User guide

KeylightThe Foundry

GETTING STARTED

Introduction

Getting Started

Introduction

Keylight was first developed by The Computer Film Company to help with

difficult keys in feature films. Over the years, Keylight has been refined in

production on hundreds of films to make keying quicker and easier while

providing a depth to the tools that will tackle even the most challenging

shots.

Notation When we refer to blue screens throughout the text we mean, of course, blue

or green screens.

Quick Key

Keylight is available from the Effects panel in the Keylight folder. Consider

this shot from The Saint, pictures courtesy of CFC and Paramount British

Pictures Ltd.

Figure 1. Blue Screen.

Figure 1 is the blue screen foreground that should be composited over the

background shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Background.

If you want to have a go of this shot, you can! The images can be

downloaded from our web site and this quick key is also covered in the

Tutorial Chapter. See “Tutorial 1: Simple Key” on page 34.

Throughout this user guide we assume a good understanding of Avid DS. To