For stock footage shot on a black or white background, this tool makes it easy to remove those backgrounds. In this example image, a clip of smoke filmed in front of black is being composited onto another media clip. Remove Stock Background has been applied to the left side of the clip to remove the black, leaving only the smoke.
- Background: Choose whether Black or White is removed from the layer.
- Channel: Choose the channel used to determine what area is removed.
- Max RGB: Uses the highest value among the RGB channels to calculate removal.
- Luminance: Calculates the removal based on the luminance channel.
- Average RGB: Averages the red, green and blue values, and uses the result to calculate the removal.
- Balance: Adjusts how much of the tonal range is removed.
- View Matte: Reveals, on the Viewer, the matte created by the removal calculations.