Fast Fusion

Why do I like Eyeon Fusion? Because its powerful and you can do all kinds of crazy things with it, yes. But its also wicked fast for pulling off shots that can be really challenging. The one here is one of 85 separate shots that needed keyed and comped for our film, The General Specific. When you have to shoot the scene in the winter with a bad greenscreen, having Fusion can be a lifesaver. After Effects and Keylight just could not give me a solid key no matter what I was trying. I was trying to keep it in there just for the ease of keeping the timeline together. Within 2 evenings however inside Fusion, I now have 85 shots keyed and comped with some pretty good results!

7D and Greenscreen

I've been finding some positive results with the 7D and keying. It seems the way it's codec will smooth together common areas of color or chroma can make for a pretty easy key to pull. Here's a quick shot though where the 7D can really burn you. Its not so much in the greenscreen where I'm having an issue, its in the blocking in the pants. That's an ugly mess. This would have been a problem whether on greenscreen or not and points to the DSLR's codec needing more detail rather than less. It looks like I ran the cartoon filter over it in After Effects. Something to consider when you're shooting.