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Reality Keyer Toolset

Reality Keyer Toolset

Reality Keyer is an image-based keying toolset designed for virtual studio production. Instead of removing only a selected background color, it compares the live camera feed with a clean reference plate to separate talent from the background.

This approach helps retain fine image details that can be difficult to preserve with conventional chroma keying, including hair, soft edges, contact shadows, and transparent objects.

Reality Keyer Workflow | IBC 2025

What it enables

  • Image-based Keying Compare the live camera image with a reference clean-plate(s) rather than relying only on a selected single chroma color.
  • Fine-detail preservation Maintain every detail around hair, soft edges, shadows, and semi-transparent elements.
  • 3D Cyclorama workflows Generate camera-aligned clean plates of your physical cyclorama (including the non-uniform lighting) for tracked-camera virtual studio production.
  • Depth-aware talent placement Project keyed talent into the virtual scene at the correct depth (with optional talent tracking input) so graphics, shadows, reflections, refractions, and AR elements can interact more naturally with the live image.
  • Garbage masking Use Cyclorama and masking tools to remove unwanted areas or physical objects from the production image.
  • Adaptive sharpening Use AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening to improve image clarity after keying and compositing.
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Reality Keyer helps production teams create cleaner and more visually connected composites between live talent and virtual environments.

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