Crystal Vision
Using Safire 3
The
Grab Samples
control automatically produced the following composite
image:
Here we can see a realistic result; notice that hair detail and glass transparency
has been retained. No foreground samples were necessary here but would be
used if small amounts of BG image broke through to the foreground. Selecting
foreground samples will automatically adjust the key
Min Clip
setting to force the
key to zero at these points. Not all FG images are as well lit as the above
example and it may be necessary to fine tune Safire 3’s settings after Auto Setup.
Foreground Suppression
Safire 3 works by suppressing the colours of foreground objects within a range of
hues set by a combination of the
Suppression
Hue
control in the Hue & Balance
menu and the Foreground
Acceptance
control in the Gain & Spill menu.
Foreground colours that are exactly the same as the selected hue are
suppressed to black and other colours close to that are suppressed to varying
shades of grey. The Foreground
Suppression
control in the Gain & Spill menu
adjusts the result to provide an even black backdrop – this control is set
automatically by Auto Setup. The following picture shows the Keyed FG output
where all the backdrop area has been suppressed to black prior to adding to the
keyed BG signal.
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24 March 2017