CorridorKey 2.0 is a one-time-purchase chroma-keying tool from Corridor Digital, designed to work inside DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, After Effects, Premiere Pro and Blender, with a standalone app for processing batches of clips. Its central claim is that it can separate foreground and background more cleanly than conventional keyers by predicting the original colors of semi-transparent subjects, preserving details such as hair, motion blur and bokeh while removing green- or blue-screen color spill. A time-aware mode analyzes a whole clip rather than individual frames to reduce flicker and unstable edges. For difficult shots, users can supply a rough black-and-white image or guide video to specify what should be kept or removed, potentially avoiding detailed garbage masks.
The tool was developed for Corridor’s production work, including more than 400 visual-effects shots for Son of a Dungeon, and is presented as suitable for professional 4K-and-higher, HDR and floating-point workflows. Personal licenses cover one user on up to two machines, include lifetime updates within the 2.x line and carry a 14-day refund guarantee; team licenses offer shared seat management and centralized billing. Beta pricing is listed at $49.50 per personal license and $42.50 per seat for teams of five to 24, rising to $99 and $85 respectively after November 20. It supports Windows systems with NVIDIA RTX graphics and M-series Macs running macOS 14 or newer. Intel Macs, AMD GPUs and Linux are not currently supported, though AMD and Linux support are planned.
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