Episode #110: Create Top Notch Keys in Avid Media Composer
By Kevin P. McAuliffe
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Comments (8)

amro 08/08/2011
nice :) thank you
Samuel Terrero 08/09/2011
Show me some sampler with Final Cut pro and Media 100
Paul Bellinger 08/10/2011
Very clear and understandable . Do you have a place to go to see all your other tutorials. P
Dieter 08/10/2011
Would like to see FCP 7 sample, Please.
Dieter 08/10/2011
Would like to see FCP 7 sample, Please.
soumah 08/16/2011
C4EST TRES BIEN
Stacy 08/22/2011
Had NO idea after all of the years how to use multiple effects in chroma key. If only there were a class to show us all of this !!!!! thanks for the tips.
Editor 11/02/2011
Lots of info, sure.
As a tutorial, it's rather poor.

1) have never seen the key from close
2) he's using a very busy background, can't see any details of the foreground image. Namely the hair
3) he is using a dark foreground - black T shirt - and a very dark background. Can't see the key quality.
4) whatever was visible of the key around the hair, details are badly lost.
5) i believe this video was set up to trick the uninitiated.

Having said that, BorisFX is not bad just not that good. To get a decent key one still needs the 220 Mb/s datarate. Or better. 4:4:4. Don't fall for this video. You can't replace chroma resolution.
Use the techniques presented but don't believe Boris can do a good key on HD 25Mb. Recognise, that in this video the problems don't show up due to the busy background.

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