After Effects Quick Tip: How To Easily Key Hair Details With This Simple Trick

After Effects Quick Tip: How To Easily Key Hair Details With This Simple Trick

June 3, 2021
Cody Vineyard
After EffectsTutorials

Keying out hair strands can be a tedious process, but it doesn't have to be.

In this After Effects Quick Tips tutorial, we'll show you tips and tricks on how to key out tiny hair strands on a green screen that can give you major post-production headaches.

See the shot we will be working on below! Green screen plate by our friends at Maxon!

This After Effects tutorial will cover:

  • Isolating small hair strands
  • Using simple layer subtraction and addition
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