Chroma Keyer

Francis-Resch wrote on 9/23/2025, 3:41 PM

I bought the old version of Vegas years ago, worked fine. Recently went to use it again, video is fuzzy and chome keyer doesn't work at all anymore. Tested the new version, Vegas pro 23, trial bases, video no longer looked fuzzy, but chome keyer still doesn't work. Will not buy if it can not be corrected

Comments

EricLNZ wrote on 9/23/2025, 5:11 PM

Please explain in what way it doesn't work.

Francis-Resch wrote on 9/23/2025, 6:28 PM

The green becomes just black back ground, not transparent. I've tried to get the back ground picture, higher, lower, nothing works.

RogerS wrote on 9/23/2025, 9:47 PM

Could you share a screenshot of your chroma key settings and timeline?

RogerS wrote on 9/23/2025, 9:57 PM

Here's an example of it with 23. The bright cyan is actually green that is keyed out. It would look black as there's no background except that I put a solid color (cyan) beneath it.

Personally I prefer the color corrector secondary for fine tuning color transparency.

Francis-Resch wrote on 9/24/2025, 10:26 AM

Francis-Resch wrote on 9/24/2025, 10:27 AM

As you can see the back ground is black and should be a painting

VEGASPascal wrote on 9/24/2025, 10:39 AM

Hi @Francis-Resch Please share a screenshot of your chroma key settings. This would help to help you.

Enjoy testing VP23

Francis-Resch wrote on 9/24/2025, 11:15 AM

Francis-Resch wrote on 9/24/2025, 11:18 AM

I have used the chrome key before, Never had a problem before. I tried it all different settings, nothing works.

Gid wrote on 9/24/2025, 12:01 PM

@Francis-Resch You've got it on 'Video Output fx' which is the fx at the top of the preview window, this option affects all the events on the timeline.

Try dragging the chroma keyer on to the track header so it is in Track fx or on to each individual event.

Last changed by Gid on 9/24/2025, 12:02 PM, changed a total of 1 times.

Vegas Pro 18 - 22
Vegas Pro/Post 19
Boris Continuum & Sapphire, 
Silhouette Standalone + Plugin, 
Mocha Pro Standalone + Plugin, 
Boris Optics,
NewBlue TotalFX
Desktop PC Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - 64-Bit
ASUS PRO WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI AMD Motherboard
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 3.5GHz 32 Core
Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 360mm All-in-One Liquid CPU Cooler
RAM 256GB ( 8x Micron 32GB (1x 32GB) 2666MHz DDR4 RAM )
2x Western Digital Black SN850 2TB M.2-2280 SSD, 7000MB/s Read, 5100MB/s Write
(programs on one, project files on the other)
Graphics MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X 24GB OC GPU
ASUS ROG Thor 1200W Semi-Modular 80+ Platinum PSU 
Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark TG Case with 3 Fans
Dell SE3223Q 31.5 Inch 4K UHD (3840x2160) Monitor, 60Hz, & an Acer 24" monitor.

At the moment my filming is done with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G & a GoPro Hero11 Black

I've been a Joiner/Carpenter for 40yrs, apprentice trained time served, I don't have an apprentice of my own so to share my knowledge I put videos on YouTube.

YouTube videos - https://www.youtube.com/c/Gidjoiner

 

RogerS wrote on 9/24/2025, 5:32 PM

I put it on the event in my screenshot and it works.

Reyfox wrote on 9/25/2025, 5:33 AM

I just tried Green Screen (Vegas Chroma Keyer) and it worked like a charm.

A screen shot of your timeline would be nice. What track is the green screen on and what track is the painting? The painting should be under the green screen. I use it at the Event level myself since it is not an entire track that I would need.

 

Newbie😁

Vegas Pro 22 B250 (VP18-21 also installed)

Win 11 Pro 23H2 (Build 22631.6060)

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 cores / 32 threads

64GB DDR4 3200 Patriot Viper

Sapphire RX6700XT 12GB Driver: 25.9.1

Gigabyte X570 Elite Motherboard

Panasonic G9, G7, FZ300

Boris FX Continuum Complete 2025.5.1, Newblue FX Total FX360, Ignite Pro V5, proDAD Vitascene V5 Pro and Mercalli V6.

Francis-Resch wrote on 9/25/2025, 10:37 AM

Tried it on different tracks, nothing worked. Tried the "Video Output" thing every different way possible, nothing has worked

Reyfox wrote on 9/25/2025, 12:13 PM

Is there any way to provide the offending clip you want to chroma key to test?

Newbie😁

Vegas Pro 22 B250 (VP18-21 also installed)

Win 11 Pro 23H2 (Build 22631.6060)

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 cores / 32 threads

64GB DDR4 3200 Patriot Viper

Sapphire RX6700XT 12GB Driver: 25.9.1

Gigabyte X570 Elite Motherboard

Panasonic G9, G7, FZ300

Boris FX Continuum Complete 2025.5.1, Newblue FX Total FX360, Ignite Pro V5, proDAD Vitascene V5 Pro and Mercalli V6.

RogerS wrote on 9/26/2025, 2:19 AM

Don't do video output, put the Fx on the event and put a background on the track below it.

Reyfox offered to demonstrate.

Reyfox wrote on 9/26/2025, 9:13 AM

@Francis-Resch here is how I used Chroma Keyer with a blue screen.

The top track contains the blue screen. The bottom track contains what will appear in the blue screen when you add Chroma Keyer to the top track.

The top track

The bottom track

Adding Chroma Keyer (and some brightness) to the top track.

Newbie😁

Vegas Pro 22 B250 (VP18-21 also installed)

Win 11 Pro 23H2 (Build 22631.6060)

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 cores / 32 threads

64GB DDR4 3200 Patriot Viper

Sapphire RX6700XT 12GB Driver: 25.9.1

Gigabyte X570 Elite Motherboard

Panasonic G9, G7, FZ300

Boris FX Continuum Complete 2025.5.1, Newblue FX Total FX360, Ignite Pro V5, proDAD Vitascene V5 Pro and Mercalli V6.