Another Video Editing Question

g4dude · April 21, 2002 12:07AM

I've used blue/green screens in all of my footage. How would I put a background in where the blue/green is? In this case it's a space/stars background. Once again, I have Final Cut Pro 2, After Effects, and Premeire availavble for my use. This sounds like a dumb question, I know but I'm trying to learn a lot about video production. Thanks for any help.

ghost_user_name · April 21, 2002 2:12AM

It's called "chroma keying" and the method is slightly different in each app you listed. If you look through the menus, you should be able to find it fairly easily. Which app do you prefer? I (or someone else) will gladly give specific instructions if you tell us which app you would rather use. Personally, I don't like Premiere.

Here's a quickie example I just slapped together using FCP3. I've keyed out the color of the wall behind this girl. Of course, this is not a good example because the wall is white and other white stuff gets cut out too. I just don't have any green screen footage on hand.

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ghost_user_name · April 21, 2002 3:27AM

Oh, I found a good tutorial for FCP2 from the LAFCPUG:

<a href="http://www.lafcpug.org/chroma_key_part_1.html"; target="_blank">http://www.lafcpug.org/chroma_key_part_1.html</a>;

<a href="http://www.lafcpug.org/chroma_key_part_2.html"; target="_blank">http://www.lafcpug.org/chroma_key_part_2.html</a>;

g4dude · April 21, 2002 12:26PM

Thanks a lot man, you should get your name somewhere in the credits of my movie.

bluesigns · April 25, 2002 10:41PM

just as a general note;

evenly and abundantly lighting your backdrop will save you lots of heartache in post.

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