Indepth Advanced Keying Process for Keylight in After Effects 2024 (Beginner Friendly)

The key to keying is using multiple keys. Chroma or green screen keying in After Effects 2024 is actually a rather easy and straight forward process and if the footage is somewhat decent, meaning it's evenly lit but MOST importantly was shot with a high shutter speed, getting a clean mask to composite your keyed footage into a new background or CGI environment in Blender is just a matter of following a few simple steps. Start by masking out the unnecessary elements with a garbage mask to remove C-stands and whatnot. Then split the keying into several keys, minimum two, but preferably three or more keys using the Keylight effect. Then trim the mask using a simple choker and clean it using the Key Cleaner effect. This will result in a actually somewhat good key. You can then improve the mask even more by using the amazing Refine Soft Matte or Refine Hard Matte effects which removes the dark edges around the actor. Then remove the green spill using the Advanced Spill Suppressor. This method works with both well lit footage and more tricky and complex keys and hair. And using the new and improved multi-frame rendering in After Effects 2024, playback and rendering works a lot better. Hope this help! ๐Ÿ˜Š See how I combined the footage with CG elements in Blender 3.0: ย ย ย โ€ขย Real-Timeย Matchmovingย andย Greenย Screenย Com...ย ย  Timestamps: ๐Ÿ’ก 00:00 Intro to video ๐Ÿ’ก 00:15 tiedtke. ๐Ÿ’ก 00:21 Overview ๐Ÿ’ก 00:55 Garbage Matte ๐Ÿ’ก 01:31 Remove Green Tint ๐Ÿ’ก 03:27 Keylight - Light Green / Highlights ๐Ÿ’ก 05:19 Keylight - Dark Green / Shadows ๐Ÿ’ก 06:39 Simple Choker / Key Cleaner ๐Ÿ’ก 08:38 Refine Hard Matte ๐Ÿ’ก 10:00 Advanced Spill Suppressor ๐Ÿ’ก 11:00 Adding CG Shadows ๐Ÿ’ก 12:30 Extra Tips ๐Ÿ’ก 13:17 Rendering ๐Ÿ’ก 13:50 Outro Thanks for watching, if you like the video feel free to like and subscribe for more tutorials on #aftereffects #editing and #3d Follow my journey to become a Layout, Modeler and Lighting 3D artist working in the industry. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿ–๏ธ ๐Ÿ”ธ ARTSTATION - https://www.artstation.com/tiedtke ๐Ÿ”ธ IG - ย ย /ย tiedtkeย ย  ๐Ÿ”ธ LINKEDIN - ย ย /ย tiedtkeย ย  ๐Ÿ”ธ FB - ย ย /ย tiedtkeioย ย  ๐Ÿ”ธ PORTFOLIO - https://www.tiedtke.io ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐Ÿ˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ. ๐Ÿ’ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ”ธ Adobe Premiere Pro ๐Ÿ”ธ Autodesk Maya 2022 ๐Ÿ”ธ Blender 3.0 ๐Ÿ”ธ Adobe After Effects ๐Ÿ”ธ Adobe Photoshop ๐Ÿ”ธ Foundry Nuke ๐Ÿ”ธ DaVinci Resolve ๐ŸŽฅ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€: ๐Ÿ”ธ Sony Alpha A7S III ๐Ÿ”ธ Insta360 One R ๐Ÿ“ท ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐Ÿ”ธ XEEN 16mm T2,6 Cinema Prime ๐Ÿ”ธ Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 ART ๐Ÿ”ธ Takumar 135mm F3,5 M42 mount ๐Ÿ”ธ Helios 44-2 58mm F2 w/ M42 to EF adapter ๐Ÿ’ก ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€: ๐Ÿ”ธ Aputure LS 300D ๐Ÿ”ธ Aputure LS 120D II ๐Ÿ’ป ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐Ÿ”ธ AMD Ryzen Threadripper 5800X ๐Ÿ”ธ NVidia Geforce GTX 3090 ๐Ÿ”ธ NVidia Geforce GTX 1080 TI ๐Ÿ”ธ Logitech MX Master ๐Ÿ”ธ Microsoft Designer Keyboard ๐Ÿ’พ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ”ธ LaCie 4TB Rugged Portable HDD ๐Ÿ”ธ Sandisk 128GB 170mb/s SD card ๐Ÿ”ธ Prograde 128GB V90 300mb/s SD card I've worked 8+ years as a Director of Photography in Sweden, working on projects ranging from feature films to commercials and music videos. Currently studying at Visual Magic in Skellefteรฅ, Sweden. Years active in the 3D industry is about 1 year. Focusing on 3D modeling, layout and lighting which is my passion. โœ‰๏ธ For any business inquiries, email me at [email protected] ๐Ÿ‘‹ For any personal questions DM me at www.instagram.com/tiedtke

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