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ADVANCED CHROMA KEY

For Independent filmmakers

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If you’ve searched, you know how hard it is to find advanced-level chromakey tutorials that cover how to key or fix footage with imperfect backdrops. Hollywood VFX studios do it all the time, but what about the indie-filmmaker or freelance VFX artist who can't afford a $10,000 Nuke license? I'll show you how to pull fine hair detail off of foldy, tracker-dot lined cloth using FREE software!

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TAKE MANUAL CONTROL OVER ALPHA & CHROMA PASSES

GENERATE ALPHAS

  • Pull Detailed & Even Keys on Patchy Backdrop

  • Compensate Uneven Backdrops with Clean Plate

  • Procedurally Link Just TWO Mattes: Edge & Core

GENERATE CLEAN PLATES

  • Generate Clean Plates or Shoot Your Own

  • Keyer Compares with Original for Precise Alpha

  • Great on Trackers, Folds, & Moving Cameras

EDGE REPAIR

  • Fix Bright/Dark Edge Outline WITHOUT eroding edge

  • Procedurally Synthesize Edge Color Pixels

  • Extend Edges for Motion Blur / Hair

CUSTOM DE-SPILL

  • Customized De-Spill with Manual Controls

  • Map Green/Blue Plate Pixels to Custom Color

  • Localize Spill Maps to Specific Areas (Hair, Clothing, Skin)

COURSE OUTLINE

PART 1

  • ​1A - Minimum Camera Requirements

  • 1B - Lighting Tips

  • 1C - De-Noising / Image Sequencing Footage

PART 2

  • 2A - Resolve / Node-Based Compositing Basics

  • 2B - Basics of Chroma Key

PART 3

  • 3A - Clean Plates - Locked Tripod

  • 3B - Create Clean Plate in Photoshop

  • 3C - Intro to Clean Plate Generator

  • 3D - Masking Unwanted Holes in Clean Plate

  • 3E - Paint Node Cleanup

  • 3F - Clean Plate Final Touches / Organization

PART 4

  • 4A - Soft / Edge Matte

  • 4B - Hard / Core Matte

  • 4C - Combine & Clean Edge / Core Mattes

PART 5

  • 5A - Custom De-Spill / Hue Curves Node

  • 5B - Combining Multiple De-Spill Passes

  • 5C - Advanced De-Spill / Mask Paint Node

  • 5D - Edge Smear Technique

  • 5E - Combining Color and Alpha Channels

  • 5F - Exporting from Fusion / Resolve

BONUS

  • Compositing Tips / Tricks

Free Sample Course for After Effects

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INSTRUCTOR

LEONARD WILKES

Hi There! My name is Len, and I'm a Los Angeles-based director and VFX nerd. My approach to tutorials is practical and real-world. I come at it as a peer, looking to help other filmmakers tackle creative challenges I've come up against on my real-life projects. This tutorial is exactly that: everything I learned trying to solve these problems myself for my fully-green screen music video. Using the actual footage I shot, I've broken down the process as I would to a colleague trying to get the same results on their own project.

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As for my credentials, I have a MS in Entertainment Business, a BS in Film Production, and over 10 years of industry experience. I produce and direct shorts, commercials, and music videos in addition to freelancing with many of today’s top, award-winning Digital brands, like Microsoft, Funny or Die, SMOSH, Dount Media, Philip DeFranco and SourceFed  and have produced hundreds of shorts, sketches, game-shows, and round-tables for them.

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*Introductory pricing subject to change without warning. Timer is an illustration: may not reflect actual sale end-times.

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