Green screen hair keying problem

[Vasik Greif]

Thanks for reply Dave.

I don’t seem to be able getting good hair even when I focus on the hair only. Is there any trick to make that better? And, as we are supposed to do more of this kind of “hairy” stuff, are there some reccomendations for lighting etc. to make it easier next time?

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[Jon Doughtie]

This technique has often helped me pull better keys. . .

https://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-cow-after-effects-tutorials/super-tight-junk-mattes/

[Vasik Greif]

Thanks for replies. I posted the clip in my question, here it is again for download:

https://ge.tt/7eS4yDp1/v/0

It was shot on DSLR and than exported to h264, so don’t take the quality that much into account – I’m more concerned of some generic guidelines how to make the job easier next time – obviously, shooting on Blackmagic 4k Cinema Camera we own instead of using DSLR should help…

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[Vasik Greif]

Thanks, I love this technique!

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[Vasik Greif]

Thanks for help.

Probably my last question would be, how to split the image to be able to key head+hair only and the rest of the body. I tried to just duplicate the footage with keylight applied and applying a mask to each of the layers, which ended with a small gap between the masks, even when the two masks overlapped. Do I need to precompose the layers somehow or?

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