Matte Reset; Clean Up Settings - Blackmagicdesign Smart Remote 4 Operation Manual

Matte Reset

Tap this button to restore all the matte controls that affect the foreground elements to their
default settings. The matte settings that affect the green screen area, for example clean up
and veil settings, will not be changed.

Clean Up Settings

Imperfections in your blue or green screen such as scuff marks, seams, unwanted shadows,
electronic noise, and screen residue are visually the same as fine details in the foreground.
As a result, these imperfections will also be visible in your final composited picture.
Adjusting the following controls will electronically clean your screen, but at the expense of the
finest detail on the edges of the foreground elements. We recommend using these controls
sparingly as they can produce a hard edged, cutout look to the final composited image.
TIP Switch your monitor view between combined matte and program out to determine
the best settings.
To adjust the clean up settings:
1 While viewing combined matte, the screen area is represented as white. Adjust the
clean up controls so that the screen area is as close to white as possible without
eliminating important detail.
2 View program out to make sure that you haven't eliminated too much of the fine detail.
The goal is to set these controls to the lowest possible value while ensuring the final picture is
not missing subtle details such as fine wisps of hair, shadows, or reflections.
TIP Don't get too focused on getting a perfect clean matte. Some imperfections like
slight scuff marks or electronic noise might actually look appropriate in the final
composited image, particularly if the background scene is a computer generated,
pristine image.
The clean up settings are interactive. Therefore, increasing one might allow you to decrease
one or more of the others. You'll notice the greatest effect in the green screen area, but you
might also see a slight effect on the foreground elements.
Clean Up Level
Increase or decrease to reduce or eliminate imperfections in the blue or green screen.
Clean Up Dark Recover
Use this control to recover shadows or edge detail on darker colored elements that
were reduced or eliminated by clean up level.
Clean Up Light Recover
Increase this setting to recover edge detail on lighter colored elements that were
reduced or eliminated by clean up level.
Clean Up Strength
Use this control to add more strength to clean up light recover.
Clean Up Reset
Press the clean up reset soft button to restore all clean up controls to their
default settings.
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