Chroma Key for FCP on my wedding video

Hi, I have my wedding video I am trying to edit. I have a video clip of my wife walking in and I want to make her be in color and make everything else black n white. As the video piece has so many different colors in it how do I achieve this?

Ideally you need a rotoscoping application, such as Shake, Sillhouette, After Effects, Photoshop CS3 or higher, or Motion.
It might be possible to use multiple instances of the Chroma Keyer to generate a rough matte, but you will need a roto app to make it look convincing, plus a lot of time, skill and patience.

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Apple's pro audio and video tech support department can't seem to answer this question and they thought someone here in the FCP forum might be able to give me some guidance.
I'm an independent trainer and I've been trying to put a "simple" head and shoulders shot of me in a nice backdrop using iMovie HD and various 3rd party green screen / Chroma Key plug ins. The results have been disappointing. I evenly lit a green background (a piece of green fabric), shot the video, and adjusted the tolerances. The background dropped out ok, but so did tiny bits of me, and the green was still visible along the edges of me. Any further adjustments would make me transparent. I know it may be a lighting issue (or the fact that I'm using a generic green cloth background), but I'm a fine art photographer as well and I'm being pretty careful about the lights.
Are there any pros who do Chroma Keying who can tell me if buying FCE or FCP will solve this problem? Does FCE have a dramatically improved way to accomplish this green screen thing or is it likely using the same math as the iMovie 3rd party plug-ins?
Really, I'm hoping that FCE will have the same features in this area, since FCP is out of my range right now and hard to justify since I only want to do this one thing.
If I buy FCE, will I be missing some project-critical Chroma Key features only found in FCP that will force me to upgrade or are the features in this category identical?
For example, a tutorial on Chroma Keys for the Pro version says that it has a Chroma Smoothing 4:1:1 filter that might help when using mini-dv cameras.
Any thoughts on this from people who understand both versions of Final Cut and get good Chroma Keys would be greatly appreciated. Any other approches or software to get this done would also be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi Bob - this is a copy of the answer I sent you in the FCE Forum.
I have never used iMovie for Chromakey as I believe that once you start buying third party filters etc. you can soon end up paying as much as if you had bought FCE outright!
FCE has numerous additional features (besides the Smoothing Filter) for fine-tuning the picture to get rid of colour fringing and other extraneous nasties. I would imagine that iMovie plugins would not have as many - though I do not know that for a fact.
As Tom says FCE and FCP are virtually identical in most respects. FCP's main differences are connected with the way professionals work - like feeding video from several cameras simultaneously etc. Most of us can manage without that!
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From what I learn on the web, green is preferred if you edit on DV, due to the color sampling. (4:1:1 for PAL?).
However, it also depends on what background you have. Use green if you are in the forest, use blue if you are at the beach. Sort of.
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I've found the dVMatte from www.dvgarage.com - is it good?

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- http://www.macuarium.com/actual/especiales/2004/12/18_chromadv.shtml (analisys in spanish)

Chroma Key Software for Mac

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VideoTeach wrote:
I'm interested in doing chroma key for live broadcasts. I have a video mixer and the green screen. I know I need a computer as well, so I was wondering what software anyone can recommend that will work well with my new mac.
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Chroma Key ...

Hello All,
OK, a somewhat tricky question for you experts out there today ...
I have been handed 3 rolls of rushes from a studio which uses a green ring-type overlay system )attached to the camera lens). All rushes are pre-keyed, that is to say that the keying was done in the studio and the ready-mixed output was recorded to tape.
The background they used was wishy-washy, a mix of orange and burnt red - quite revolting, to be blunt. Due to the mix between the green ring keying light and the awful background, everyone in shot has a slight 'ring of confidence' about them ... a slight green 'tinge'.
In order to try and I remove this, I placed the rushes in V1 and I and slotted in a tiff of the original background into V2. Then, by selecting the chroma key in FCP, I clicked my dropper over a patch of green by the presenters ear. Thinking I could re-key the outlines (and then softening them up), I played around with the settings; luma, saturation, the colour itself, but to no avail.
I then tried the green suppressor. Again, nothing.
Does anyone have a good or at least feasible solution to this?
Thank you for your time and expertise ...
sp

If the tiff file you have exactly matches the background - (the way to test is this is try cut the tiff into a small portion of the pre-composited clip and verify that there is no size, position, luma, chroma, gamma, etc. changes when the cut goes through, the foreground keyed element just cleanly disappears at the cut) then you may have some luck by using this -
On VI place the tiff
On V2 place your pre-composited clip.
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Chroma key effect in Premiere Elements

If I buy Adobe Premiere Elements, am I able to use chroma key effect and receive a clean video free from green colour from the background, even around the hair? My experience is that it is not possible with cheaper programs.

peterwallgren
What computer operating system would you be running Premiere Elements on? If Mac, be advised that Mac does not have Chroma Key, Green Screen Key, or Blue Screen Key.
A lot of variables in the green screen videography and photography. Best download and install Premiere Elements 13 and determine if it works for you in green screen workflow.
Generalizing, I think it does a good job. But a generalization is not good enough when you get down to a specific setup with specific details.
We will be watching for your follow up if you decide to look at the Premiere Elements 13 Chroma Key effect (Expert workspace, fx Effects/Keying/Chroma Key).
ATR

I dont have Chroma key in adobe premiere elements

I dont have Chroma key for green screen in effects in adobe premiere elements

Here are some informative links... you didn't specify a version, so all links
Online User Guide http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premiereelements/using/index.html
-Page to download current PDF http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements.html
-Previous versions http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/archive.html
Importing Video http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1065281
-and project settings http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1112086
Saving & Sharing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1137128
-Sharing to DVD or BluRay http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1137645
-Sharing for Movies http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1051093
-Sharing for Computer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1058237
Steve's Basic Training Tutorials... steps are the same for several versions
-start at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/537685
-and http://tv.adobe.com/search/?q=Premiere+Elements
-be sure to click More Results at the bottom of the "tv" page
-v11 http://www.amazon.com/Muvipix-Guide-Premiere-Elements-version/dp/1479311200/
-v10 http://www.amazon.com/Muvipix-com-Guide-Premiere-Elements-Version/dp/1466286377/
-v09 http://www.amazon.com/Muvipix-com-Guide-Premiere-Elements-version/dp/1453871209/
-All http://www.amazon.com/Tricks-Adobe-Premiere-Elements-Muvipix-com/dp/1451529724/
-and http://forums.adobe.com/thread/498626
-and http://prodesigntools.com/four-hours-free-video-tutorials-new-photoshop-elements-9-pse9.ht ml
-and http://prodesigntools.com/five-hours-free-tutorials-photoshop-and-premiere-elements-7-and- 8.html
FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements/premiere_elements_faq
TIPS http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements/premiere_elements_tips
Another help site http://muvipix.com/ or http://muvipix.com/phpBB3/

Multicam editing multiple chroma key background

hi,
I'm shooting and editing interviews with 3 cameras with a Chroma Key green screen.
Cam 1 - Wide angle shot, showing both the interviewer and the guest.
Cam 2 - The interviewer
Cam 3 - The guest
Now I need to do a multicam sync based on audio.
Then I have applied keyer effect to each and gets perfect chroma keying for each camera and had no problem editing using Angle Viewer.
Now my problem is ALL the backgrounds in Cam 1,2,3 are the same. It looks kind of weird.
How do I sync different background to each of the Camera with Chroma keyer and Multicam editing?
Is there a way to link a different background to each camera?

martinstartin wrote:
I am working on a video after using a chroma key to take away the green. I am getting a flicker on the edge of objects that meet the areas where the green has been stripped, any advice how to rectify this?
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Obviously this is the basic process, but what I'm after with this message is any advice/tips, or common problems people come across when doing this. I will do a practice one before I do the job but don't have a green screen, how easy is it to do against a plain white wall?
Which is it? Cannot be both.
martinstartin ALSO wrote:
It was shot on a Sony EX1 then converted using their software into EXCAM. Cant' remember the rest of the settings as I don't have it with me, hope this helps you to help me!
The original footage is meaningless. You've said you got the clips after the key was pulled so you're looking at a self-contained movie with an alpha channel.
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