Presented: June 6, 2018

Several times each month, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video training webinar discussing issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 31:16
Download file size: 512.9 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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SESSION DESCRIPTION

NOTE: This session includes ONLY Apple Final Cut Pro X.
Click here for the session on Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

Green-screen effects, also called “chroma-key effects,” allow us to easily insert an actor, or any other object, into a different background. But, how? We’ve all seen “behind-the-scenes” footage of giant green-screen stages, with vast crews and big budgets. But, what if your means are more modest? That’s where this session can help.

Join host, Larry Jordan, as he illustrates different ways to use green-screen effects in Apple Final Cut Pro X, including:

• Use the video scopes to properly light a green-screen key
• Create a basic key
• Create the illusion of depth of field
• Work with badly lit source images
• Remove “garbage” in the frame using Trim and masks
• Have an actor peer around a background object
• Use monitors as key sources
• Refine color settings
• Create a two-color key

Green-screen keys are increasingly essential in even the smallest projects. In about half-an-hour, you’ll know how they work.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This is an intermediate-level session. Some knowledge of Adobe Premiere will be helpful in understanding how the new features work. All you need to view this session is a web browser.

CHAPTER MARKERS

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CONTENT OUTLINE

• Welcome
•   – Today’s Agenda
• Apple Final Cut Pro X
•   – Verify key lighting using video scopes
•   – Create the illusion of depth-of-field
•   – The ideal key vs. reality
•   – Tweak key settings
•   – Remove “garbage” using Trim
•   – Remove “garbage” using Draw Mask
•   – Remove spill
•   – Refine color selection
•   – Improve edge detection
•   – Show an actor peering around a background object
•   – Use Transform to reposition a key
•   – Integrate an actor into the background
•   – Handling silhouettes
•   – Use monitors as key sources
•   – Create a two-color key
•   – Adjust color settings to match shots
• Summary
• Audience Questions