FCPX: When applying the keyer to green screen, is there a way to change the resulting color from black to another color (cream, blue, etc)?

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FCPX: When applying the keyer to green screen, is there a way to change the resulting color from black to another color (cream, blue, etc)?

Currently working on a project where I shot various video tributes in front of a green screen. When using the keyer in FCPX, the resulting image is represented by a black background instead of a green one. I'd like to change that color to blue, tan or something else so that when I apply a picture in a portion of the background, the remaining background looks fine. More specifically, I plan to put images over the right shoulder of each person in the video. The image will only take up about 1/4 of the background and the rest of it currently just looks like a black screen. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Dec 18, 2013 6:41 PM

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 18, 2013 7:27 PM in response to MCoffman314

The background isn't black, it's empty. Place a color generator underneath the green screen image to make the color background you want.

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Dec 19, 2013 5:41 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

Tom now I have another follow-up. So i have the original green screen with the keyer applied which, emptied the background. Now I've applied a color generator below that in the timeline and it generates a color. How do I now go back and add the photo in the upper right corner of the clip? Ultimatly the goal is to have the subject, with the color backdrop and a photo above their right shoulder.

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 19, 2013 5:44 PM in response to MCoffman314

Connect the photo on top of the storyline and use the transform function to scale and position as necessary. You can also scale and move the green screened person.

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