Global Keyer Controls

The following elements appear with all the Keyer controls.

Discreet Keyer Controls

The buttons on the left of the Keyer give you access to the different sets of controls in the Keyer. When you click a button, the corresponding controls appear.

Reset Buttons

There are two reset buttons in each Keyer control.

Reset

Resets the current Keyer controls to their default settings. For example, if you are working on the Curves controls and you click Reset, only the Curves controls are reset to their default value.

Reset All

Resets all the Keyer controls to their default settings. For example, if you are working on the Curves controls and you click Reset All, all the settings in the Key, Matte, Curves, Color, and Setup controls are reset to their default values.

Note: Only the current Store is affected.

Store Buttons

Use the store buttons to save up to five versions of your Keyer settings, and then quickly switch between the different stores to compare the results.

Store

Enable Store to save the current settings of all Keyer controls in the current store number.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Each store contains saved settings. Click between store buttons to view the different settings. A dot in the lower right corner of the store button indicates that it contains saved information.

For more information, see Storing Operator Settings.

Output Options

Use the Output options to switch between different views of your key. For example, click Matte to display the keyed matte in the current viewport. The output determines what appears in the composite, so make sure you click Result when you are satisfied with the key.

Front

Displays the image to which you applied the key. This is the layer you are keying with any operators you applied to that layer before the Keyer.

Note: If the front layer is not the one you expect, you probably applied the key to the wrong layer. In the Workspace panel, copy and paste the Keyer operator to the correct layer. For more information, see Copying or Moving Operators.

Key In

Displays the image that is used to pull a key. By default, the front and key-in images are the same. In some cases, you pull a key on a different key-in image, and apply the resulting matte to the front layer. You may also want to see the key-in image if you apply a key-in blur before pulling the matte.

Back

Displays the background image that is revealed when the front is keyed. By default, this is the entire composite under the front layer.

Matte

Displays the alpha channel created by the Keyer.

Result

Displays the result of your key. In viewports set to display the Keyer, you will see the front image keyed over black. In viewports set to display the composite, you will see the front image composited over the background.

Comp

Displays the front image keyed over a solid background. You can change the color of the background in the Setup controls.