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    Removing white background from footage

    Posted by Dave Frith on June 21, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    Hi All,

    I have a Quicktime mov file, which is black and white.
    The people are silhouettes in black and the background is white.

    I am trying to remove the white background, so the background is transparent so I can place the people silhouettes ontop of other footage.

    I have tried using transfer/blending mode to screen / multiply but no luck.

    Any help or suggestion would be greatly welcomed.

    Thanks

    Dave

    Dave Frith replied 15 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Brian Charles

    June 21, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    If the footage is indeed only black and white you could use a linear color key to key out the white background and a matte choker to clean it up.

    If you need more control you could use Keylight to remove the background.

  • Dave Frith

    June 21, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Thanks for the replies.

    I used the keylight and it worked great.

    Thanks for the help.

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