http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: chroma - Recent Posts en Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:30:31 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chromakey-problem-with-pro-10#post-72611 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:12:49 +0000 Alice 72611@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Mike</p> <p>Just found the problem is with the baseline picture - it was too tall for widescreen. Have now cropped picture oblong rather than square and subject fits perfectly - mask an all. lol. Thanks for all the head scratching on my behalf. Alice X</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chromakey-problem-with-pro-10#post-72610 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:54:56 +0000 Alice 72610@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Mike</p> <p>yes there is a mask, this is the total of the subject (nothing cut off .... yet) i think the problem is with the background. When I render the loop the on stage portion is ok with widescreen marks top and bottom as it should be, when the chroma background is on it is full screen, although subject and background have the same properties - except the depth, i dont seem able to affect background depth in photoshop, there is no properties for this point. Any ideas? Thanks Alice</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chromakey-problem-with-pro-10#post-72543 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:45:06 +0000 rs170a 72543@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Alice, if I didn't know any better (and I don't as I haven't seen your project), it looks like you applied a mask to the musician and are inadvertently cropping the bottom portion off.  If this isn't the case, open the Pan/Crop window on him, right-click and select "Match Output Aspect".  BTW, since we don't seem to be able to post images here, use any of the various free services to post a screen shot and then give us the link to it.</p> <p>Mike</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chromakey-problem-with-pro-10#post-72514 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:32:11 +0000 Alice 72514@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>hi mike</p> <p>the only way i seem to be able to do snapshot is via avatar. lol. As you can see this is supposed to be a music video, and I need to run this 4 times on the chorus. Im reasonably competent at the rest of the editing this is the first time ive done chroma.</p> <p>Any and all advice welcome </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chromakey-problem-with-pro-10#post-72511 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:14:43 +0000 rs170a 72511@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Please post a screen shot so that we can see what the problem looks like.</p> <p>Mike</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chromakey-problem-with-pro-10#post-72504 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:45:32 +0000 Alice 72504@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi, can anyone tell me why my chroma subject seems to be floating in mid air. I have tried moving position and/or resizing background photo but subject still floats. thanks for looking.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/looking-for-good-virtual-sets#post-53493 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:32:39 +0000 birdcat 53493@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Have you tried the various virtual set packs that Adobe (Serious Magic offers).  You can't get the software on eBay but I have seen the set packs there.</p> <p> (Currently eBay has this one: <strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ybkagjt">http://tinyurl.com/ybkagjt</a>)</strong></p> <ol> </ol> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/looking-for-good-virtual-sets#post-53486 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:13:52 +0000 contrain 53486@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>We are looking to upgrade the virtual chroma key sets we currently use, Adobe Ultra, and wanted to know what are some of the virtual sets people recommend? </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/halo-effect-when-greenscreening#post-49796 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:00:25 +0000 NormanWillis 49796@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>And how close are you to the green screen?  Industry standard is no closer than 7 feet, while at least 12 is much, much better.  The light bounces off of the screen and lights the subject, giving you a green halo.  The more distance you can put in between yourself and the screen, then better off you will be.</p> <p>Also, shirt colors like plum, mauve and magenta kill green.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/halo-effect-when-greenscreening#post-49792 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:23:48 +0000 zoobie 49792@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> huh? </p> <p>lite the screen and subject one at a time. </p> <p>bring the person way out in front of the GS...the green you're seeing is often a combo of spill, cheap software, and bad lighting...</p> <p>maybe try using one as a back-light</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/halo-effect-when-greenscreening#post-49782 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:05:56 +0000 markm 49782@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Ã? two lights front hanging from ceilingÃ?  in frontÃ?  two on sides behind person and one on ceiling behind personÃ?  </p> <p>Ã? </p> <p>Lights with 4- 4' bulbs      /                                      \</p> <p>                                                Person</p> <p>Ã? 2- 2Ã? ' bulbs on   I                                         I</p> <p> 2- 4' bulbs on screen                  __________</p> <p>screen _____________________________________________________ </p> <p>Ã? </p> <p>Ã? </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/halo-effect-when-greenscreening#post-49779 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:45:31 +0000 Tom Skowronski 49779@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> how are you positioning the lights and how are you lighting the green screen? It should be lit seperate from the subject</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/halo-effect-when-greenscreening#post-49778 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:28:37 +0000 markm 49778@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I am getting a halo around people when filming them on greenscreens.  I am using full spectrum flourescent lighting.  Both the person and screen are lit well.  When i dim lights down I am still getting the halo.  This has been consitent on various cameras including xl1, vixia hf10, sony hdr-hc1 and sony hdr sr11.  Any help appreciated this is making my life miserable.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-a-written-tutorial-on-green-screening-for-class#post-46932 Sun, 17 May 2009 22:10:59 +0000 waipio 46932@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I've been using what was Serious Magic and is now Adobe Visual Communicator and Ultra for a couple of years now to produce Friday morning news shows in green screen methods for my Digital Media Tech class...extremely easy to use and well worth the price...should be better supported by Adobe for school use imho...you can probably download trial versions of both...Ultra often comes with the Master Collection...not sure why VC doesn't...students can produce great stuff in ten minutes with no problems, minimal light concerns, etc.  Just wish I knew what older program Serious Magic used to create their virtual sets for Ultra so we could produce our own, tho we've put video behind actors using VC and it worked ok...lots of fun!!!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-green-screen-project-tutorial-for-class#post-46550 Thu, 07 May 2009 15:26:26 +0000 Tom Skowronski 46550@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> We have quite a bit of information on green screen techniques... I recommend watching a few of the Tips &amp; Tricks on this site:</p> <p><a href="http://www.videomaker.com/vidcast/135/">http://www.videomaker.com/vidcast/135/</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.videomaker.com/vidcast/142/">http://www.videomaker.com/vidcast/142/</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-green-screen-project-tutorial-for-class#post-46474 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:23:24 +0000 chuckengels 46474@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Did you see the topic before this one?</p> <p><a href="http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-a-written-tutorial-on-green-screening-for-class" rel="nofollow">http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-a-written-tutorial-on-green-screening-for-class</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-green-screen-project-tutorial-for-class#post-46466 Tue, 05 May 2009 08:04:46 +0000 kr0490 46466@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Does anyone know where I can get a short premiere chroma keying tutorial / project i can give to my class that will teach them how to do basic chroma keying.  Thanks</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-a-written-tutorial-on-green-screening-for-class#post-46446 Mon, 04 May 2009 19:02:09 +0000 XTR-91 46446@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>See if this helps:</p> <p><a href="http://www.deskshare.com/Resources/articles/vem_greenscreentechnique.aspx">http://www.deskshare.com/Resources/articles/vem_greenscreentechnique.aspx</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediacollege.com/video/special-effects/green-screen/">http://www.mediacollege.com/video/special-effects/green-screen/</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Googe search</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=Green+Screen+video+tutorials">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=Green+Screen+video+tutorials</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-a-written-tutorial-on-green-screening-for-class#post-46432 Mon, 04 May 2009 09:56:09 +0000 chuckengels 46432@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Do a search for Chromakey, you will find lots of stuff ;)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-a-written-tutorial-on-green-screening-for-class#post-46429 Mon, 04 May 2009 08:57:03 +0000 robGRAUERT 46429@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>umm...if you're a teacher shouldn't you already know? haha nah I'm just busting your balls.</p> <p> </p> <p>I'd check the manual first. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-a-written-tutorial-on-green-screening-for-class#post-46426 Mon, 04 May 2009 08:37:30 +0000 kr0490 46426@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Does anyone know where I can get a good printable guide / short tutorial project for Premiere that I can give my class to teach them how to do basic green screening.</p> <p>Thanks for any help.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chroma-key-on-floor#post-44711 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:47:38 +0000 Coreece 44711@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>We've always used paint for the floors...</p> <p>It also helps to have a rounded edge were the wall meets the floor so it seems like one contiguous flow of green without the shadows of edges and corners...this however is not absolutely necessary and usually used in higher budgeted keys.</p> <p>as XTR said, good even lighting is important...you also wanna watch out for green falloff while you are recording...sometimes the green from the screen will reflect onto subtle areas of the talent and objects that have even the slightest reflective surface...this could spell disaster.</p> <p>Also, no matter how good you prepare your greenscreen, chances are you are not going to get a clean key by only using one instance of a color key filter...you will usually have to apply several instances of the filter using slightly different shades of green with each filter...other tricky techniques may be required to get a professional key.</p> <p>The main thing is to AVOID that falloff I mentioned earlier...even if you overlook some minor details or your lighting isn't the best it could be, there are keying techniques that will help fix this, but if you have that green falloff/spill on the talent, there isn't much you can do.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chroma-key-on-floor#post-44704 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:17:27 +0000 XTR-91 44704@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>For a floor greenscreen, I'd recommend a large color cloth or color wallpaper that matches the wall's color.</p> <p>You'll also need the apropriate lighting (particularly for your setup) to make the greenscreen effectively solid.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/chroma-key-on-floor#post-43733 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:20:28 +0000 Evan 43733@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I will be doing a rather large production for a local church. I want to use a chroma key because some of the scenes involve shrumken people and bugs. We need to use a chromakey that can extend onto the ground so we can include their feet.</p> <p> I read somewhere that you can use lanoleum and pant the back side green.  I thought this might be nice as it wouldn't wrinkle very easy, and you could get an easy sweep from wall to floor.</p> <p> Does anyone have any experiance with this? Is there a better solution for including the floor.</p> <p>Thank you,</p> <p>Evan</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/the-coolest-sweater#post-42314 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:17:05 +0000 LiQvid 42314@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Thanks for the comment!</p> <p>Unfortunately I don't have any lights (yet). and this is the first video I made that does not include <em>parkour. </em>So I really have to learn a lot.</p> <p>but thanks again!</p> <p>P.S. if you don't know what parkour is, check my other video's on my youtube profile <a href="http://www.youtube.com/LiQvidMedia" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/LiQvidMedia</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/the-coolest-sweater#post-42311 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:17:26 +0000 robGRAUERT 42311@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> niiiice! that was real sweet. I'm rarely impressed.</p> <p> The only thing I would do different is shoot in a better location, maybe light the scene too. It sounds picky, but it would make a huge difference. Watch your headroom too; you're chopping off the top of your head. But as far as the effect, great job. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/the-coolest-sweater#post-42308 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:09:27 +0000 LiQvid 42308@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>one day I didn't really know what to do, so I thought I'd try something new in Sony Vegas..</p> <p>anyway, here's the result..   please comment.. I want to learn from my mistakes! :)</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxauPbR0RQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxauPbR0RQ</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-ultra-cs3-book-or-manual-sought#post-39112 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:18:04 +0000 contrain 39112@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Does anyone know where I can get a book or manual or some type of documentation on Ultra CS3 that will help me learn the program? I have the documentation that comes with the program, but that is just the tech specs and what the icons do, etc. I need something that will help walk me through the various steps to do the features, such as importing my own greenscreen and background video and how to troubleshoot, that sort of thing, and I haven't been able to find anything of much help. I go to the Adobe tutorials, and that is of limited help and not really in sequence.</p> <p>Thanks,</p>