Keying and Green/Blue Screen (47 Tutorials)
NewBlueFX Elements: Chroma Key Pro
September 10, 2015
Ian Stark shows you how to easily key out color with Chroma Key Pro from the Elements collection.
In Depth: Spill Suppression on Keyed Footage
February 9, 2015
Spill is the colored light reflected from your background and onto your actor. Spill can show up on light colored clothing or hair, on shiny or reflective elements, around the edge of footage, and it can be a big problem! It can be very easy to fix, or difficult on finely detailed, extremely reflective or semi-transparent areas. Here are some methods of fixing spill.
Digieffects: Lightwrap from Aura #digieffects
November 3, 2014
Learn how to add a glowing background light around foreground objects with Lightwrap, one of the tools included in Aura.
Cyriak’s Halloween Costume
October 21, 2014
Learn to create an effect inspired by Cyriak, where a creepy hand-crab monster projects from a person’s mouth. This effect is very involved, with lots of rotoscoping, tracking and hand animation. It's not for the feint of heart, but you will learn a ton.
Avid Media Composer 7
September 2, 2014
Get assistance, answers, and insights and start editing now—watch Avid’s 5-part tutorial series dedicated to the success of new users.
In Depth: Skin Retouching and Digital Makeup, Part 1
July 25, 2014
Do you need to make some small fixes to the skin of your actor, like fixing a blemish or blotchiness? Here’s part 1 of a 2 part series on Skin Retouching and Digital Makeup to get you started!
Using Premiere’s Native Effects to Pull the Perfect Key Every Time
May 13, 2014
In this tutorial Robert Hardy covers some of the best methods for pulling a fantastic key using only the native Premiere effects.
Chiseled Bevels in CINEMA 4D
March 5, 2014
Ben Watts has a new tutorial that shows how to make a chiseled bevel in CINEMA 4D on a complex letter. He covers a quick VRAY render setup too.
Driving Plates Composite in Premiere Pro
February 11, 2014
Artbeats and Eran Stern bring you a tutorial showing how to key and composite greenscreen driving plates with scenery in Premiere Pro using Ultra Key and a Track Matte Key.
In Depth: Fast and Easy Garbage Mattes in After Effects
February 5, 2014
Here is a very simple technique to create super quick garbage mattes in AE!
In Depth: Keying: Introduction & Frequently Asked Questions about Shooting Greenscreen
February 4, 2014
Keying is part technical skill, part patience, and part sorcery. This series will take you through different areas of keying, not so much to teach you step by step, but to talk about some of the problems you’ll run into and how to fix them.
In Depth: Keying: Pre-Processing Greenscreen Footage for Keying
February 4, 2014
If your greenscreen footage didn’t turn out as perfectly as you had hoped, here are some things that you can do to fix problems and not create new ones.
Greenscreen Quick Tips
November 5, 2013
We had fun with this one! We were just shooting a test and this spontaneously happened. It includes a few greenscreen tips for your learning pleasure.
5 Handy Effects in Adobe After Effects You Should Know
July 3, 2013
As we continue with Tutorial Tuesday at Toolfarm, here are 5 Useful effects that every AE artist can pull from their arsenal time and time again!
Coremelt Slice X for Final Cut Pro X
November 15, 2012
“…now that I have you interested let me really explain Slice X. Unlike a lot of the other masking tools for Final Cut Pro X, Slice X does not limit you to the amount of points for the mask, it also doesn’t force extra points on you. The default mask in Final Cut Pro X, only has 4 points. The one from Ripple Training is an 8-point Garbage Matte. There are others with 10-points, 20-points, or 30-points, but what if you needed say 11 or 13 points, or maybe 5 points. You would be stuck using one that had more points than you needed or trying to make due with a matte that had too few points. “