--- title: CorridorKey 2.0 | daily.dev description: CorridorKey 2.0 is a neural green and blue screen keying plugin from Corridor Digital, launching November 21 at $99. It runs locally inside Resolve, Nuke,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/corridorkey-2-0-thcrflsou twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CorridorKey 2.0 | daily.dev og:description: CorridorKey 2.0 is a neural green and blue screen keying plugin from Corridor Digital, launching November 21 at $99. It runs locally inside Resolve, Nuke,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/corridorkey-2-0-thcrflsou og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/THcrfLsOu.png og:image:alt: CorridorKey 2.0 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # CorridorKey 2.0 **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CorridorKey 2.0 is a neural green and blue screen keying plugin from Corridor Digital, launching November 21 at $99. It runs locally inside Resolve, Nuke, After Effects, Premiere and Blender, plus a standalone app, with one purchase covering every host. The tool predicts the color of semi-transparent foreground elements and uses 'time awareness' to analyze whole clips instead of single frames, reducing flicker and preserving fine hair detail. It requires a Windows PC with an NVIDIA RTX GPU or an M-series Mac on macOS 14+; AMD GPUs and Linux are not yet supported. Corridor used it on over 400 VFX shots for their film Son of a Dungeon, premiering November 7. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What hardware do I need to run CorridorKey 2.0 for green screen keying? A Windows PC with an NVIDIA RTX GPU (RTX 30 series or newer recommended, RTX 20 series in beta) or an M-series Mac on macOS 14 or newer. GPU memory needs are 4GB for shots up to 1440p and 6GB for 4K. Intel Macs aren't supported, and AMD GPUs and Linux support are planned but not yet available. _Evaluating keying tools for your VFX pipeline is easier with hardware specifics tracked on daily.dev._ ### What is time awareness in CorridorKey's keying algorithm? Time awareness is a processing mode that analyzes an entire video clip instead of a single frame to separate foreground from background. It reduces flicker and chattering mattes caused by compression and noise, and helps preserve fine details like hair, producing a more stable alpha matte across a shot than frame-by-frame keying. _Developers building or evaluating video processing tools can follow techniques like this on daily.dev._ ### How much does CorridorKey 2.0 cost and what does the license include? CorridorKey 2.0 costs $99 for an individual license (one person, up to 2 machines on one activation) launching November 21, with a 14-day money-back guarantee and lifetime updates on the 2.x line. A studio tier costs $85 per seat for teams of 5 to 24 seats, with central billing and reassignable seats. _Comparing one-time purchase software pricing against subscriptions is simpler when tracked on daily.dev._ ## Community take How the wider developer community reacted, aggregated from 1 discussion and 65 comments across hackernews (as of 2026-10-27). **TL;DR:** Reaction is largely enthusiastic about the quality jump over version one and the generous local/free licensing for individuals, but a sharp licensing debate over whether the project is truly 'open source' and an unrelated flame war about whether green screen itself is obsolete dominate much of the thread. **Sentiment:** 40% positive · 35% mixed · 25% skeptical **The case for** - Many found the results a big step up from the first version and genuinely useful even for non-professional work. - Several praised the pricing/licensing model as generous, since the core tool and weights are free for individuals and only the packaged plugins cost money. - Some said even a partial (80-90%) automated key saves significant rotoscoping time for lower-budget productions. **The pushback** - Multiple commenters objected to Corridor calling the license 'open source' when it's actually a restrictive source-available CC-BY-NC-SA variant with extra terms. - Some felt the demoed keying quality still has obvious flaws that aren't ready for big-budget, effects-driven production. - One long sub-thread argued green screen/keying workflows are becoming obsolete compared to CG, game engines, or generative video. **By community** - hackernews (mixed): Praise for the tool's quality and pricing model sits alongside a heated licensing-terminology dispute and an unrelated derail about whether green screen has a future. **Hottest debate:** Whether the project can legitimately be called 'open source' given its added non-commercial and redistribution restrictions. **Open questions** - How close is this to being usable in real-time workflows (e.g., live webcam or OBS compositing)? - Will a future version eliminate the need for an actual green/blue screen background entirely? **Highlights** > This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), the full text of which is included below, subject to the following additional terms and conditions. These additional terms supplement the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence and take precedence where they conflict. "This tool" means the CorridorKey software in this repository and the CorridorKey model weights distributed for use with it. By exercising any rights to the Licensed Material, You accept and agree to be bound by both these Additional Terms and the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Public License. 1. PERMITTED USE a. You may use this tool for any lawful purpose, including for processing images as part of a commercial project, provided that such use complies with the restrictions set out below and the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence. b. The images and video You produce with this tool are Yours. The Licensor claims no rights in them, and You may use them commercially. 2. RESTRICTIONS In addition to the restrictions set out in the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence, the following restrictions apply: a. NO REPACKAGING OR RESALE You may not repackage, redistribute, sublicense, or sell this tool, in whole or in part, as a standalone product or as part of a competing product, and You may not charge for access to this tool's code or model weights. b. NO PAID API OR INFERENCE SERVICES You may not use this tool to provide inference as a paid API service, whether directly or indirectly. This includes, but is not limited to, offering access to this tool behind a paywall, subscription model, or usage-based billing system. c. DERIVATIVES MUST BE FREELY ACCESSIBLE You may build on this tool, but any project, fork, derivative work, or modified version that You release and that incorporates this tool must be made available to the public free of charge. Voluntary donations and pay-what-you-want pricing are permitted, provided that paying nothing is always an available option. d. COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE INTEGRATION If you operate a commercial software package or inference service and wish to incorporate this tool into your software, you must obtain a separate written agreement from the Licensor. Please contact: contact@corridordigital.com 3. LARGE ORGANISATIONS a. If You are, or are using this tool on behalf of, a Legal Entity whose total gross revenue exceeded US $20,000,000 (twenty million US dollars) in its most recently completed fiscal year, the permissions in Section 1 do not apply unless that Legal Entity has purchased a seat of the CorridorKey plugin from the Licensor for each individual who uses this tool. b. "Legal Entity" means the entity using this tool together with all other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with it. Revenue is measured across the whole Legal Entity. c. Each seat of the CorridorKey plugin includes a licence for one individual to download and use this tool and its model weights. Seats are available at: https://corridorkey.com Etc. Pp. > — [LeoWattenberg on hackernews · 1 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252416) > You would think so considering the creator constantly calls it that, but it is source-available. This has been repeatedly brought up [0], the charitable interpretation is that the creator is confused about what open source is and isn't. It uses a license not meant for software, with additional restrictions, which is also in violation of the license used for the work this project is based on [1]. The license has also changed multiple times before a CLA was introduced, seemingly without the permission of the other copyright holders. [0] https://github.com/nikopueringer/CorridorKey/issues?q=licens... [1] https://github.com/nikopueringer/CorridorKey/issues/152 > — [bramhaag on hackernews · 1 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252645) > The issues aren't nits, they're really obvious, even after YouTube compression. > — [ipsum2 on hackernews · 1 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252174) > No- but actors are unnecessary puppets- nowadays I don't need actors which is great for me as a director- as an animator you act out all the shots/scenes yourself anyway- and nowadays you can just do the mocap/change your voice etc- human actors are not needed anymore and thats a good thing. The status quo will slowly replace the human actors with ai one's. Actors have been given this ridiculous unwarranted status in modern times- they are nothing but puppets so who cares what actors think? They are just puppets that play make believe that they don't even make up themselves = redundant. > — [imaginationra on hackernews · 1 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252763) > A beta price of $50 or full price of $100 is really a steal. If you do ANY sort of video production work, this is an amazing tool. The more casual of a green screen person you are, the more impressive this is. This is like Magnet Mask for Final Cut, but probably better. I haven't compared/contrasted the two yet, but I have faith that Corridor has knocked this one out of the park from the demos I have seen. (Yes, you can download it for free. You're paying for the pre-packaged convenience. I 100% paid them to support the work they are doing). > — [ShakataGaNai on hackernews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251978) **Source threads** - [hackernews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50251127) · 178 points · 65 comments ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [CorridorKey Is What You Get When Artists Make AI Tools](https://daily.dev/posts/corridorkey-is-what-you-get-when-artists-make-ai-tools-lib3sjlba) · Hackaday · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [\(One\) Good AI Is Here](https://daily.dev/posts/one-good-ai-is-here-reucsaani) · Anil Dash · 6 upvotes · 0 comments - [New Adobe Premiere Color Grading Mode Accelerated on NVIDIA GPUs](https://daily.dev/posts/new-adobe-premiere-color-grading-mode-accelerated-on-nvidia-gpus-obdkp5cqi) · NVIDIA · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [December 30, 2025](https://daily.dev/posts/december-30-2025-ljgtfyiof) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#video-production](https://daily.dev/tags/video-production) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/corridorkey-2-0-thcrflsou) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"CorridorKey 2.0","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/corridorkey-2-0-thcrflsou","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/corridorkey-2-0-thcrflsou"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T23:31:18.983Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T08:35:01.759Z","description":"CorridorKey 2.0 is a neural green and blue screen keying plugin from Corridor Digital, launching November 21 at $99. 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