I found that lowering the value of the Additional Edge Radius yielded better looking results on my footage. Lowering the value of the Additional Edge Radius and enabling Reduce Chatter allows for better results.ĭepending on your footage, there are two settings with Key Cleaner you may want to adjust. At this point you might not need to adjust any settings with it, if everything already looks good. It basically works in conjunction with the Keylight effect, ensuring that the edges of everything are clean. Unbeknownst to you, the Key Cleaner effect has already been working on your footage from the time you applied the preset. If there is, continue to adjust the Screen Matte settings. You can also playback your footage now to see if there’s any unwanted noise on the image.

You can now toggle the Transparency Grid to see that the background has been completely removed. This is important because if the view accidentally gets set to Final Result, artifacts will occur on your keyed footage. Now, change the View setting back to Intermediate Result. You can also adjust settings such as Screen Shrink/Grow or Screen Softness, if needed. Now, toggle open the Screen Matte settings.Īdjust the Screen Matte settings Clip Black and Clip White until the background is completely black and the subject is completely white. This shows a black, white, and grey matte view of your footage. Next, change the View setting to Screen Matte. This will give you a better color average. Pro tip: Hold CTRL while you click the green screen color to sample even more pixels. For Screen Color, select the Color Picker and click on an area of the green screen close to your subject. Let’s start with the Keylight effect, which we’ll use the select the green screen background.

Advanced Spill Suppressor: This effect removes color spill from the background that might appear on your subject.

Key Cleaner: An effect that cleans up the edges of your subject and ensures they are sharp.

Keylight: A chroma keyer that allows you to select the color of your background and make it transparent.

Drag and drop this preset onto your footage.Īs mentioned, this preset contains three separate effects that work together to get you the best possible green screen key. There, you’ll see a preset named Keylight + Key Cleaner + Advanced Spill Suppressor. Toggle open the Presets folder, and then toggle open Image – Utilities. Open the Animation Presets dropdown listed at the top. Select Keylight + Key Cleaner + Advanced Spill Suppressor to drag and drop onto your footage.

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