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Stroke on green screen material
Hi folks, this is my first entry, not that it matters.
I’m working in After Effects (CS4) and I have recorded good quality green screen material. With this I of course want to key light away all the green but then I also want to add a stroke (white) around the body of the actors in the film.When I tried to do this earlier I tried simply using stroke but then the stroke appeared around the whole footage area instead of just the character. I also tried dublicating the material and giving the bottom layer a white fill. It somewhat gives the effect I’m looking for but the dimensions become all wrong and so therefore it cannot be used.
Please help me. I’m new to After Effects but I really need this to work so any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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This tutorial from Aharon Rabinowitz might be what you’re looking for.
[update: Heh. It looks like Dave and I were typing and thinking the same thing. He’s just faster.]
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You can also try applying your stroke as a layer style instead of an effect.
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when you duplicated your layer and applied a white fill, did you then just scale the footage? if you use a simple choker to expand the matte before you apply your fill, then it should be what your looking for.
The stroke effect needs a path to work, check out the mentioned tutorial if you wanna go that route.
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