Green screen workflow in After Effects CS5?

[lapinkarhu]

It's easy to find basic Keylight tutorials on the internet, but where I could find some really advanced greenscreen tutorials that show you how to combine many different effects, use masks, etc? I mean some of the really complex stuff that the pros do to get best possible results from sometimes not-so-perfect footage.

Also are there other plug-ins I should get besides Keylight? I've heard some pro's say that they use a combination of Keylight and Primatte in their keying?

 

[mmka1985]

There is Primatte Keyer 5 from Red Giant, Ultra Key in Premiere Pro, or zMatte from Digital Film Tools. As far as advanced stuff, you can try video2brain, fxphd.com or purchase training from toolfarm. There is also a book called the Greenscreen Handbook which shows you how to deal with many greenscreen scenarios

 

[lapinkarhu]

Thank you, I will check out those!

 

[Todd_Kopriva]

By far, the best resource that I've seen for Keylight is Mark Christiansen's _After Effects CS5 Visual Effects and Compositing Studio Techniques_.
http://www.peachpit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=032171962X

 

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