What is Primatte Keyer 5.0

Primatte Keyer is one of the most popular chromakey technologies in the world. It has been used for such major motion pictures as Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Harry Potter, King Kong, Spider-Man and many, many other movies, TV shows, commercials, music videos and has even found a home in the photographic and graphic arts marketplaces.

It is known for its ease of use, the consistent interface between host applications and, most importantly, the great keying results achieved when it is used. It has many unique features such as the ability to pulls mattes from a person wearing a blue denim shirt and blue jeans sitting in front of a bright blue screen, it works equally well with any color backing screen and it is fast.

Primatte includes many features to enhance keying DV footage, uneven backing screen lighting, green and blue screen seams, spill problems, grain clips and many other problem issues that compositing artists run into when chromakeying. Primatte Keyer has professional options for creating mattes from any object shot against a color background, and can create a matte from any color background.

 

Start with a bluescreen clip. Use Primatte to create a matte. End up with a great composite.

 

 

 

 

Keying group

This is where all of the keying functions are located. In the Keying group, Primatte 5.0 gives you many options for automation. Learn more

 

Keying> View group

The View group designates what View mode you see in the Comp Window, and lets you split the view to see your keyed footage in various states simultaneously. Learn more

 

Keying> Selection group

Outside of the Auto Compute button, the Selection group is the heart of Primatte Keyer. It contains the primary tools that you will use to perform Primatte’s keying. Learn more

 

Keying> Correction group

Once you have generated your matte, the Correction group will tweak it to a great composite. These tools perform the Fine Tune functions with a greater degree of automation. Learn more

 

Keying> Refinement group

The Refinement group lets you reduce or recover the amount of spill color, matte density and level of preserved detail. Learn more

 

Deartifcating group

The Deartifacting group removes any blocking around the edges of the image caused by compression algorithms in the source format. Learn more

 

Alpha Controls group

The Alpha Control group lets you make adjustments to the matte to achieve a superior composite. Learn more

 

Composite Controls group

The Composite Controls group incorporates some of the color correction and advanced compositing features found in Red Giant’s Key Correct plug-in set. Learn more