Extracting Figures from Green Screen
There is currently a placeholder for the actors in the scene, but now you’ll extract the live-action figures from the background and add them to the project. This section will give you a quick and dirty look at how to extract or key figures shot against a green screen.
For a more complete rundown on how to work with green-screen footage, consult The Green Screen Handbook by Jeff Foster (Sybex, 2010).
Open the file Guide+Visitor.mov from the Chapter 15 DVD materials. The green-screen footage shows two actors: one portraying a guide to Hades and a second portraying a visitor. In this 10-second clip, the guide brandishes his sword at the landscape of Hades while the visitor looks on in despair (Figure 15-76 ...
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