User guide

KeylightThe Foundry

APPENDIX A

Release Notes

Requirements

1. Avid DS v8.0

2. Foundry FLEXlm Tools (FFT) (4.0v1 or later) for floating license support.

New Features

There are no new features.

Improvements

1. Support for 64 bit machines running Avid DS v8.0.

2. Support for keying 32 bit images.

3. FLEXlm licensing.

Fixed Bugs

There are no fixed bugs.

Known Bugs & Workarounds

The ability to undo parameter changes will occasionally fail. There is no

workaround.

Keylight 2.0v1 This is a major new release with many new features and improvements.

Note

Keylight 2.0v1 for Avid|DS 7 supports 8bit colour space only.

Release Date

November 2003 - Keylight 2.0v1 for DS 7

Requirements

Avid DS 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 only. Foundry License Manager.

New Features

1. Simpler controls for the main matte. The Foreground Bias colour picker has been

replaced by a simple slider and the Balance and Gain controls have been

replaced by one Screen Balance slider.

2. Better quality main key - semi-keyed reflections are less pixelated.

3. The ability to use a different bias control for calculating the alpha and the

despill has opened up the range of shots possible using Keylight.

4. New and improved matte processing tools - grow & shrink, despot, rollback and

clip levels.

5. Colour Correction PPG has been added. Includes controls for brightness,

contrast, saturation, colour balance and colour suppression.