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Good chromakeyer?
What’s a good chromakeyer to use with Premiere? I don’t always control the footage I get and sometimes it’s not all that good and I was wondering if anyone out there has any recommendations on a good keyer investment?
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Ryan -
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Well…if you’re using CS5, you already have one built in – Ultra Key. We were big Ultra fans back when it was created by a little company known as Serious Magic, which was swallowed whole by Adobe, including their level of support.
But I digress…
I”m assuming that you have ruled out the built-in chroma key effect in Premiere – probably a good idea.
If you also have After Effects, you again have a venerable keyer already there – Keylight.
Boris FX makes their Chroma Key Unit which is a plugin for Premiere.
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions -
Premiere really isn’t designed for keying. Most keys make heavy use of masking, which really isn’t easy to achieve in Premiere either, so I would highly recommend After Effects, and with that, my personal favorite, Red Giant Primatte.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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It really depends upon which version of Premiere you have, as well as your access to After Effects. If you have AE, forget Premiere for keying.
We picked up a copy of Primatte at NAB a couple of years ago, and I really like it. Very powerful, yet really easy to use – typical of Red Giant’s stuff. Still, I learned keying with Keylight, so I seem to feel more comfortable with it.
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions -
Thanks guys,
I’ll take a look at these. I was hoping to keep it right on the timeline for the amount of work but it’s not the end of the world if I have to take it out to another app
Ryan
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