Different Ways to Use Chroma-key to Create Interesting Visual Effects [v]

[ This is an excerpt from a recent on-line webinar: “Apple Final Cut Pro: Power Tips” which is available as a download in our store, or as part of our Video Training Library. ]

EXCERPT DESCRIPTION

Chroma-key allows us to make specific colors in a video image transparent. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows different ways to use chroma-key, which is also called a “green-screen key,” to create useful video effects.

Different Ways to Use Chroma-key to Create Interesting Visual Effects

TRT: 9:54 — MPEG-4 HD movie

SESSION DESCRIPTION

This week, we go deep inside Apple Final Cut Pro to discover tips and techniques that can help you work faster, create higher-quality images and use effects more, um, effectively.

Join instructor Larry Jordan as he covers how to:

• Pick the right version of ProRes for your project
• Optimize Final Cut preference settings
• Use advanced features of the multicam Angle Editor
• Create chroma key effects
• Create variable clip speed effects
• Create Mask effects
• Access undocumented FCP features

If you are looking for ways to take your Final Cut skills to the next level, this session will give you a head start.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This is an intermediate-level session. Some knowledge of Final Cut will be helpful in understanding these demos.