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VFX Pipeline Automated Masking: Matte Generators

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Bluescreen keying, and more recently greenscreen keying, has become a mainstream compositing approach for working with both VFX and 3D software packages. This is because it automates the often tedious masking process, although it requires that you shoot in front of special blue or green cloth, paint, or sets.

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Jackson, W. (2016). VFX Pipeline Automated Masking: Matte Generators. In: VFX Fundamentals. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2131-0_12

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