Introduction
Welcome
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Using the exercise files
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Overview: What is color keying?
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1. Work with Keylight
Working with Keylight: Introduction
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Key a green screen simply with Keylight
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Begin a color key with a g-matte
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Quickly and carefully sample for screen color in Keylight
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Precisely adjust Clip Black and Clip White in Keylight
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Fine-tune Keylight adjustments with Screen controls
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Use only these two views in Keylight
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Know which Keylight controls to ignore
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2. Manage Edges and Spill
Managing edges and spill: Introduction
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Choose a keying background for contrast
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Eliminate spill automatically with Advanced Spill Suppressor
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Refine Advanced Spill Suppressor settings
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Use the Adobe workflow: Keylight, Key Cleaner, and Advanced Spill Suppressor
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Evaluate and adjust Key Cleaner results
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3. Divide a Matte for Best Results When Keying
Dividing the matte: Introduction
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Recognize when and how to divide a matte for keying
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Start with an animated and articulated g-matte
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Add a holdout matte
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Solve overlapping mattes with Alpha Add
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Track a c-matte to fill holes
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4. Solve Problematic Edges
Solving problematic edges: Introduction
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Create an animated g-matte selection without roto or keyframes
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Complete a three-pass key with core and edge mattes
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Solve matte lines with Refine Hard Matte
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5. Complex Color Keys and Primatte
Advanced keying and Primatte: Introduction
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Break down a complex color key
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Think beyond keying: Solve a shot with keying and roto
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Get started with Primatte Keyer
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Understand Primatte as a Keylight alternative
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6. High-Contrast Mattes (When There Is No Green Screen)
High-contrast mattes: Introduction
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Create a luma key with Extract
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Set up a simple sky replacement in 32 bits per channel
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Improve detailed edges with Refine Soft Matte
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Feather edges with Channel Blur
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Conceal matte lines with an edge matte
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Expand and contract a luma matte with Minimax
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7. Prep for Success When Color Keying
Prep for keying success: Introduction
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Know reasons green screen is not always the answer
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Avoid compression: The enemy of mattes
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Prep a shot for keying
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Ex_Files_Ae_ColorKey.zip
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