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KeylightThe Foundry
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Introduction
Tutorial
Introduction
We have included four tutorials with examples images that you can use to
practice Keylight.
• Tutorial 1: Simple Key
• Tutorial 2: Fine Tuning a Key
• Tutorial 3: Extreme Blue Spill
• Tutorial 4: A Red Green Screen
• Tutorial 5: Inside Mattes
•Tutorial 6: Garbage Masks
Example Images
The tutorial images referred to in this chapter can be downloaded from our
web site www.thefoundry.co.uk
From the home page click on the Downloads link then Avid DS and scroll
down for the tutorial images.
Tutorial 1: Simple
Key
Using the blue screen clip from The Saint, you will composite the actor over
the background. You will learn how to:
• Apply Keylight to a layer.
• Pick the Screen Colour.
•View the Final Result.
The clips you will need for this task are called SaintFG.tif and SaintBG.tif,
pictures courtesy of CFC and Paramount British Pictures Ltd for the film The
Saint. You should import them into Avid DS and drag them into the timeline
so that the blue screen of Elizabeth Shue is layered over the road.
Figure 60. Blue Screen - SaintFG.tif
Figure 60 is the blue screen foreground that should be composited over the