Quick, effective keying

Quality keying

Get superior keying results from marginal sources, such as DV footage that was poorly lit.

• Produce better keying results with a breakthrough algorithm called Vector Keying™. It compensates for keying nightmares, such as uneven lighting, wrinkled backdrops, or frizzy hair. Key in the field or in the studio.
• Enjoy extraordinarily faster setup with One-Click Key. Increase rendering speeds by shifting processing demands to your computer's graphics processing unit (GPU).
• Get excellent results from the reduced color bandwidth of today's DV video sources.
• Get instant feedback with live preview. Adjust camera shot, angle, and zoom to fit the scene while shooting.
• Perform real-time color correction on input and output clips and work with controls for spill suppression, color curve, and desaturation. Fine-tune your composites for detailed realism.

Flexibility with layers, sources, and scenes

Take control of your virtual environment.

• Flexible edge cropping, scaling, and orientation settings allow total control over the placement of your source clips. Add realism to your sets using virtual shadows and reflections.
• Insert additional video sources right into the many virtual sets included with Ultra CS3. Easily create more sophisticated composites by adding your own semitransparent foreground image or by choosing any prerendered 3D virtual set included in Ultra.
• Get high-resolution output with standard-definition cameras using the Plus-90 Mode.
• Paint out areas of the input source with a soft-edged brush, turning difficult shots into easy ones.

Support for industry standards

Enjoy easy integration with your existing editing tools.

• Ultra CS3 is compatible with all major editing applications that accept standard AVI files or image sequences.
• Video input options include AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, and DV files or any format for which you have a compatible codec installed.
• Output options include DV files or 24-bit and 32-bit AVIs with alpha channels for later compositing with Adobe Premiere® Pro, After Effects®, or other editing tools.

Ultra Virtual Sets Libraries

Ultra Virtual Sets Libraries

Take advantage of astonishing included virtual sets, with additional sets available separately for purchase.

• Enhance your productions with professional 3D virtual sets and animated backgrounds, ranging from corporate and educational settings to newsrooms and futuristic studios.
• Use VirtualTrak™ to quickly add virtual pans and zooms from stationary camera shots that are in perfect sync with your keyed backgrounds.
• Insert accurate video reflections for increased realism. Talent and additional images or video sources can reflect into the scene.
• Easily create the illusion of multiple cameras with one stationary camera by coordinating multiple angles, such as wide, medium, tight, and alternative views — whether you're shooting head-and-shoulder or full-body shots.
• Simulate realistic motion tracking in a scene with special effects, such as virtual camera fly-throughs.