Problem keying a puppet’s hair

[Bruce Michaels]

The problem gets worst when there is movement

[Walter Soyka]

What have you tried already?

You should be using a garbage mask so you don’t need to over-tweak the keyer to remove outside greens (which can reduce the finesse you can apply within the real keying area), and you may need to combine multiple layers to get a raelly good key.

Andrew Devis has a nice series here at the COW:

https://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/Multi-Layer-Editing-1/1
https://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/Multi-Layer-Editing-2/1
https://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/Multi-Layer-Editing-3/1
https://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/Multi-Layer-Editing-4/1

Walter Soyka
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[Steve Brame]

For easily creating a garbage or ‘junk’ matte for a moving subject, this tutorial is wonderful.

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/junk_mattes/video-tutorial

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[Steve Brame]

Also, have you tried to key with Ultra Key in Premiere?

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[Walter Soyka]

[Steve Brame] “Also, have you tried to key with Ultra Key in Premiere?”

Good advice. I really like Ultra Key. It’s a good keyer, and it’s FAST.

This is heresy in some corners, but I don’t really like to use Keylight unless I have to. I’m partial to Primatte [link] in Ae.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Bruce Michaels]

Thank you guys, really. I’m gonna try all of that and I’ll get back to you with how it went

[Michael Szalapski]

What version of AE do you have? If you’ve got CC 2014 (version 13 of AE), you have access to the new Key Cleaner and Advanced Spill Suppressor that might be useful. It’s mentioned on this page [link] which also includes a link to a tutorial or two.

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