No Color Keying on Mac CS4?

Question

I'm a long time After Effects user and have become interesting in integrating Premiere Pro into my workflow. But I'm a little surprised that PP doesn't have any "real" color keying tools.
Am I supposed to roundtrip all my footage to After Effects, use Keylight, and go back to Premiere?

Answer 1

Having done a few green screen projects in my time, here's my workflow...
To begin, do your entire edit first. Just use the PPro keyer to do rough keys, but save the real keying for later. Also, make sure you leave a bit of head and tail on your shots to be keyed - this may come in handy when/if you add transitions after final keying.
When you've locked your edit, create a folder called AE keyed projects (or whatever works for you).
Then, go to your first clip to be keyed, remove the PPro keying effect (if used) and right click on the clip and select "Replace with AE composition". This should open AE. Save the project with a name that identifys which clip it is (I usually use clip 1, clip 2, etc.) and save in the AE folder created - this helps keep track of the files if you need to go back and make adjustments. Use Keylight to key in the BG.
When done, switch back over to PPro and you should see the clip keyed on your timeline. Adjust the head and tail if needed.
Then go on to the next clip and repeat the process...
There are a couple ways to do this process - this is just mine.