious keying tasks in Vegas.

Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
Film Maker & VFX Artist.
Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
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[Aaron Star]

You would be best off doing the composite in OBS, recording that footage, and then bringing that into Vegas. Recording the green screen output from OBS will create a lot of artifacting along the composite edge. Working in OBS, allows OBS to work with uncompressed information before encoding it to file / adding artifacts to the image.

[James Ollick]

Have you looked at Boris FX BCC Chroma Key Studio? https://web.borisfx.com/helpdocs/?page_id=5282

Or, Boris FX BCC Chroma Key https://web.borisfx.com/helpdocs/?page_id=369

They are part of BCC Continuum Units – Key and Blend

James Ollick

[Dan Magoo]

I’m all for having more options but I have to say, I love the Chroma Key in Vegas (Pro 14, but I’ve also used it in Movie Studio). In fact that’s the main reason I chose the product, over others I’ve tried. But the reason it works so well for me is that I first use the free AAV Color Lab plugin to crank up the Green to maximum Saturation and Lightness. Surprisingly this doesn’t affect skin tones or anything else in the image, (provided I leave Hue at 0), but it turns the green screen a glowing, uniform neon green, eliminating shadows and imperfections so it’s really ready for a great Chroma Key. It’s my “secret weapon” for green screening when you don’t have really great lighting.

[Ryan O’connor]

Hey, thanks for everyone’s input on this. That AAV Color Lab plugin suggestion is really good. Thanks Dan! I’ll have to see how it does with my VR gameplay, but it definitely helps in the normal, closer sitdown gaming.

Thanks everyone!

[Dan Magoo]

I’m glad if it helps, Ryan. I found that workflow while working on a clip where a kid in front of the green screen had curly, Harpo-style hair, with the green screen just peeking out from behind, in the hundreds of tiny spaces between hairs. I downloaded trials of the other and more expensive products but, really, this was the way that worked the best, and I thought it was a pretty good challenge. The others either left a green halo inside the hair, or created a fake-looking hard border for the hair, like a helmet. The AAV + Vegas Chroma Key allowed me just the right subtlety, and I was impressed.