chromakeying?

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:27 pm

Hello gentlemen,
Just a quick one... I'd like to know if it's possible to chromakey a greenscreen video in AS.
Absolutely LOVE the program by the way... cuts my work time in half!

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:35 pm

You would need to do that in another application and create an alpha channel for the movie. There is no way to create a mask from the color of an image or movie layer in AS. AS only recognizes alpha channels.

-vern

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:59 pm

hey vern,
thank you! i'll get right on it!

cosmo · Post by **cosmo** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:50 pm

it worked vern! you genius you!
procedure: open video in editing software (final cut, vegas etc.) apply chromakey effect.
Render video as .mov in options: video format- animation
color depth- 32bpp render and import and VOILA...

wena · Post by **wena** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:13 pm

hI cosmo

I use kromakeying in my vedio editing, it must be posibl to do prepar your work (animation wise) in AS as long as your background is transparant. Not that I have had a need to do so. I am planing on overlaing a pease of animation over an ordenary move (avi) film using one of my Studio 11.5, from Pinnical. It has two screens. and I can put my animation over the film the animation transperancy will allaw my work (animation) be visable.

As long as you have two screens I think it's posible.

If there is any argument against it from the forum experts!!! I will experimant and let you know.

Wena

The Modax Jago · Post by **The Modax Jago** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:59 pm

To many programs that already do this,... well. Leave color keying for compositors.

HOWEVER.............

Mattes! Being able to use smart alpha tracking mattes in AS should simply roxxor. I'd drop $ for this feature alone.

it worked vern! you genius you!
procedure: open video in editing software (final cut, vegas etc.) apply chromakey effect.
Render video as .mov in options: video format- animation
color depth- 32bpp render and import and VOILA...

VERY pleasant surprise when I found this out,.... you'd think this outrageously awesome feature would be more predominatly, I dont know, documented?

To be fruther able to use the same alpha from the movie file to then mask out other layers.....priceless.

J. Baker · Post by **J. Baker** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:11 pm

If you don't want to pay big bucks for a video editor that has decent chroma keying and you use windows, check out CineGobs Keyer!