Good Chroma Key Possible Without Extra Plugins ?

[Howard Ferguson]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for posting all this helpful instruction !

Howard

[Walter Biscardi]

[Howard Ferguson] “Hi Dave,

Thanks for posting all this helpful instruction ! “

As he noted, this is all right out of the manual which is easily accessible in the Help menu of Final Cut Pro. This is one reason why so many of us encourage people to use the Help / Manual of FCP before posting. All you have to do is Search “Chroma Key” in the Manual and you would find everything that Dave posted in about 5 seconds. That is far quicker than any of us can suggest solutions to problems in Final Cut Pro. We’re happy to help, but if you want quick answers, always start with the FCP Manual.

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[Howard Ferguson]

Hi Walter,

The manual is very helpful, but the guidance I’ve received from the experienced folks here in my specific situation is invaluable. I can’t thank you enough for your help.

And I’m not quite there yet.
In addition to the overall color tint situation, the mysterious loss of total Opacity is still a mystery- for which the solution remains illusive.

For instance-
There are traces of the underlying images dancing around on the subject’s shirt, though it’s Opacity is set to 100%.

This is not the case with the Chroma Key filter turned OFF.
In fact, turning off the Chroma Keyer or it’s Enable function is the only way to stop it from happening (of the simple ON or OFF functions in the filters window).

Thanks again to all !

Howard Ferguson

[Tom Brooks]

It sounds like your key is partially wiping out your subject, meaning the color of the subject is too close to the colors in the green screen. So the keyer is eliminating that part of the image to a degree. If you look at just the matte created by the keyer, you might be able to see that the white part is not completely white. I’m at a loss for the moment. I’d take it to Keylight at this point–in After Effects. Anybody?

[Howard Ferguson]

Hi Tom,

Thanks again for your response.

That did the trick !
Narrowing the color range in the Chroma Keyer eliminated this problem of loss of Opacity.
Without creating further problems.

Forgive me, but I don’t understand what you mean when you say:
“you might be able to see that the white part is not completely white”

Is there a simple way to change the unnatural green tints to a natural image color tone,
without damaging the other color aspects of the image ?

Thanks very much for your help !
There are so many possibilities, it is incredibly helpful to get instruction as to where to begin fixing a particular problem.

(I’m maintaining a thorough record of all of this information for my future reference !)

Howard Ferguson