When pulling a key…..

In batch:

1. take the bg image as foreground
2. take the image to be keyed as bg and take the inverse of the matte as matte.
3. apply somewhere between a 6 and a 20 point gaussian (for flame) or box (for flint) blur.
4. take the output of this setup as front layer1 into the main comp action setup, using the matte as matte.
5. for layer 2 use the original front and the original mat. add an image for both layers, and play with the transparency of the ‘edgeflashed’ layer.

This really helps integrate the keyed image into the bg.

Any resizing must occur before the edgflashing setup.

 

Submitter: Mark Holmes, Jon Baxter