Introducing Ultimatte; What Is A Matte - Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12 Manual De Operaciones

Introducing Ultimatte

Ultimatte is a family of advanced professional real time compositors for HD, Ultra HD and 8K
live production. All Ultimatte models share the same powerful keyer functions and can be
controlled from your computer using the Ultimatte Software Control application, or by using
a Smart Remote 4 hardware control panel.
This instruction manual will show you the different types of mattes used when building your
composite, including what they are and how they work, plus provides all the information you
need to get started with your Ultimatte and master all the controls and features!
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What is a Matte?

Before we get started using Ultimatte, it's a good idea to look at the types of mattes you can
use and how they are arranged in your composite. A basic knowledge of matte types will let
you jump right in and start refining your composite.
When a section of an image is intended to be composited over another image, it requires
an accompanying matte, either generated internally by Ultimatte, or supplied via an external
source. A matte is also known as an 'alpha', or 'key', and is displayed as a grayscale image.
The matte determines what will be visible in the accompanying source image that is being
composited. The source image to be composited is called the 'fill'.
Black regions in the matte will allow those regions in the corresponding 'fill' image to be visible
in the composited output, and any areas that are white will be cut out, or removed, showing the
image behind it. Variations of gray means those areas of the corresponding fill image will be
partially transparent.
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