No doubt, even the EDIUS chromakey effect will deliver good results if there were optimal conditions at the shoot. But in reality most of the shoots including green or blue screen are not performed under ideal conditions.
You will only get to know a chromakey's quality if you have footage that was not produced under best conditions or if you have very complex motifs which contain transparency and reflections. Since in reality often there is less time and space to set up a perfect light for a blue or green screen you will have to deal with the mentioned difficulties in your footage.
But due to the background color even the perfect light many times can't avoid blue or green outlines being visible at a person's hair or head. Additionally there can be problems with light reflections in a person's glasses and color changes if the key colors shine too bright.
'We'll fix it in the post' does not always work out in such cases. Although the EDIUS chromakey does good work - in real-time - it can not be the solution to very complex keying problems.
Furthermore the EDIUS chromakey has some technical limitations. Unlike a color correction filter, the chromakey affects the alpha channel of a clip and therefore cannot be combined with other filters or effects.
With Robuskey there are no such limitations and you will have a lot more options to edit your footage. Robuskey works as a filter/effect and therefore can be adjusted individually. This way it is possible to apply a primary or secondary color correction on the footage without affecting the actual keying result.
Using NewBlue Chroma Key Pro in EDIUS 7 or EDIUS 8 (real-time playback with full buffer of 1920x1080 keys with Quadro K4000) 1. In NewBlue Elements3 Ultimate, drag Chroma Key Pro to clip on timeline or to the information palette of the clip or the clip itself and then drag it above the Layouter. In addition, there are realtime Chroma Key and Luma Key capabilities for use in compositing and a fully customizable 2D/3D Picture-in-Picture effect. All EDIUS effects are easily adjustable and may be combined to produce hundreds of customizable effects. White Balance controls Chroma Key controls EDIUS Effect Selector. The color of the little box in the Chroma Key menu is now the same as the background of your video. Adjust the Tolerance, Noise, Edges and Opacity sliders so that the background video is clearly visible. Finally, click Apply to complete the addition of the Chroma Key. Your blockbuster is almost ready to receive some dazzling reviews!
Keying of transparencies
- (8) Key frame setting Click in the center to set a key frame on the position of the timeline cursor. If the timeline cursor is on the key frame, the key will be deleted. Click the left and right arrow to move to the previous and next key frame. (9) Key frame timeline Automatically add a key frame when you edit an effect at the timeline cursor.
- NewBlue Chroma Key Pro v3 (Mac) Toggle menu. Free shipping on orders over $75. Search (888) 542-8941 Mon-Fri 9-6 PT. Grass Valley EDIUS 7 & 8; Adobe After Effects.
Keying of fabrics
Keying of hair
Unfortunately this quality cannot be achieved in real-time. But since Robuskey is accelerated through a CUDA optimized graphic board (Nvidia Quadro oder GTX) only less time is needed for rendering. Your reseller will advise you which graphic board is the best for your purposes.
Convince yourself of the reliable quality of Robuskey (in most situations the standard setting is sufficient but there are many more options for optimizing your footage such as masks) by installing the 30 day trial version.
To explore the full range of options Robuskey offers you, you can download some footage to run your own keying tests.
Link: Download the 30 days trial version of Robuskey for EDUS 7 und 8 (11,6MB, zip)
(Tip: If you want to use Robuskey in EDIUS 8 but own already a full version of Robuskey for EDIUS 6.x or 7.x, just install the trial version and activate it with your licence key)
Link: Download footage for your own keying test for free
All current plug-in installers you find on our download page.
All plug-ins are available at your local EDIUS Reseller.
Using ROBUSKEY in EDIUS for great green or blue chroma key results
ROBUSKEY can be purchased as a plug-in for EDIUS at www.isp.co.jp
1. Place green or blue clip above a background video track
2. Drag Green or Blue ROBUSKEY keyer to green or blue clip, if green clip, use green keyer
3. Double click the keyer in the EDIUS info palette
4. Use the color picker to click the green in EDIUS timeline monitor and configure edge blur if desired.
5. Close the keyer and drag the layouter in the info palette to the lowest position, this will allow you to crop, position, size or add drop shadow to the key without any unwanted edges appearing, so no more need for a rectangle tool
ADVANCED Options
6. In case you have a badly lit green or blue background, you can still get a great chroma key by using the included alpha keyer. Drag the ISP Clip Alpha to the green or blue clip
7. Double click, then using the color picker, click the green or blue on the EDIUS timeline monitor, then close
8. This will create an enlarged green mask, removing all unwanted badly lit green or blue
9. Now apply the Green or Blue keyer and click the remaining green with the color picker, then perform all steps as in Step 4
Note the correct stacking order in the info palette
Edius 8 Chroma Key Download
View some real green screen production examples using still or moving backgrounds