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Learn the art of digital compositing by creating luma masks, pulling alpha masks, and mastering chroma keying techniques for seamless visual effects. Understand the process of creating difference mattes and cleaning plates for professional compositing tasks.
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CPSC 404/604 Donald House 9/22/11 Digital Compositing
A typical compositing operation + over =
Creating a luma mask Greyscale image Luma level 010 Luma level 040 depends on high contrast with image background
“Pulling” an Alpha Mask Fuzziness = 9 Fuzziness = 45 Fuzziness = 120 Chroma keying – color match too wide
First use a “garbage” mask Fuzziness = 40 Chroma keying – color match narrower
Associated color image RGB a
Suppressing “blue spill” B = min(R, G, B)
Final compositing operation + over =
Difference mattes Plate with object Clean plate Difference matte
Difference mattes Matte applied to original plate Matte used for compositing