FCP X Keying and no SmoothCam

[Charlie Austin]

FWIW, I’ve found the keying in X blows the doors off 7,though admittedly I don’t use it a lot. But when I’ve need to do quick little things I get really really good results. Thre’s a stabilizer effect in there somewhere which people seem to really like as well, but I haven’t messed with it so can’t say…

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Nikolas Bäurle]

The stabilizer is in the inspector. Its not a seperate effect.

“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python

[Bret Williams]

And the keyer definitely blows the doors off any built in keyer in 7. It’s even better than Keylight in certain situations. Better than any built in keyer I’ve ever used. You must be holding it wrong.

[Victor Vazquez]

[Nikolas Bäurle]“The stabilizer is in the inspector. Its not a seperate effect.”

Thanks,
Victor Vazquez

[Jeff Kirkland]

[Bret Williams] “And the keyer definitely blows the doors off any built in keyer in 7. It’s even better than Keylight in certain situations. Better than any built in keyer I’ve ever used. You must be holding it wrong.”

Got to agree with that. There’s a lot more to the FCPX keyer than meets the eye and (like most everything) you really need to read the manual, watch some tutorials and practice to make the most of it. Once you’ve mastered it, there’s very little better.

If you do need something above and beyond the built in keyer then I can highly recommend EggScreen Pro from https://www.redeggproductions.com. It has a whole learning curve all of it’s own but the results can be spectacular.

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