Perfect Keys for Perfectionistic Artists
IBKeymaster
You Be The Keymaster!
And I’ll be the gatekeeper. This tool is a brought over from nuke system for doign Image Based Keying with some extra sauce thrown in on top.
It’s an OFX tool that currently only runs on MacOS Metal, but hopefully will be brought to windows at somepoint. It is free as the basic logic is built off the open source work of others with some minor improvements made by me.
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How to use on it’s own
This is designed to work in fusion, primarly with Green or Blue screen footage
Convert your footage in fusion to linear with a cst node and then insert IBkeymaster
The first section is similar to the delta keyer in selecting whether or not you have a clean plate. (if you don’t deselect use screen input) and pick your color. The color of your green or blue screen. also select your screen color mode
The next section allows you to dial in your the main despill logic and offer in a respill of color to replace what was removed
Matte Controls let you dial in and remove noise from the low end and high ends and the gamma offers a shift in the transition points
Near Grey Extract continues to refine how the edges are preserved
PreMatte is a refining tool that allows you to build a clean plate if you wern’t using one. Replacing the a temp FG matte with the hue you selected as the key. Allows for iterative development
Guided Filter works to refine and define your edges like whispy hair better
Background wrap brings in a blurred version of the new background and works the edges of the FG into the background