VFX Keying: Master Course
Size: 2.33 GB | Duration: 11h 58m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch
Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Blue-screen and green-screen keying is the bread and butter of visual effects compositing. Every VFX artist must master this complex subject to succeed in the industry. This course offers 12 hours of the most comprehensive and detailed training ever produced on the subject of keying, covering literally every aspect of the job.

You can follow along with NUKE, the software featured in the videos, or with any other compositing software that offers floating-point math. NUKE master trainer Steve Wright introduces several overall compositing workflows, as well as a myriad of tips and tricks and several keying techniques never before published. Learn about green-screen, blue-screen, luma, and saturation keys; spill suppression; color correction; edge refinement; and more. Plus, get a bonus appendix chapter of tutorials on keyers such as KEYLIGHT, Primatte, Ultimatte, and others. Note: This course was created by Steve Wright, author of the seminal book, Digital Compositing for Film and Video. We are proud to host this course in our library.

Topics include:
* Creating an uber key
* Keying green-screen vs. blue-screen footage
* Preprocessing footage
* Building a clean plate
* Making luma keys
* Keying on hue and saturation
* Pasting keys together
* Grain management
* Saving time with garbage mattes
* Using spill suppression
* Improving edges
* Color correcting keys
* Sweetening the comp
* Alternative compositing workflows
* Fixing edge problems
* Using KEYLIGHT, Primatte, Ultimatte, and other tools