Photoshop :: Chroma Keys...
Aug 21, 2008
I come from the video field, I started taking professionals photographs recently and took some pictures against a green background for a video that I was doing.
What is the BEST way to do a chroma key on photoshop? I dont find any 'chroma key' function as in Adobe Premiere for example, but I know there must be a way. I tried 'selecting' and area but I dont think that's the best way to do it
Please have in mind I am not an 'expert' on photoshop, I know my way around it and can follow instructions very well.
I am using the CS2 version.
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Dec 18, 2005
Is there any way that I can filter one color (chromakey) out of a picture in Photoshop?
I really want to take out all the whites in a picture... But the Magic erasor tool has its limits... :P
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Feb 18, 2009
When photographing a subject in front of or standing on a Chromakey background, I always get reflected blue light on the subject. I can't seem to get rid of the background in photoshop without spilling over into the subject.
What can I do? I have CS 2.
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May 2, 2007
I have just ordered a Chroma Key green screen to use for some fashion photography.
Have any of you used one of these ?
I will be wanting to cut the green backdrop out so that I can place my models on any backdrop I desire.
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Jul 10, 2006
I'm currently working on a project in which I'm taking still images of various products against a static background. Up to this point, I've been manually cutting the products out of their background, a very tedious activity.
Taking a step back, I realized that I have many thousands of photos to take and clean up, and that this manual manipulation just isn't going to "cut it" (pun, haha).
I have been trying to find a program of sorts that will remove a particular color (preferably specified by its hex code) from a photo, and perhaps replace it with white, or resize/crop the image.
With this program I would be able to take the pictures against an obnoxious background color that could be quickly done away with by a computer.
I guess this is known by many terms in "the industry", including chroma key, matting, compositing, etc.
I have run across a couple of possible programs (Ultimatte, Adobe After Effects), but I don't know much about any of them.
One other feature that would be, well, desired would be command-line functionality. Ideally, I would be able to incorporate said program into a script that can process a huge list of photos while I'm off doing other things.
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Jul 8, 2013
I've just installed GIMP to see if it can replace Photoshop for me. But I experience some weird troubles. When I try to use the text tool I can't type anything because all the keys acts as shortcut keys. Aren't these supposed to be overridden when using things like the text tool? I also have the same problems with dialog boxes. The tab key is used to hide toolbars, but when I open dialog boxes I would rather want to use tab to jump from one input box to another. Plus I couldn't enter numbers because the number keys was shortcuts for zoom level.I guess I'm just doing this all wrong? I'm on OSX Maverick.
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Mar 20, 2006
is there a way to make "hot" keys so you can get to a function with out navigating ......like flatten an image has none but hue/saturation has ctr-u
and selective color has none ...any tips tricks or insults...... just playin
i waste a lot of time navigating photoshop add those seconds up and you have another work day....
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Aug 16, 2012
I'm editing videos that are 1080i (I forget the model number, but it's a Canon camcorder and I think it's actually 1440x1080.) When rendered normally, everything looks fine and the interlacing is not really noticable.
However, some of the videos have been resized, and the background replaced using a green screen / chroma key. When someone's hands move away from their body and over the background, the interlacing is very noticable and looks pretty bad. I have tried rendering using both default templates with Upper Field First, and custom Frame Based templates, none of which work to reduce the interlacing. Is there a way to reduce it, or am I stuck with it?
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Jul 4, 2012
The chromakey function works passably well when I'm using it without any effects (I still have issues with transparency) but seems to work not at all when I apply an effect. I've tried applying sketch, rotosketch, colored ink, emboss, etc to the overlay after I've chroma keyed out the green and it basically eliminates the green screen effect.
There are SOOO many issues with this program that are really beginning to make it unusable for me.
-- Transitions applied to overlays (even a simple cross fade) usually affect all clips playing at that time (not just the specified overlay effect) which makes them unusable for overlays.
-- Even with smart proxy turned on, the preview video gets garbled and choppy after a few playings.
It's just a shame because the interface really is more intuitive than any other program I've used (after effects, Premiere, Vegas).
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Mar 22, 2011
how to apply the Mask & Chroma Key. I've dragged a Color into the timeline, and selected OPTIONS and then Mask & Chroma Key, but all I have now is a neon green glob on my screen that covers everything else (because that's the color I chose.)
So how do I blot out the background of a brief video clip?
And - for that matter - I'm trying to find some tutorials so I can try out features without continuing to bother everyone?
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Feb 15, 2014
I am having issue with a simple project. It's a simple green chroma keying project which looks ok inside Premiere, but once exported it turns into a nightmare. I will post screens instead of writing the details. I am not using any external plugins. The output is rendered with tweaked settings for H.264 Vimeo 720p 29.97 fps MP4 format. I'm working with an NDA, but the problem is only in the shadows as far as I can tell.
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This is how it looks inside premiere (both reference and program look the same) This is how the matte looks.And this is the final render (checked in Quick Time and VLC).Never in my life of editing in Pr, FCPX or Smoke have I enountered this issue before.
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Oct 29, 2012
I'm trying to find out if Corel Paintshop X4 Pro has a tool or setting to remove a chromakey green screen background?
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Jul 7, 2009
I'm getting an intermittent problem where some of the keyboard keys just stop working in Photoshop (64 and 32 bit versions). It's usually the alt key first, but only on the right side. Then the ctl key too, but again only on the right, left side keys work fine. Other keys stop working too, but they are not as commonly used for me (/., etc.) The [ and ] keys that I use for brush size also stop working. It seems to be Photoshop specific as other programs are fine. Restarting Pshop fixes it for a while, but not for long. Is anyone else having this problem or have a clue for me? There were some posts (unresolved) about something similar in Illustrator CS4, but nothing I could find on Pshop. Just switched to a new workstation running Vista64, and CS4. I use a Cintiq and the latest Wacom drivers.I have a brand new Logitech wireless keyboard (mx3200) and have tested it and updated the software. I have reset all shortcuts and the user interface to default etc. but no joy.
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Feb 15, 2006
Following a recent thread on centering images, the subject of guides came up and MindBender suggested assigning this to a function key - to place horizontal and vertical guides at 50%. I too have this assigned and wonder what else we all keep at hand with those function keys?
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Jun 13, 2013
My Actions hot keys do not work. I'm using the creative cloud CS6 on Mac Mountain lion.
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Aug 27, 2008
I have CS2 and the arrow keys recently stopped working.
I'm wondering if I changed some setting to cause this.
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Jul 17, 2008
I need to rotate a layer to an exact spot relative to another layer.
Moving it right and left with the arrow keys lets me see when I snaps
into register.
I also want to do that with rotation.
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Aug 22, 2008
I recently installed PS CS2 (bought via Amazon) and it seems many keys do not work properly and are misintepreted by PS.
For example -
F1 - F2 stands for p,q,r,s,t...z,}
Delete for ","
Also Escape and arrows do not work as they should (maybe also some other) - this is most evident while editing a text, then when I press Esc, Del or F# then it's just inserting symbols instead of cancelling, deleting, or nothing (in case of F#)
Shift,Alt,Ctrl works fine
In the same time I installed PS I also changed my keyboard, however when I tried the previous one it was the same and also I didn't notice any other problem anywhere else with it, so it really should be PS.
I have Windows XP SP3 czech version
I triend to reinstall PS with erasing preferences and didn't work, updated to 9.0.2 and nothing. Also searched for drivers but found none for my keyboard (Genius KB-10X V2)...however as I've said it works fine everywhere else
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Aug 6, 2012
What is the shortcut keys to "menu bar" on Photoshop on mac? I just want to go to the menus below, by using shortcut.
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File
Edit
Image
Layer
Type
Select
Filter
3D
View
Window
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Mar 31, 2009
Recently purchased a new computer with 64 bit system 4meg ram. I installed CS2 and everything seems to be working except the arrow keys and the control +/- features. Arrow keys are working in other programs like word and publisher.
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Nov 5, 2003
I have just installed Adobe Photoshop.CS and it looks great. I especially like the enhanced filebrowser
However I have a question.
Over the years I have been working with PS I have learned a lot of keyboard-shortcuts.
CTRL + T and CTRL + D and much more.
CTRL +
However I cannot get these shortcuts to work in the latest version.
It even says (Free Transform CTRL + T) in the menu, but the CTRL + T dosen't work.
So basically NO shortcuts works now
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Nov 9, 2003
why my shortcut keys are not working in PS? In PS7, I find functions like Cntl+Shift+I will not select the inverse. A few other commands do not work. In PS8 almost NO short cuts work....not even Cntl Z!
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Jul 7, 2008
I purchased Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Windows XP and installed it on my work PC and my home PC.
Everything works fine and dandy on my work PC, however when I try to do some editting on my home PC there are some quirks that I can't figure out.
The main thing is that my Up/Down Arrow Keys do absolutely nothing.
Whether I am trying to edit text and scroll through my fonts or if I'm trying to nudge a part of a picture, the Arrow keys do nothing.
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Nov 29, 2003
None of the control key combinations are working for me in PS CS.
The control keys on my 'puter are fine -
I've tested them out and had no problem in other programs.
Has anyone else had this problem in CS?
I use Ctrl+H and Ctrl+D all of the time ...
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Jun 27, 2013
where I can get the shortcut keys for the new Elements 11? Any place to download, buy, print..
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Sep 24, 2013
I notice that some of the shortcuts/hot keys don't work. For example, one basic hot key that does not work is the F7-key. The F7-key opens and closes the layers palette.
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Another hot key that does not work is the spacebar. My teacher taught me to hold the spacebar down when you want to move the canvas around. When I am in handtool mode I hold the spacebar down, I then apply pressure on my laptops touchpad, I then slide my finger across my laptops touchpad in order to try and move the canvas, but the canvas does not budge.
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Some shortcuts work. For example, tapping the F-key multiple times will expand and reduce the size of Photoshop.
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Closing my web browser did not resolve the problem. Updating the software did not resolve the problem.
Toshiba X75 / Windows 8 / i7-4700MQ / GeForce GTX770M / 32GB RAM
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May 30, 2012
I'm on a Mac Pro, quad core, 9 GB memory. I have been using CS5 for all my photo work and use Bridge and ACR to do all of my editing. I have set up two monitors with content on the right screen as thumbnails and preview (and other tabs) on the left screen. To do my edits I use the right/left arrow keys to scroll through the images (and then make my picks/ratings) as I go.
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I just installed CS6 Demo and am trying to do the same thing...everything else works normally but the right/left arrow keys (moving from image to image) now takes 4 to 5 seconds to bring up the image (CS5 was instant).All paramaters/settings/preferences are the same. I know CS6 needs a more powerful video card (mine is only 256 mb...I will be upgrading soon)...but here's the weird thing which leads me to believe that's not the problem...the up and down arrow keys work normally, i.e. they go from image to image instantly. I edit folders of images that range from 200 to 300, up to 1500 images from a shoot on a daily basis so I need this to work for me!
Also, I'm having problems trying to run a batch in CS6, I set up an action identical to what I had running in CS5 (embedding a text logo on an image) and while it goes through the process of doing the action, at the end it pops up an error message and lists all the images saying it could not process the request. Weird or what?
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Dec 3, 2012
I very recently installed CS6. I have used Photoshop for years (CS5, CS3, CS, ...).
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Now under CS6 I find that periodically the [ and ] keys will not resize the brush. I have to restart Photoshop to get them to work again.
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Jan 29, 2007
Does any one know how to comit a change to text using shortcut keys?
When you write some text you have to press the commit tick on the top of the toolbar. (by the cancel button) are there any shortcut keys for these?
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Aug 25, 2004
My shortcut keys were working fine 2 days ago and have now just stopped. I tried reinstalling and they still dont work.
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Jan 23, 2008
and not just a brush tool? im looking through the menus and only see keyshortcuts for the tools themselves,
i am (beginner) digital painter, so being able to switch from the different types of brushes by pressing one key on the keyboard would speed up my work flow an unspeakable amount.
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