[Graham Budd]

If you only have Vegas available and you have a spill problem, then I recommend Cinegobs (remember it is free). The media is keyed as progressive frames and the ‘spill suppressor’ works very well.
You can import AVI’s directly or other media using Avisynth (again free)eg HDV and send the keyed file back to Vegas as either an AVI (needs to be less than 2MB – use Lagarith or uncompressed) or alternately export as a PNG (no file size limit) and bring this in as an image sequence. Keep in mind that the files if uncompressed will grow up to 20x’s in size. The outcome will be superior to Vegas (in my view).

Graham

[Graham Budd]

Thanks John …. I have tried Boris FX (trial) …. their ‘light wrap’ feature does work well, however, I have problems with Boris* (apparently) not being compatible with the video card in my notebook (which I often use – immediately freezes either as a plugin or standalone).

I had the most success with (on difficult keys eg translucent hair) Cinegobs (importing with Avisynth) … & importing the keyed file back into vegas as a png image sequence. I felt I was able to get a better result than with Boris FX.

To be able to complete the process within Vegas with the equivalent of light wrap, certainly for some backgrounds would ‘sell the shot’.

* apart from an initial standard response Boris support failed to respond.

Graham