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Use windows to limit keys to a specific are of an image so they don't pick up similar colors in another part of the frame. Example - Key a sky to make it more vivid, but someone is wearing blue. Use a vignette across the top to limit to the...

Use soft circle windows to brighten up or darken faces as needed, especially to compensate for dark or aggressive looks. Face windows/vignettes are very common in coloring, and can be a great tool in your workflow. This may seems like a pretty elementary tip, but it's something to consider when...

Key Tolerance vs. Key Blur - Tolerance ramps down the colors that are keyed instead of a hard stop. Blur softens the matte. Use tolerance to fine-tune a key that won't pick up something fully. Use key blur to soften noisy or hard edge keys This is best demonstrated visually....