User guide

KeylightThe Foundry
BASIC KEYING
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Status
Figure 9. Render menu.
The options you’ll use the most are:
• Screen Matte - this renders the matte created by picking the screen
colour.
• Status - this renders an exaggerated view of the mattes so that minor
problems are shown clearly.
• Result - this renders the foreground composited over the background
using all mattes, spill and colour corrections.
Status
The Status is one of the options in the Render menu and shows an
exaggerated view of the key so that you can make a more informed decision
when refining the composite.
Figure 11 shows the Status display after the
screen colour has been picked from the image shown in Figure 10.
Three colours are displayed. Black pixels show areas that will be pure
Figure 10. Green Screen. Figure 11. Status.