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Keying red screen
Hey everybody,
So I’ve got some footage that I need to key. The actor was wearing a green jumpsuit so it was shot with a red screen instead of the usual green or blue. What would be the best way to key this?
Thanks,
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3 Replies
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Just like any other key.
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[Michael Szalapski] “Just like any other key.”
Michael, as usual, is right on.
I’d add the caveat that keying red may be just a little more work than green. Video cameras are more sensitive to green than they are to red, so your red background may be a bit noisier than you might otherwise expect — but all the same techniques will apply.
Check out Adobe’s Keying introduction and resources [link] for some great information, and some good links about Keylight.
Walter Soyka
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It’s possible you could key the green suit and get a reverse key too. 🙂
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(The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)No trees were harmed in the creation of this message, but several thousand electrons were mildly inconvenienced.
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