Making a green screen with Premiere

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Zumdahl
 posted 02-01-2000 08:20 PM           
Is there any way to key out a green screen efficiently by using either Premiere or Photoshop?
Thanks,
Zumdahl

Andius Rex
 posted 02-01-2000 09:15 PM           
I'm not sure how to do this in premiere, but I know you can. Here's how you do it in photoshop, though. Make the picture you want to remove the green from a layer OTHER than the background. Then select that layer, go to the 'select' menu, and hit 'color range'. This will bring up a window with a small picture in it. In this window, click anywhere that is green. Hit 'ok'. This will select everything that is that color. Then simply hit 'delete' on that plastic thing you type on, and it will clear the selected area, revealing whatever was behind the layer. hope this helps.

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Shuttereye
 posted 02-02-2000 06:41 PM           
I have heard some people here swear by oath that you can. Here are the steps to do it in Premiere:

1)Open the file that has the green screen background.

2) Place this on the overlay track (the bottom video track)

3) right click on the video and choose transparency

4) choose "Green Screen" on the drop down menu

5) play around with the settings until u r happy.

6) Press okay.

You can also try the other settings such as "Chroma Key" or "RGB Difference".

Personally I don't like the results Premiere produces. It's just unsatisfactory.

For better results you would need to get a dedicated program such as Ultimatte. Although it would cost you a bit it's worth it's weight in gold in producing believable composites.


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NJRFilms
 posted 02-02-2000 06:43 PM           
Isnt ultimatte a AE plugin? If so how does it stack up? I have been using premiere to do all my blue screening, so maybe i am missing out on somthing!

brandon8me
 posted 02-02-2000 10:18 PM           
the Ultimatte plugins are lightyears beyond the standard keying feature in premiere or AE.

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