Photoshop Tutorial - "Chroma" Keying

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A quick tutorial describing the process of removing a solid background from an image. More to come!

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: September 26, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Author: IceflowStudios

Length: 00:05:03
Rating: 4.26
Views: 67915

Tags: Photoshop tutorial tutorials green chroma learning graphics Tutorials YouTube

Video Comments:
ajspice (December 18, 2008 at 3:03 am)
I needed to do something like this the other day...now I know how! Thanks!
brianschimmel (December 2, 2008 at 4:22 pm)
Btw: If you ever had photos where the sky was white when it should have been blue, you can use the same technique to key out the white areas, then just add a gradient from light blue to even lighter blue, and there you go with a perfect sky.
adammass300 (October 19, 2008 at 12:56 pm)
youtube keeps taking down my strip tease videos L
andysciro1 (July 30, 2008 at 6:33 pm)
so basically... this isn't chroma keying at all... this is just the magic wand... and to people who watch this video try doing this to your movie, which is probably interlaced at 60 fps.. hmm a twenty minute movie isn't roughly over 70,000 frames or anything!
brianschimmel (December 2, 2008 at 4:21 pm)
Well... actually this IS chroma keying, but it is how you would do it on a still image.

You're right, if you have a movie, you're doing it another way, more automated. But under the hood, the software basically does the same as seen here.
RonaldVaughan (June 30, 2008 at 2:07 pm)
Can one use Photoshop to copy-and-paste a
video image from YouTube?

Because,if I try to select/copy/paste by the
"normal" methods(no Photoshop),everything BUT the image area gets selected!

BTW,can this chroma-key be used for a 3D
movie??
NoDetrel (July 13, 2008 at 1:28 pm)
First off, you wouldn't want to use photoshop for video editing. Photoshop is best for individual images. If you want to go through every single frame, frame by frame, and chroma key each one individually. You're better off with a program like Final Cut.

It also doesn't work to copy single frames of video from youtube because frankly, youtube doesn't broadcast at individual frames. There are some tricks you can use...but those infringe on copyright and I won't go any further into it.
RonaldVaughan (July 13, 2008 at 3:29 pm)
Thanks for this info. However, I don't know
how to use Final Cut at this time....
allpoint007 (June 28, 2008 at 4:55 am)
Thanks, very helpful my prints look much better!
tubetape (May 29, 2008 at 4:46 pm)
Try PhotoKey. It's so much easier and removes the background in seconds