Advanced Green Screen Keying in After Effects

00:00 Intro
01:12 Overview
07:32 Step 1 - Alpha Matte
17:56 Step 2 - Chroma / De-Spill
27:23 Step 3 - Compositing Tips
30:14 Super-Advanced Course Details
32:57 Advanced Chroma Key Course Trailer

Learn the secrets of advanced keying with alpha extraction and color correction / de-spill techniques for After Effects. Don't just use 1 instance of Keylight, an advanced spill suppressor, and call it a day. Get fine tuned control over both your detailed alpha plate (fine hair detail, and semitransparent areas) as well as custom de-spilled chroma plate (recolor green and blue screens to match foreground colors). By separating the process into its components, you get much more fine-tuned control and more professional results. Best of all, this tutorial is FREE!

Created by Leonard Wilkes:
I'm an independent filmmaker, editor and VFX artist, and while learning some advanced chromakey techniques in Nuke and Fusion for a music video I directed, called "White Lies," I discovered so much that translated to an After Effects workflow that I thought I'd share. I tried to make the tutorial I wish I found at the start of my journey.

[dbroadwayvfx]

Now this is ACTUALLY advanced. Very cool. So many After Effects say they are Advanced when in fact they are just basic. Very nice tips and tricks here.

[digitalzonesubratanandi]

You've actually got so quality stuff on your channel. Keep that up man!

[rodolfofrancovideo]

Fantastic demonstration!
This is a real advanced tutorial.

[natasha]

Omg, you explained it very simply! It's really easy to understand. Thank you so much! I've always wanted to learn these.

[williamw]

This is incredible. Been trying to do chroma keying in AE for a decade and this method makes so much more sense.

[mkheisenberg]

thank you very much for putting this demonstration together, not only will it be my personal go-to video on green screen keying, but I will recommending this to others as the default green screen technical procedure going forward. very much appreciated

[hikitub]

Fantastic tutorial, keep up the great videos!

[klavsvadonis]

These techniques are brilliant! Hollywood level!

[vincentdormani]

Holy underrated. This is some insanely useful stuff. Love it!

[juliad]

Just beginning my AE learning journey, and using some other tutorials I attempted that initial "beginner's method" you showed at the beginning, complete with just shrinking down to try and remove the green halo. Was wondering how in the world they made it look so flawless in movies, and figured I'd always be dealing with that halo because I just didn't have enough room to take away that green reflection (or something).
Then I started watching this, and had a glorious lightbulb moment when you began explaining how it was done. Thank, you, my friend -- I can't wait to apply what I've learned here.

[DavieMelderfilms]

learned more from this 30 minute video than I did in college. Very informative, Great video! I'll be implementing this technique from here on out.

[alexkirchner]

Honestly this is beyond incredible. From a bleary-eyed tired Australian that you'll never ever meet, thankyou for taking the time to make this, your work is appreciated!

[kazid]

Bro u just saved me a heck of a lot of time green screening. Best tut I've come across in ages. 👏

[juanmiguelmartinezbalbuena]

Thank you. TNice tutorials is really helpful. Much respect

[harrydavidson]

Giving you a like for that Alpha Add tip alone - great vid!

[cudak]

Followed the AE tutorial and was blown away, but ran up against limitations (with my footage) that made the potential power of Resolve that much more intriguing. Decided to splurge for the course.

Three videos in and I already have a better idea of what Resolve can do to make a fantastic key (and some pointers for future shoots), that I have after wasting time weeding through the overhyped YouTube tutorials out there. It's wonderful not to have to slodge through all the instant gratification stuff for people content with a half-baked result, only to find out most of those other tutorials have nothing to share past an enthusiast-level key.

Len, you knocked this out of the park, if not out of the Milky Way. Also, I went looking for the music video before going for the tutorial and was blown away when I realized it was a projection mapped miniature I'd been looking at all this time. I can make it out in spots now, but you had me fooled for a LOT longer than I thought.

[MatixLA]

So good, You are super talented, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[Mastajwood]

I've messed with keying for a while but you sir just filled ALL the gaps.

[diegotorrejon]

No way he only has 2 videos 🥲, excellent tutorial

[jeffrinharris]

Amazing Tutorial, as many of you have said, this tutorial is so damn informative for those who have already used these tools before, not for the first timers.