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  • Keying Problem on intersecting edges

    Posted by Tyler Mcneill on September 2, 2019 at 3:51 pm

    Hey there,

    I have encoutered this problem dozends of times but I don’t really know if there is a name for this. The key itself looks ok, but where 2 people are intersecting you get this bright edge that travels along the intersections. (see image)

    13674_edgesschlrp.gif.zip

    Is there a clever way to get rid of this? The chokers just take away the edge even where it has to stay and if I start masking the effect it is veeery timeconsuming.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks very much in advance!

    Tyler Mcneill replied 6 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Rich Rubasch

    September 2, 2019 at 3:57 pm

    Not sure which keyer you are using but sometimes Edge Color Correction can help here.

    Also I sometimes pre process my green footage in a sub comp. I use Hue Saturation to boost only the green channel saturation and also sometimes add a denoiser. Then in the main comp I pick that now much more saturated green….this helps define the edges better.

    I almost always use Edge Color Correction in Keylight and I can make any slightly green or brighter edge areas match the shirt they are wearing or a background color etc to make a more convincing composite.

    Rich Rubasch
    Tilt Media Inc.
    Video Production, Post, Studio Sound Stage
    Founder/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
    https://www.tiltmedia.com

  • Tyler Mcneill

    September 25, 2019 at 10:01 am

    Hello Rich,

    sorry, but I totally forgot to thank you for your reply. I ended up using a mixture of your method and a bunch of edge correction tools and it worked way better than before.

    Thank you very much!

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