Mask doesn’t work

[Todd Kopriva]

You’re using Key Correct (Denoiser, Deartifactor), I see. Does your mask work when you turn off or remove these effects? I don’t have Key Correct, so I can’t try this myself, but it may be that one of these effects is interfering with your mask working as you intend.

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[Adam Sabourin]

Thanks, when i turn off Denoiser the mask works. I’m still having problems though, it seems no matter what I do the video comes out pixely around my body. Anyone have any ideas?

[Michael Szalapski]

Is this DV or HDV footage?

Here’s a post on using Keylight to get a better key that may, or may not, help.
This tutorial (also using keylight) explains how to get a better key, and explains (a tiny bit) why DV is terrible for keying.
Here’s something that explains it all in a bit more depth (har!).

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[Adam Sabourin]

This is DV footage. Thanks for the tutorials, I didn’t know about Keylight, I’ll try it and post what happens.

[Bill Kelly]

If you still want to use the denoiser, turn it back on, then precompose your green screen layer. Now draw your mask on the precomposed layer and it should work.