What is Primatte Keyer Pro 4.0

Primatte Keyer is one of the most popular chromakey technologies in the world. It has been used for such major motion pictures as Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Harry Potter, King Kong, Spider-Man and many, many other movies, TV shows, commercials, music videos and has even found a home in the photographic and graphic arts marketplaces. It is known for its ease of use, the consistent interface between host applications and, most importantly, the great keying results achieved when it is used. It has many unique features such as the ability to pulls mattes from a person wearing a blue denim shirt and blue jeans sitting in front of a bright blue screen, it works equally well with any color backing screen and it is fast.

Primatte Keyer 4.0 is a native plug-in that runs inside Adobe After Effects (version 7 and CS3); Apple Final Cut Pro (version 5.1.4 and 6.0); Apple Motion (version 3.0); and Avid Systems compatible with the Avid AVX 2 standard, including new versions of Avid Xpress Pro (version 5.5.x) and Media Composer (version 2.5).


What's Included in Primatte Keyer Pro 4.0

Primatte Keyer 4.0 includes many features to enhance keying DV footage, uneven backing screen lighting, green and blue screen seams, spill problems, grain clips and many other problem issues that compositing artists run into when chroma keying.


The primary tool set in the Primatte plug-in (in the above case, for After Effects) is representative of the tools found in Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Avid Systems (Avid Xpress Pro, Xpress DV, and Media Composer).