#KEYLIGHT 1.2 REMOVE BLACK SOFTWARE#

I had an idea and was excited! I told John, my wife and anybody who got within earshot. My first guess was that we could do something that involved maybe masking off a dummy head, then figuring out a way to superimpose the вЂњliveвЂќ head. These days movies make extensive use of this technology in order to provide the dazzling special effects their jaded audiences (myself included) demand.

#KEYLIGHT 1.2 REMOVE BLACK SOFTWARE#

I knew it was possible to do something called chromakey, where you used software to key a specific color out of a scene and then replaced it with something else. Little did I know that it would involve a green screen and a make-shift studio. And not just one that floated around, but one that talked and said silly things. After Effects Chromakey filming on a budget forzombies green screen howto instructions PowerDirector screenshots Smart Sound video editing zombiesДЄfter finishing вЂњ First Aid for ZombiesвЂќ I began to have visions that involved a disembodied head. In the image above, there are some artifacts just behind the zombie on the right that still need to be cleaned up. We found that the green screen we were using was adequate for our Dear Zombies responses and to capture a single, standing person, but once you have two people moving around there are issues.

Select Final Result and youвЂ™re ready to proceed with inserting a new background.

Adjust these settings until you have a solid black background and a solid white foreground.

To eliminated that, expand the Screen Matt option and adjust the Clip Black and Clip White options.

This will muddy the background you add later. ThereвЂ™s some haze in the dark areas and some black shadows in the white.To view the artifacts, change the selection in the View drop down from Final Result to Combined Matt.This will eliminate most of the background, but some artifacts may remain.

Click the eyedropper and select the most prevalent shade of green.

Select Effects -> Keying -> Keylight 1.2.

It already has a mask applied which is a subjection of another discussion. For reference, hereвЂ™s a sample clip IвЂ™m currently editing.

Create a new composition and add the clip you just imported to the composition.

Add a video youвЂ™ve previously recorded using a green screen to a blank project. The following steps take you through the same approach we followed and assume some familiarity with After Effects. With a little tweaking, the results are even better. The Keylight 1.2 effect from The Foundry, available in After Effects, did a respectable job with default settings. We used it extensively in our Dear Zombies series, especially in Episode Two where we replaced the background of each clip with a photo. ThereвЂ™s a Keylight 1.2 effect that does a fantastic job of removing the background.

It does a much better job at removing the green screen halo and background digital fog. PowerDirector may be fine for trimming and editing home movies, but it was clearly inadequate for what we were trying to accomplish.ДЄfter some research, we arrived at Adobe After Effects CS 5.5. Prism Backdrops 10X20вЂІ Chromakey Green Muslin Photo Video Backdrop BackgroundДespite the effort, PowerDirector still left us in a green halo. SP2000 Backdrop Background Support Stand For Muslins, Scenic Backdrops and Chromakey Greenscreens or Bluescreens HereвЂ™s the list of goods used in our makeshift basement studio: Cowboystudio 4 Piece Continuous Photography /Video Studio Digital Lighting Kit with Umbrellas and Background Lights Blue, black and white are commonly available. If you need to shoot something green use another background color. SanjвЂ™s beanie has blue plastic propellers, the underside of which tends to pick up and reflect green light. A white shirt is more likely to reflect a green light.

Again, this sounds simple and it is when youвЂ™re sitting down, but itвЂ™s more difficult to manage when youвЂ™re swinging toy light sabers around. вЂ“ Only move where the camera sees you in front of the green screen. Sounds simple enough, but we had some greenish zombie makeup in one of the clips which was enough to make a cheek transparent. Editing software will have an easier time keying out the green screen. вЂ“ Stand a couple feet forward of the green screen. We followed these tips for using the green screen and reshot: PowerDirector was unable to fully remove artifacts from our green screen clips. You can read more about that in Part I of this series. While we were able to remove the overall green screen background in PowerDirector 9, we were left with a green halo around the actor and a hazy mostly-transparent background. Our early green screen efforts were less than desired and never made it into our finalized productions.

Keylight 1.2 remove black