AbsentMotion

Chroma Key

Key · Added in version 2.1.0 or earlier

Preview of the Chroma Key effect

Removes one color, such as a green screen.

Chroma Key makes one color transparent, for example a green screen. Pick the color with Key Color (green by default). Tolerance is how wide a range of colors around it is removed, and Softness is how soft the edge of the cut-out is.

  1. Put the keyed clip above the background you want to show.
  2. Add Chroma Key and set Key Color to the color of the screen.
  3. Raise Tolerance until the screen has gone. If parts of the person start to disappear, lower it again.
  4. Clean the edge with Softness, Feather or Matte Choker.

Light the screen evenly when you film: a flat, well-lit color gives the cleanest result.

Settings

SettingTypeRangeDefault
Key ColorColor–#00FF00
ToleranceNumber0 to 10.25
SoftnessNumber0 to 10.1
DefringeOn or off–Off
InvertOn or off–Off