http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: ideas - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:56:16 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72680 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:15:24 +0000 Don 72680@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>lightstands:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbkyCbf3zzc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbkyCbf3zzc</a></p> <p> </p> <p>and some simple clamp on light fixtures (either halogen worklamps, or metal dish reflector type clamps, cand be bought for $10.00 or less each..</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72676 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:43:10 +0000 Freddy 72676@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi lauren. Like someone said above, it's very cool that you encourage her :)</p> <p>And all the advises sound good. However, if I were 14 years old and learning myself how to do green screen stuff, I probably would reach the point where I say to myself: "Oh, all that seems easy. I just need a green material for background, light it separately, then light my talent. Load it to the latest iMovie, and that's it! Oh wait... I don't have lights.. mm but any lights would do, right?"</p> <p>For me, the hardest thing to get, are good lights. The rest is pretty much a do it yourself project, and the learning process.</p> <p>Lighting is everything : ) (at least most of the time)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72669 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:23:54 +0000 doabgah 72669@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Why only FCP it is adobe which also supports Mac.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72668 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:22:27 +0000 doabgah 72668@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> FCP(Final cut pro) is a profesional editing softwear.How can a lay man edited on it without any guidance.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72645 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:55:11 +0000 Don 72645@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Lauren somebody misinformed you... imovie 11 does indeed do green screen and does it very well for your intended uses.</p> <p>also final cut pro x and final cut express as well..</p> <p>what mac os are you running? what version of imovie?</p> <p>here is a simple how to video for creating your own backgrounds:</p> <p><a href="http://gallery.me.com/lightexpressions#100937" rel="nofollow">http://gallery.me.com/lightexpressions#100937</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72632 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:21:43 +0000 Lauren 72632@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all- I went to Tubetape and they said there is no video software for Mac. They have all the green screen stuff of course. I have seen things that have space ship back grounds etc. I think she would love that but is it true there is nothing for Macs?  My daughter has iMovie but where do you get the cool back grounds?</p> <p>Thanks Luis for the great video. I am going to show it to my daughter after Christmas. </p> <p>Thanks Moabman for the green painted wall idea. That sounds ideal but my hubby would kill me :)</p> <p>Thanks Jennifer for the links. I will check them out. She will enjoy the Daniel movie too.</p> <p>You guys are great!</p> <p>Lauren</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72604 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:07:56 +0000 Moab Man 72604@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Another option, if you have the room, is to paint a wall. Unless someone has it handy, i will post the color code and you can have a can of paint mixed at Home Depot or Lowes.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72594 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:21:52 +0000 Jennifer O'Rourke 72594@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi, Lauren, I'm Jennifer O'Rourke, <em><strong>Videomaker</strong></em>'s managing editor. Here are a few more links you might want to share with your daughter about Green Screen work. It's really getting much easier than in the old days, due to the camera and keying technology, but you can still improve your video with good production techniques.</p> <p><a href="http://www.videomaker.com/article/8787/" rel="nofollow">http://www.videomaker.com/article/8787/</a> [Lighting for Green Screen]</p> <p><a href="http://www.videomaker.com/article/14949" rel="nofollow">http://www.videomaker.com/article/14949</a> [Making Green Screen Believable]</p> <p><a href="http://www.videomaker.com/article/14933" rel="nofollow">http://www.videomaker.com/article/14933</a> [Directing Talent in the Green Screen] </p> <p>And it might be nice to have someone her own age to follow for inspireation. We've been following the career of Daniel Hart, a 16-year old producer who has been making videos for 10 years. Here's a profile we recently wrote: </p> <p><a href="http://www.videomaker.com/article/15532/" rel="nofollow">http://www.videomaker.com/article/15532/</a> [Daniel Hart - Up and Coming Producer]</p> <p>You're a terrific mom to encourage your daughter in this very rewarding career or hobby. Good luck to her and tell her to keep on making those videos, it only get better!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72578 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:58:13 +0000 Ann Baldwin 72578@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Very funny movie - but also helpful. Thank you!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72567 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:51:44 +0000 SargeHero 72567@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello Lauren</p> <p>You will need a couple of things to make a successful greenscreen production, being lights the most important. The greenscreen fabric is not that important because you can use any cloth that is green (or blue). For better results you can get a muslin backdrop, which works great and is relatively cheap. As for lightning you need at least 4 lights (2 for the greenscreen itself and the other two for the talent). You will also need to consider where are you going to setup your greenscreen studio and how much space you have available. As for software you can manage with iMovie and get got quality results, as long as you light the greenscreen right. </p> <p>I suggest you to visit <a title="TubeTape" href="http://www.tubetape.net/servlet/StoreFront">Tubetape.net</a>, they have everything you will need regarding greenscreen and they can answer any question regarding equipment. They also have a 50% weekly deal (every Thursday) which you could get everything you need for half the price. Also check Ebay for greenscreen backdrops. </p> <p>Here is a video I made about Lightning a Greenscreen a la Guerrilla Style. Enjoy. </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mhz41X6aVc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mhz41X6aVc</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-for-movies#post-72564 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:30:16 +0000 Lauren 72564@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>My daughter is 14. She has a Flip video camera and a Mabook and has made some great short movies. For Christmas I wanted to see about getting her a green screen, or body suit and software. I have no idea what she needs to use it. She s pretty darn good on the computer but she is new o this. We need Mac compatible stuff. Any ideas?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54610 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:14:17 +0000 Derek Sine 54610@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Great suggestions! </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54516 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:38:08 +0000 XTR-91 54516@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It would also be nice if Videomaker would not only allow the importation of pictures into posts, but also house them. At least one time I can remember directing a Videomaker user with text, but also by posting a picture coming directly off of the "C:\" drive and not showing up during viewing/post preview.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54509 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:46:36 +0000 CraftersOfLight 54509@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I would like to see some kind of chat "how-to" on a weekly or monthly schedule. Something like an interactive Tips and Tricks type event. I know it could get a little messy with 12 people entering 18 different questions and answering 20 of them at the same time but if it were moderated/filtered to keep things on topic it would be an interesting experiment?  Maybe even opening a recent T&amp;T to a Q&amp;A session. or some such.</p> <p>Then have the context posted after the event so that those who could not attend could maybe read through it.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54498 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:15:13 +0000 composite1 54498@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Wow, that's a big image.</p> <p>I'm with Earl on the 'don't limit the response size of posts.' Yeah, on occasion the odd 'epic' response gets written, but like Earl said, "You don't have to read it." Chat could be interesting, but there are way too many yahoo's floating through at times and keeping them on a leash would be a pain. Now maybe some live interactive webinars would be cool.</p> <p>What I would like to see is sections where members of different skill levels could ask their specific questions. Though the primary demo for VM is beginners, I see there are many intermediate, advanced and pros actively participating in the forums too. Maybe with a 'questions for beginners' section those hordes of 'what camera should I buy?' inquiries might flock together in one place and give Earl and the rest of us some peace. In fact, at the top of the beginner's section you could put a permanent post 'What Camera Should I Buy?'</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54472 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:01:52 +0000 SargeHero 54472@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There is a problem inserting image, they are gigantic. I try putting different dimensions, vertical and horizontal space, but the image stills comes out gigantic in the post.  I also try viewing the post in Firefox and Safari, but is the same and I have seen a few post with mega size image. How are we suppose to upload the image? Do we need to change the dimensions in our image editor before uploading them? </p> <p>Here are a few post with this problem:</p> <p><a href="http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/advise-on-buying-storyboard-software" rel="nofollow">http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/advise-on-buying-storyboard-software</a></p> <p><a href="http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-to-shoot-projected-screen-actor-and-its-silhouette-at-the-same-time" rel="nofollow">http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-to-shoot-projected-screen-actor-and-its-silhouette-at-the-same-time</a></p> <p>Here is a picture I uploaded to my DVProfessional page. The original picture dimensions are 2816 X 2112. In the Insert/Edit Image I put dimensions 500 X 500.</p> <p><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/X53vZ5NE364a*7cjKA8DS1EOGEIckymDPUzwxsGpLddzcv*qt4bEs1qLO7nBQ5O0xnLvOmKZ6N0b2yeFqYj93*r49ZvFtL2j/GSFront.jpg" /></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54463 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:40:38 +0000 EarlC 54463@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Don't limit response lengths - those who don't like to read don't HAVE to. For some posts the information given might actually take a bit of time to write and read - it isn't always appropriate to attempt to say what needs to be said in short, pithy prose. Long doesn't always mean the response, or post, isn't to the point and specific.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54458 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:55:10 +0000 Don 54458@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm in other forums that are very active, and questions often get answered in minutes.... </p> <p><a href="http://www.pentaxuser.co.uk/forum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pentaxuser.co.uk/forum/</a></p> <p>for example... so chat rooms aren't really needed.</p> <p> </p> <p>But a few things that I'd like to see are for example:</p> <p> make vanish those stupid "A' " things that crop up everytime you edit a post....</p> <p>color change threads after a period of inactivity or time so dummys like me, or new members don't answer three year old posts...</p> <p>have a "Happy" button where a poster can tag any answers they felt were helpful to thier questions and give members a rank based on how many "Happy tags" they've accumulated... to kinda give new members a fast heads up on who regularly gives good answers.</p> <p>Limit the length of response posts. Short straight answers would be easier to keep up with...</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54457 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:28:20 +0000 XTR-91 54457@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It'd be kinda fun to have an online video collaboration system for exchanging content and editing videos. May not be the most ideal with possible bandwidth issues, but it would be very useful to have a destined feature for sharing content and requesting edits by pros and video enthusiasts with software capable.</p> <p> </p> <p>Videomaker could also broaden their scope up for types of software to review, consumer editing, NLE, sound/music composition, graphics composition, etc.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54454 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:49:54 +0000 EarlC 54454@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey Derek, I almost had a sense of deja vu - wasn't something like posted just a few months ago. I mean, I know it was only last year, but what other changes are you guys planning?</p> <p>FYI: I visit <a href="http://www.wedvidpro.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.wedvidpro.com</a> (all but stagnant and defunct, but still there...); <a href="http://www.videouniversity.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.videouniversity.com</a> (fairly active, but a LOT of self-congratulatory back-patting among the good ol' boys/girls club members); <a href="http://www.dvprofessionals.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.dvprofessionals.com</a> (good, solid forum, but not highly active except for a few who try hard to keep it current and interesting.) I hit on others from time-to-time, a few blog sites, but the above are where I generally visit at least once a day. I will occasionally check out the various "user group" forums like LAFCPUG, and some of the PVA groups around. A few of the PVA actually post live-to-web during their monthly meetings.</p> <p>I wish there were a way to convince new folks here to do a search before asking the daily "what camera" question; and am I the ONLY ONE knocking down all the astroturf? Gosh, the minute I turn my back seems there's two or three, even more, popping up. :-) I don't mind.</p> <p>Chat (as FILMS Inc. notes) could/would be good, I suppose. There are times here when a good number of members are on-board and it might make for interesting live discussions, especially if administrative staff participated occasionally.</p> <p>Perhaps even a weekly, or if that is too much, a monthly topic on lights; cameras; DSLR; audio, etc.?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54453 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:04:03 +0000 FILMSinc 54453@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I once was in a fourm similar to this and i had brought up a chat room. That just makes getting a responce take 3 minuts othor than a series of days.</p> <p>Just a thought</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>-Films inc</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/forum-face-lift#post-54449 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:51:00 +0000 Derek Sine 54449@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>We are currently doing some new and exciting things at Videomaker - first things first, we are updating the forums! </p> <p>What do you guys wanna see? Do you visit any other forums? </p> <p> </p> <p>We are trying to make things easier and more beneficial to you guys! </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/slideshow-website-038-brand-for-sale#post-50731 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:31:52 +0000 thecompletist 50731@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>My Short Slideshow career over a few years was hobby and for extra cash. I did many shows for family and friends as well as a couple of dozen clients and small business.</p> <p>Being in a industry now I do not have the time to do shows or nor do I wish to keep up my website hosting and domain name. I am looking to sell the entire website, content including logo, tagline, copy, photos etc.. for a fair price to someone who is trying to start or fasttrack a business idea for some extra money.</p> <p>I started out with and used Proshow Producer as my development tool for the shows but obviously your own shows can be plugged in along with your contact info etc..The shows on the site are a couple of years old and I did get much better but just never updated the site.</p> <p>If I am not allowed to post this here please let me know asap and I will remove it. Not sure on board rules. It is a niche market and want to get it to someone who can really use it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.matchstickvideo.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.matchstickvideo.com</a> - mixing music and memories (always loved my tagline)</p> <p>The Site is targeted for slideshows &#38; Photo Montages<br /> It has a Pagerank of 1<br /> It is 2 years old<br /> I have done some minor Search Engine Optimization on it<br /> It has 32 Links pointing at it<br /> The traffic is about 40-50 visitors per month<br /> With No promotions this year I had 6 inquiries<br /> That resulted in 4 sales 2 I gave to another company in my city because I do not have the time.<br /> Average price of shows about $200<br /> It is hosted with godaddy right now and can be transferred very easily.<br /> All HTML Files can be provided including stock photos<br /> Plug in your own shows<br /> Plug in your own prices<br /> Plug in your own contact info<br /> ++ Included in the final sale will be some information regarding Optimizing the site further for your city and how to compete online going forward. I do Search Engine Marketing for a living now and have spent very little time on this site. There is more that can be done and I will include a Top 10 List of SEO ideas for the new site owner free of charge.</p> <p>Please forward all questions to me.<br /> Please forward me your OFFER and a brief<br /> description of your situation.<br /> Price isn't everything here.<br /> I am glad to get this into someones hands<br /> who will do something with it around their<br /> love for slideshows and allowing for part time income.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Jeff<br /> Toronto</p> <p>thecompletist (at) gmail.com </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/clearing-house-for-video-1#post-38424 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:11:11 +0000 birdcat 38424@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Try Craigslist.com - For jobs look under gigs - creative.  For videographers look under services - creative.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/clearing-house-for-video#post-38403 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:06:17 +0000 BarefootMedia 38403@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm a member of the producer's network for TV360 (www.realquestions.tv/tv360/) and that is one of their primary services.  But since I live in Des Moines IA, I haven't gotten any requests.  Then there's the Reel Exchange (<a href="http://reel-exchange.com/" rel="nofollow">http://reel-exchange.com/</a>) which hosts demo reels of all sorts of production professionals and provides want ads for locating talent.</p> <p>I'm sure there are many more out there.  Hopefully we'll get a bunch more from other members.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/clearing-house-for-video-1#post-38392 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:49:22 +0000 cvc505 38392@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Is there such a thing as a web site or clearing house for people who need videos produced and are looking for a videographer to make them? Just a thought.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/clearing-house-for-video#post-38391 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:46:00 +0000 cvc505 38391@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Is there such a thing as a web site or clearing house for people who need videos produced and are looking for a videographer to make them? Just a thought.</p>