[Chris Ruckert]

keylight pulls very good keys on chroma (color, green or blue) but us useless on pulling keys on white.
It is not you, it is keylight. Procedural keying is the only way to go, albeit more complicated.

[Chris Ruckert]

this might work:

https://www.bebosoft.com/products/qipo/index.php

[Chris Ruckert]

to add to Kevin’s reply, frischluft Lens Care does exactly what you are looking for, and very well I might add.

https://www.frischluft.com/

[Chris Ruckert]

ok, I am comping dozens of shots with even more layers. And handing off to other artists. I want to minimize clutter.

I *could* dupe the RGB matte, pull a color key, put it above the layer, and set the layer below as a track matte, yes. But do this 100’s of times and ya get a lot of clutter.

I just think a SIMPLE filter that selects a color to set a matte to based on ONE layer in a comp, rather than a drop down of a few options, would be nice.

I love AE, but it lacks what shake, nuke, flame can do for 3D comping.
I am hoping there is something I am not aware of in/for AE that can help with this.

I was really asking for something specific and was clear I know the workaround. Whether something like this necessary or not is subjective.

If anyone else has a solution, I am all ears.

[Chris Ruckert]

nope, I am working with CG renders and RGB mattes. Not footage. To better separate elements CG uses Red, Green, Yellow, Cyan etc. matte passes. I’d love to be able to set matte based on a SELECTED color.

Shake, Flame can do this, wondering if there is a 3rd party filter to do this since it is a very common CG compositing task.

[Chris Ruckert]

answered my own question..should anyone have the same question, here is a great tutorial from Imagineer:

https://www.imagineersystems.com/products/mocha-AE/Mocha_image_stabilization.mp4

[Chris Ruckert]

sweet!
Much needed.

[Chris Ruckert]

than you kindly.

one more question…

If I want the expression to read whatever the current value is for the y parameter (rather than 100) how would I modify that expression?

thanks!

[Chris Ruckert]

I am unaware of this feature, but it would REALLY be nice.
I guess it depends if meta data is transfered with the files for AE to read…doubtful

[Chris Ruckert]

That BVM monitor is certainly compatible with AE and FCP.
I have the same one, working with AE ad FCP.
The issue is the connection from your Mac to the monitor via your video card.
Now I am not familiar with your card, but that is where your problem may be.

Just to save yourself some time, you might want to check/do a few things:

– make sure the monitor is indeed powered ON
– make sure your video source (front button A, B, C) on the unit is properly selected for your video input to the PVM.
– try connecting another source (VCR, cable box) to the composite or S-Video input and see if it works. If it does not, then the problem is your monitor.

hope this helps.