Change white archery arrows to black?

I have a green screen clip showing arrows hitting a "target". Unfortunately the arrows are white and I want them to appear black or nearly so.


I have tried altering the colour using the Hue versus saturation effect but unfortunately they come out mottled. Any ideas how to get a better effect?



Mac mini

Posted on Nov 8, 2025 7:18 AM

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Posted on Nov 8, 2025 9:38 AM

Try to reorder filters, to get keying before negative and use Hue shift to recolour :

Form IA: "In Final Cut Pro, filter order matters because effects are applied from top to bottom in the Inspector, meaning the effect listed first is processed first and the effect at the bottom is applied last, directly changing the image. To change the order, drag and drop effects in the Inspector, with the effect you want to be applied last placed at the bottom of the list."

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Nov 14, 2025 10:10 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

FWIW:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmn00Nsatwc


First half: "reconstituting" the green screen creates some issues...:P

Second half *IS* the sole green screen clip — no clip layering is involved.


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Change white archery arrows to black?

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