http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: greenscreen - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:55:40 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/3-minute-short-i-need-green-screen-tips#post-74578 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:04 +0000 KenzoFKC 74578@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Howdy!  A buddy and I recently shot this short.  We used a green screen set up.  I lit the green screen up really well, and put decent light on the subjects.  In the hair and beard you can see some green bleeding through, and sometimes the green reflects off of different objects in the foreground.  Subjects are about 10 feet from the screen.  I'm shooting on a Panasonic HMC-150.  Anybody got any suggestions to suppress green spillage?  Thanks! </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCwLnA0Wk8&amp;context=C3a8ad29ADOEgsToPDskIm0y1KOecQBIDXFsBgFKrv" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCwLnA0Wk8&amp;context=C3a8ad29ADOEgsToPDskIm0y1KOecQBIDXFsBgFKrv</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/amateur-to-amateur-advice#post-63964 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:14:10 +0000 composite1 63964@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>As one of the many Pro and Intermediate Gurus here in the forums, I've given tons of tips and advice to tons of Amateur and newbie videomakers. It's always cool to find an Amateur or Intermediate who has the chops to put out good info that even we pro's can find useful. Here's a vid by Dave Dugdale on 'How to Greenscreen with Adobe Premiere CS5'. </p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16953620">How to Key Green Screen DSLR Footage in Premiere Pro CS5</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/dugdale">Dave Dugdale</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/live-greenscreen-recording-and-transfer-to-dvd#post-49061 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:25:44 +0000 nicomo 49061@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>hi,</p> <p>I would like to produce videos with chromakey (blue-or greenscreen).</p> <p>the video should be a virtual citytour.</p> <p>the background is preproduced, and the people will just sit on a bench infront of the greenscreen.</p> <p>it should look like the people are sitting in a truck driving through the city.</p> <p>for my understanding, the video with the citytour should be played in the keyedout background and the truck (car) has to be an overlay ontop of everything so that it looks like the people are sitting in the truck.</p> <p>what I would need is some hard or software that can archive this.</p> <p>the real challenge will be, that the video should be burned to vido-dvd direktly after recording in the shortest possible time.</p> <p>so it would be greate to record it directly as mpeg2 to avoid extra encoding.</p> <p>I already did some research and found sugestions like the tricaster pro and adobe visual communicator.</p> <p>before I start to spend a lot of money, I really would like to here some advice on how to archive good results.</p> <p>the budget would allow me to buy a tricaster pro (about $ 8.000).</p> <p>thanks for your help!</p> <p>nico</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-advice-configuring-studio-with-greenscreen#post-46593 Fri, 08 May 2009 09:37:20 +0000 NormanWillis 46593@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello.</p> <p>I have been reading as much as I can on greenscreen and techniques, and I watched the tutorials already.  I see some other greenscreen threads out there, but I don't want to hijack anyone else's thread, and when I got too far afield on a different thread, I was advised to start a new one.</p> <p>I am brand new to video editing.  I am training up on Vegas Pro 8.1 and Boris RED.  I am hoping to get into Adobe CS4 just as soon as I get Vegas and Boris all figured out (OK...so it may be Adobe CS5 or 6 by that time...lol).  My goal is to make some lightly composited teaching and training videos for use in our organization.  (I just want to composite things in order to make my points more interesting, and to make the illustrations easier to understand).  </p> <p>Camera is a Sony HDR-FX1 recording in HDV (1080i) with a juicedLink CX-431 pre-amplifier (to quiet the onboard Sony pre-amps).  Microphone is a DPA-4088B headset connecting to the juicedLink by XLR connector with 12V phantom power.  B-roll camera is Sony HDR-HC1 (which will also be used to feed in the tape).  </p> <p>My question here is about configuring my studio.  Basically, my bedroom is going to have to double as "the studio."  By 're-arranging the furniture' I can get about twelve feet in between the teleprompter and the greenscreen.  Ceiling height is about ten feet.  I have six Lowel Tota halogen light stands with umbrellas for diffusion.  The green screen is a nice foam screen (<a href="http://www.eefx.com">http://www.eefx.com</a>), so it should not give off a lot of overspill.</p> <p>The light bulbs I have on hand are these:</p> <p>300W  EHZ  2900K<br />500W  FCZ  3000K<br />750W  EMD  3200K</p> <p>I was advised that I should use light bulbs of the same color rating; however, I am not sure if that means 'exactly' the same color rating, or whether it just means "don't mix 5200K with 2900K."  In other words, are 2900K, 3000K and 3200K 'close enough for all practical purposes'?  Or would it be better to pick just one color (say, 3000K) and then make adjustments/jump through the rest of the hoops accordingly?</p> <p>My green screen will be about 11-12 feet wide.  Height is almost ten feet.  My question is about placement of the lights, and myself, relative to the green screen.  I read somewhere else that in order to get a clean key, it is best to put more light on the green screen than on you; and I also read that it is best to stay in front of the lights that light the green screen (although why, I am not so sure).  My problem is that the bed limits me to about six feet away from the screen.  If I am six feet away from the screen (about halfway in between the camera and green screen) then I can move freely left and right, in order to make my points.  If I need to be farther away from the green screen I can still do that, but it will limit my lateral range of motion (i.e., 'cramp my style') somewhat, although not excessively.</p> <p>If I can freely mix 2900K, 3000K and 3200K, then ideally I would like to place two 750W 3200K EMD's on the green screen, about four or five feet away from the screen.  Then I would like to stand about six feet in front of the screen (so that I can have free range of motion left and right).  If I do that, then I can use a 500W FCZ at 3000K for a key light, and perhaps a 300W EHZ at 2900K for a fill light, and then use another 300W EHZ for a back light (or even use two back lights, if I need a second one to kill any green over-spill).</p> <p>First question:  Will the two 750W umbrella lamps that are on the green screen provide enough peripheral lighting to kill any green over-spill from the screen, such that I only need one back-light (to make me 'pop')?  Or will I need two back lights, in order to kill any green on the shoulders and hair?</p> <p>Second question:  Can I really freely mix 2900K and 3000K (on me), with 3200K (on the green screen)?  Or do I need to re-work my setup, so that I only use 500W bulbs at 3000K?</p> <p>Third question:  If I have to use only one color of lamp, are the 300W EHZ's at 2900K strong enough?  I do have an air conditioner in my bedroom, but this is the northern tip of California's Central Valley, and the only place that gets hotter in California is Death Valley (it got to 118 degrees F in the shade here last summer).  If 300W is enough light, then I would really like to go with that; but I also do not want to compromise picture quality in any way.  I know that 1080i is not as good as 1080p, but at least for right now, this is what I have.</p> <p>I am just guessing that 90 percent of our views will be on the Internet, but I also want to make things available on DVD and eventually Blu-Ray (or whatever they come out with), so audio and picture quality are more important than my comfort while filming.  However, if picture quality would not be compromised by the use of, say, 500W bulbs at 3000K on the green screen, and 300W bulbs at 2900K on me, that would be great.</p> <p>Finally, how good is the chroma-keyer in Vegas?  And does anyone know how good the chroma-keyer is, in Boris RED?  Eventually, when I get to Adobe CS4 (or 5 or 6, lol), I want to make extensive use of their virtual sets, so I would use their chroma-keyer (is that correct?).  I just think I need to learn Vegas as completely as I can, before I start to take on Adobe.  I also understand that the keyer in the Matrox RT.X2 is superb, but I just don't have money for Adobe/Matrox just yet.</p> <p>Any advice, comments or words of wisdom you could offer would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>Thank you very much for your help.</p> <p>Norman</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/will-these-lights-work-with-my-greenscreen#post-41410 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:33:57 +0000 kr0490 41410@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am thinking about buying some lights for about $200 to light my greenscreen.  Here are the links for the 2 lights I am going to buy.  Would these be good lights for my greenscreen? </p> <p><a href="http://www.backdropsource.com/Productinfo.asp?id=3102&amp;pname=50cm-x-70cm-economy-softbox-with-85watt-fluorescent-bulb_stand">http://www.backdropsource.com/Productinfo.asp?id=3102&amp;pname=50cm-x-70cm-economy-softbox-with-85watt-fluorescent-bulb_stand</a></p> <p><a href="http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/tubetape/the-119/Cool-Flo--dsh--100/Detail">http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/tubetape/the-119/Cool-Flo--dsh--100/Detail</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/what-lights-should-i-buy-for-my-green-screen#post-41442 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:21:57 +0000 kr0490 41442@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I need to buy some lights for my greenscreen, and they need to be less than $200.  Here are 3 options I am considering.</p> <p>-the set of 2 umbrella lights here</p> <p><a href="http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/tubetape/the-121/Cool-Flo--dsh--800/Detail">http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/tubetape/the-121/Cool-Flo--dsh--800/Detail</a></p> <p>-The set of 2 softbox lights here</p> <p><a href="http://www.backdropsource.com/Productinfo.asp?id=3053&amp;pname=complete-studio-economy-softbox-kit">http://www.backdropsource.com/Productinfo.asp?id=3053&amp;pname=complete-studio-economy-softbox-kit</a></p> <p> Or one umbrella light and one softbox light from these 2 places</p> <p><a href="http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/tubetape/the-119/Cool-Flo--dsh--100/Detail">http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/tubetape/the-119/Cool-Flo--dsh--100/Detail</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.backdropsource.com/Productinfo.asp?id=3102&amp;pname=50cm-x-70cm-economy-softbox-with-85watt-fluorescent-bulb_stand">http://www.backdropsource.com/Productinfo.asp?id=3102&amp;pname=50cm-x-70cm-economy-softbox-with-85watt-fluorescent-bulb_stand</a></p> <p>What do you think?  If you have another suggestion please tell me.  Thanks for any help!</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> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/two-short-films-online-1#post-33718 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:17:29 +0000 Runeshai 33718@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey guys, I'm a loyal magazine reader but new here to the forum and I figured I'd start it off with a showcase post.  I've put two of my short films on YouTube.  One is an 8-minute long sci-fi short experiment with greenscreening and a very effects-heavy project, the other is my recent nearly-hour-long drama about growing up and making sacrifices in society in order to lead a sustainable life. I made them both as part of classes in my senior year of high school, and both have gotten good responses from those who've seen them.</p> <p>Watch the short sci-fi film here: (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yti2LTGigUM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yti2LTGigUM</a>).</p> <p>Watch the seven-part drama here: part one (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3_x5_-6YH0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3_x5_-6YH0</a>),<br /> part two (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpHrA0qAyn8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpHrA0qAyn8</a>),<br /> part three (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVtwsJAhPU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVtwsJAhPU</a>),<br /> part four (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXzf1HpzqbY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXzf1HpzqbY</a>),<br /> part five (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6GR_owBt4Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6GR_owBt4Y</a>),<br /> part six (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mPpXALHNBY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mPpXALHNBY</a>),<br /> and part seven (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq8hdtirZ2I">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq8hdtirZ2I</a>).</p> <p>Thanks a lot for watching, the festival run is in progress, as LATENT(CY) has been submitted so far to five film festivals. Thanks for watching at least one of the parts, if not both films, and enjoy, comment, rate, tell your friends, family, co-workers, bosses, loved ones, pets, neighbors, distant relatives, forum buddies, IM pals, email dudes (or dudettes), and everybody else you know. Heh, thanks for watching, or reading, and let me know what you think!</p> <p>And be sure to check out the filmmaking blog over at <a href="http://animivirtus.wordpress.com">http://animivirtus.wordpress.com</a>!</p> <p>Blake</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/need-a-camera-that-looks-professional-oh-and-shoots-great-too#post-33593 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:40:45 +0000 glasshalffull 33593@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm going to be shooting in public doing interviews out and about at trendy hotspots and need a camera that looks professional without a staggering price.  I like the canon xh-a1 but don't like the price and don't high def yet, anything a step below that (keep it below $2000), that can be used for greenscreen as well and the vid can downloaded directly to laptop to be finetuned in DV Rack.</p> <p>thanks </p>