Help!! Vector Paint on alpha with green screen

[Todd Kopriva]

You probably don’t want to use the Vector Paint effect. That’s a somewhat old effect that’s mostly useful for making certain kinds of motion graphics. For utility painting, you want to paint with the paint tools.

But, really, what you desribe sounds more like a job for a hold-out matte (if I’m understanding what you’re describing).

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[Matt Stoltz]

Hey Todd

I actually thought about it after I sent the message and a hold out matte is what I used on the shelf.
Thanks for the tips

But now what do you use or do when that keyed out hole you have is in motion, how do you fix the hole then.

Thanks

Matt

[Todd Kopriva]

> But now what do you use or do when that keyed out hole you have is in motion, how do you fix the hole then.

Now you’re moving toward rotoscoping on at least part of your shot. Most keying shots involve some rotoscoping work for cleanup, so don’t feel too bad.

Rotoscoping can be easier if you track the motion of the moving part and apply the motion tracking data to a matte.

Or just reshoot. And fire the person who had green foreground objects in a greenscreen shot.

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[Matt Stoltz]

HA HA Todd I like your thoughts about firing the guy –

Well when you get hired to do the keying and you had idots that dont know how to shoot on green screen -it does test your skills as a After Effects Genius Wizard ha ha

I literally had a green screen that the lighting was a gradient green at the top to a dark green at the bottom of the screen and the subjects were probably only 3 feet away from the screen

NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!!!

thanks for your help

Matt

PS any secrets to shooting a good green screen shot to sharpin my skills -i normally have about a 2 stop difference between the foreground and background and usually at least 6 to 7 feet away from the green screen

[Todd Kopriva]

> any secrets to shooting a good green screen shot to sharpin my skills

I’ve collected some tips and links here:
“Keying introduction and resources”

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