Using ROBUSKEY in EDIUS for great green or blue chroma key results

ROBUSKEY can be purchased as a plug-in for EDIUS at www.isp.co.jp

Edius 8 Chroma Key Plugin

1. Place green or blue clip above a background video track

2. Drag Green or Blue ROBUSKEY keyer to green or blue clip, if green clip, use green keyer

Edius 8 Chroma Key Tutorial

Using ROBUSKEY in EDIUS for great green or blue chroma key results. ROBUSKEY can be purchased as a plug-in for EDIUS at www.isp.co.jp. Place green or blue clip above a background video track. Drag Green or Blue ROBUSKEY keyer to green or blue clip, if green clip, use green keyer. Double click the keyer in the EDIUS info palette. The color of the little box in the Chroma Key menu is now the same as the background of your video. Adjust the Tolerance, Noise, Edges and Opacity sliders so that the background video is clearly visible. Finally, click Apply to complete the addition of the Chroma Key. Your blockbuster is almost ready to receive some dazzling reviews!

3. Double click the keyer in the EDIUS info palette

4. Use the color picker to click the green in EDIUS timeline monitor and configure edge blur if desired.

5. Close the keyer and drag the layouter in the info palette to the lowest position, this will allow you to crop, position, size or add drop shadow to the key without any unwanted edges appearing, so no more need for a rectangle tool

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6. In case you have a badly lit green or blue background, you can still get a great chroma key by using the included alpha keyer. Drag the ISP Clip Alpha to the green or blue clip

Edius 8 Chroma Keyboard

7. Double click, then using the color picker, click the green or blue on the EDIUS timeline monitor, then close

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8. This will create an enlarged green mask, removing all unwanted badly lit green or blue

9. Now apply the Green or Blue keyer and click the remaining green with the color picker, then perform all steps as in Step 4

Note the correct stacking order in the info palette

View some real green screen production examples using still or moving backgrounds