Return-Path: Received: from mail-ie0-f173.google.com ([209.85.223.173] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5306417 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:41:28 +0100 Received: by mail-ie0-f173.google.com with SMTP id to1so25180365ieb.18 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:43:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=jTX9J96Bu/eDymSqtW0G786+nEN0PZpJttjBoBq20FI=; b=Z8KUdHZHMfeRjMCHWN8rt2+dPp0C6NTmp5yQFOFJDWwk9c8GlAeYBHHypvI5YBz1J2 swKzjlIflx1/IVRcURQWF0jRhYNPTIgV5I0NNZ4NfWgbIk4f5yx3FMzjio3jRAv+Ghvt OC/9cKlW2Li2dIqGse69GBkMFHu5SxJLUHM/b2X165mh+juJEhvbopkKfXExSEy/zDg4 jlIccQgaThGb2im3Zql+eMOJF5/a/BLs4TOyMYMnUR8qCrUjnHPHBtiZaQIJLLTF/TRE mI2mR76gm0Tf6/Q/ipQQZxjDkJWaoeAYRnNALON8I5vScZJwPzIEfvB5hdNBFfoHKeWo MuWQ== X-Received: by 10.50.73.130 with SMTP id l2mr5461662igv.2.1386117834646; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:43:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.178.35 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Dec 2013 16:43:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: "Mr. Eric D. Kirk" Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 19:43:34 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Green screen challenge question To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e01160edc26ae0504ecaab500 --089e01160edc26ae0504ecaab500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I recently invested in the entire keying suite from Red Giant and Primatte keyer is one hell of a tool. But the Composite Wizard has this plugin called "Miracle Alpha Cleaner" which I just used for the first time a couple days ago and it was absolutely a miracle! It took all the remaining haze completely out, leaving me a beautiful key. Teddy's comments are about the best you can do with Keylight. The contrast is about the best part of the trick. Eric On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Teddy Gage wrote: > keylight is really magic but it's not very intuitive. The default values > are horrible. There are a few tricks. always add a high contrast levels / > curves in the effects stack first. Then add keylight effect and grab your > matte color. Go and view Screen Matte only in the drop down. Now go to > Screen Matte settings: use ctrl+click+drag to fine tune clip black and then > clip white to get a sharp matte. Soften it a bit and then play with shrink > / grow and roll back. > > Keeping the view in screen matte, duplicate your layer and remove all > effects. Then use the Keylight layer as a Luma Matte above it- this takes > care of spotting > > For really bad motion blur, especially if it's a quick shot, I suggest you > switch to roto brush and refine edge / refine matte and clean it up by hand > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:26 PM, James Culbertson wrote: > >> I've been given some green screen shot with a 5DmkIII. Hand reaching >> across to the back of a TV with prominent shadow: 20 ire to about 15 ire >> where the shadows are. Seems like it was shot with higher motion blur than >> I am used to like they used 1/30th instead of 1/60th for a 30fps setting. >> Of course, lots of noise because it is so dark (don't know what ISO it was >> shot with). >> >> Anyone ever gotten a good key with these light levels using this sort of >> camera? I'm having a horrible time and just want to jettison the whole >> thing. >> >> Thanks, James >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > > > > -- > VFX & Motion Graphic artist > NEW - teddygage.com > > -- *Eric D. Kirk | **Kirk Productions* *The Night Visitor | VFX* *443.206.1347www.kirkproductions.com kirkproductions@gmail.com * *IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3351363/ * --089e01160edc26ae0504ecaab500 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I recently invested in the entire keying suite from Red Gi= ant and Primatte keyer is one hell of a tool.

But the Co= mposite Wizard has this plugin called "Miracle Alpha Cleaner" whi= ch I just used for the first time a couple days ago and it was absolutely a= miracle! =A0It took all the remaining haze completely out, leaving me a be= autiful key.

Teddy's comments are about the best you can do with= Keylight. =A0The contrast is about the best part of the trick.
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Eric


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com><= /span> wrote:
keylight is really magic but it's not very intuitive. = The default values are horrible. There are a few tricks. always add a high = contrast levels / curves in the effects stack first. Then add keylight effe= ct and grab your matte color. Go and view Screen Matte only in the drop dow= n. Now go to Screen Matte settings: use ctrl+click+drag to fine tune clip b= lack and then clip white to get a sharp matte. Soften it a bit and then pla= y with shrink / grow and roll back.

Keeping the view in screen matte, duplicate your layer and r= emove all effects. Then use the Keylight layer as a Luma Matte above it- th= is takes care of spotting

For really bad motion bl= ur, especially if it's a quick shot, I suggest you switch to roto brush= and refine edge / refine matte and clean it up by hand


On Tue,= Dec 3, 2013 at 7:26 PM, James Culbertson <albion@speakeasy.net>= wrote:
I've been given some green screen shot w= ith a 5DmkIII. Hand reaching across to the back of a TV with prominent shad= ow: 20 ire to about 15 ire where the shadows are. Seems like it was shot wi= th higher motion blur than I am used to like they used 1/30th instead of 1/= 60th for a 30fps setting. Of course, lots of noise because it is so dark (d= on't know what ISO it was shot with).

Anyone ever gotten a good key with these light levels using this sort of ca= mera? I'm having a horrible time and just want to jettison the whole th= ing.

Thanks, James


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