[Chris Buttacoli]

BTW, don’t try to “key out” the markers. Prior to keying, you should make a garbage matte around your subject, as tight as possible, which will eliminate the markers and allow Keylight to work faster.

[Chris Buttacoli]

And by the way, both Grid and Radial Shadow are effects already in Premiere. I use grid only because it keeps my layer dimensions the same. Radial shadow places the stroke on the outside of the layer.

[Chris Buttacoli]

If the grid effect isn’t your cup of tea, how about using the radial shadow effect? Tick the resize layer box, turn the opacity to 100%, and place the light source in the center of your layer. Then adjust the projection distance for thickness. Simple – no need for plug-ins.

[Chris Buttacoli]

I would tend to think these audio fx are achieved using Audition or Soundforge, not Premiere. But I’m sure it can be done.

Now, let’s staRT RUNNING! 🙂

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[Chris Buttacoli]

You know what works great!? Post-Its! AE tracks squares nicely, and there’s no mess left on the expensive greenscreen. I typically use five around the actor. Any time the actor moves in front of a marker you will need to clean up in AE, but fairly simple roto work is worth the nice track. The only advice I can stress to you is to make sure you can ALWAYS see at least two markers at all times. This will ensure proper scale and rotation when tracking.

[Chris Buttacoli]

I use the grid effect in CS3, with good results.

Example: on 720×480 footage

Anchor: 716,480
Size from: Width & Height
Width: 640
Height: 479
Border: 20
Blending mode: Normal

Adjust the parameters to taste.

[Chris Buttacoli]

Hmmm…

Are you talking about the reverb? Or do you like the split edit?

[Chris Buttacoli]

What does it look like if you apply the lens blur to a precomp of the foreground and background combined?

[Chris Buttacoli]

Just a thought…

What if you disable the alpha channel and use the depth pass as a luminance matte?

[Chris Buttacoli]

Provide a link to something with the “cool audio fade” in it, so we can try to help you out. Or else be a great deal more specific in your description. The vagueness of your post is kind of amusing.