I don't know much about blue-screening, but it absolutely has to be evenly lit.

As for Premiere and After Effects, I have both. After Effects is primarily for special effects, etc. Premiere is best for editing, but is capable of compositing and i've heard it works well but i've never tried it. I've found Premiere infinitely more intuitive than AE has ever been, so you have that much going for you if you decide to get it.

Thank you. I think I will consider getting it. I always found it quite annoing ending up with 70 tracks after adding sounds to a film. ?:D?

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AfterFX is a much better program for doing any type of FX work, since it was designed for that purpose. The compositing functions in Premiere are vastly inferior.

Your problems with the blue screen are most likely due to the fact that it is not evenly lit (aparent from your linked photo), the screen is not smooth (wrinkles, create shadows, which in turn create uneven lighting), and your blue is too light (being too close to skin colour as you have noted. You need to use a darker screen and make sure it is lit completely evenly (ie. it has to all look the same colour. You also need to top light your subject to achieve separation and try to have your subjects as far away from the screen as possible.

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