Music-centric adventures of Bill & Ted: Continuum's key-based harmonies hit the mark
In a significant shift for VFX Editor Richard Sanchez, the production of Bill & Ted Face the Music saw him embracing Boris FX Continuum and Primatte Studio for green screen keying and visual effects. Sanchez, who previously relied on Avid's built-in effects, found the combination to be a game-changer.
Initially apprehensive about using Primatte Studio in Boris FX Continuum, Sanchez soon discovered its value. The Mocha integration within Primatte Studio proved particularly beneficial, saving him significant time, especially with motion-blurred tracking markers.
Sanchez, who runs an assistant editing training program called Master the Workflow, strongly recommends third-party plugins like Continuum to assistant editors and up-and-coming VFX editors. He praises the keyer in Primatte Studio for its simplicity and consistent delivery of good results.
The advanced keying accuracy of Primatte Studio is one of its standout features. Its algorithms create clean, precise keys, even in challenging conditions such as uneven lighting or shadows. The integrated workflow within popular NLEs like Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and others, reduces the need to roundtrip between apps.
Continuum offers a wide range of plug-ins, including color correction, edge smoothing, and lighting effects, allowing editors to refine composites directly without switching software. Primatte Studio excels at minimizing color spill and producing natural edges on keyed subjects, improving realism in composites.
Boris FX tools are optimized for performance, enabling faster renders and real-time previews, which is crucial in film production pipelines. Sanchez found this performance boost to be invaluable during his work on Bill & Ted Face the Music, where he had to complete a large amount of work under a tight deadline.
Two major sequences in Bill & Ted Face the Music were shot on green screen, and Sanchez found his old methods insufficient for these challenging shots. He turned to Boris FX Continuum with Primatte Studio's chroma key technology, which allowed his team to focus more on the story and less on technical concerns.
In conclusion, using Boris FX Continuum with Primatte Studio enhances green screen VFX editing by improving keying quality, integrating into editing workflows smoothly, and providing powerful post-keying effects and refinements. Sanchez plans to use this powerful tool extensively in the future.
In his shift towards data-and-cloud-computing solutions, Sanchez embraced Boris FX Continuum and Primatte Studio, findings the technology's integration a game-changer for green screen keying and visual effects during the production of Bill & Ted Face the Music. The keyer in Primatte Studio, with its simplicity and consistent good results, is highly recommended by Sanchez, a trainer for assistant editors and VFX editors, due to features like Mocha integration that save significant time, especially with motion-blurred tracking markers.
