Keying and Transparency in Adobe After Effects - notes taken from a video on videocopilot.com

1. Keying and Transparency
Notes from videocopilot.net

2. Keying

3. • Open project
Effect Keying
Keylight

4. • Use Screen
Colour to select
the green which
removes green

6. • Select Pen tool
• Draw around image
• Remove background

8. • Drop in new project under top
layer

9. • Line up and scale to where it
needs to be

10. Transparency

11. • Open new footage

12. • Drag new footage over the
original footage

13. • Press F4 to open track Matte
• Change it to Luma Matte
• this makes anything that is bl
transparent

14. • Open Curves and blow out
brightness – this makes it
clearer