FCP-L: Re: [FCP-L] Best way to Matte White Screen

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Re: [FCP-L] Best way to Matte White Screen

Brett,

Kinda depends what you are trying to put the footage on top of. If
you are trying to put them back on a homogenous white background, you
may luck out. I've always treated it like a key, so Keylight or any
good keying software will help. Of course, if anyone/thing is wearing
white/grey, you'll have to cut holdback mattes. If you luck out and
nobody is wearing white, you can feather things a bit and get nice
white smiles and bright eyes... overdo it and it gets creepy.

Believe it or not, I used to shoot this way on purpose. Worked
great... within a VERY limited range. Pretty much unnecessary these
days with modern keyers.

Ahh, I remember those days... not too fondly. Good Luck!

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Bob
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Robert Griffiths
http://www.FireDancer.tv

On Oct 24, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Brett Nicoletti wrote:

> Hey folks.
>
> I'm trying to key some footage that was shot over whit (actually kind
> of gray). I feel like there's a way to do this nicely using the
> Composite Mode pull down menu, but have yet to find the successful
> combination of Composite modes for my 2 layers. Does anyone have any
> suggestions on how to do this cleanly/efficiently?
>
> Thanks,
> Brett Nicoletti
> www.smile-edit.com
>
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