http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: screen - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:32 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-to-capture-the-video-for-mac#post-72113 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:33:15 +0000 mrlin 72113@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>what do you mean?you want the picture or the video finally .??????if the image ,you can try the screen grab for mac(<a href="http://macscreenshots.com/freehandregiongrab_mac.html">http://macscreenshots.com/freehandregiongrab_mac.html</a>)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-to-capture-the-video-for-mac#post-72112 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:26:18 +0000 henryjhone 72112@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I want capture the  whole video into pieces,which tool can I use to work out.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-set-up-outside#post-71928 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:44:48 +0000 Jacob Wayne Bondesen 71928@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thank you Don</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-set-up-outside#post-71907 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:11:03 +0000 Don 71907@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have rolls of white seemless paper... try it with what you have there are tutorials and articles here at video maker on lighting the greenscreen...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-set-up-outside#post-71906 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:29:52 +0000 Jacob Wayne Bondesen 71906@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I understand, I guess I was thinking in terms of green only because I have a green screen. So maybe white bed sheet behind the subject? Sorry I think in terms of cost as well.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-set-up-outside#post-71903 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:29:49 +0000 Don 71903@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I find shooting on white rather than green is easier to light and works fine in photoshop....  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/green-screen-set-up-outside#post-71901 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:25:09 +0000 Jacob Wayne Bondesen 71901@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello all, I have a question about some green screen work I am about to start in a couple weeks. </p> <p>Basically we went out and shot a group of water skiers behind a boat out on the lake and an office wants me to Photoshop all of their partners into the photo (replacing the skiers) and in a pyramid scheme. I have a green screen/lights set up that I use for film but this specific job is photography (with the Canon T2i). </p> <p>I'm confident in the project even with its ridiculousness considered however I can't decide on one thing: should I do this green screen set up outside (to match the light of the original photo) or should I go ahead and light it well inside and match the original in Adobe Photoshop? I've never had problems doing that but I've seen this office's other "office photos" and they look flawless with Photoshop and everything. Thanks in advance if you can push me towards the most efficient way.</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/will-these-lights-work-with-my-greenscreen#post-43964 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:27:25 +0000 NewBirthProductions 43964@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Nope they won't be bright enough, you will also need 2 lights to light your green screen, for that you can use 2 500 watt work lights.  For the front try these  http://store02.prostores.com/servlet/tubetape/the-59/Continuous-Lighting-Kit--dsh-/Detail</p> <p>For video training on how to light a green screen go here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6brdwY-dvU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6brdwY-dvU</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </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/having-problems-with-green-screen-lighting-approach#post-41515 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:22:05 +0000 paulears 41515@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> As people are saying, you really need to have an even green - no shadows. I too use Ultra, but even that has limits. The real snag is that to get a good key angle on the subject, it generates a shadow - what you need for realistic modelling when you're supposed to be outside. However, this shadow has to land somewhere - moving away from the screen allows it to not land on the screen, but you then need more depth in front of the subject, and I suspect you will run out of depth in the garage unless it's very, very deep. White clothing means colour casts, unless you can add more front light, which adds more shadows and you get into a nasty circle. Experimenting with the key angle so that you remove as much shadow as you can is a good starting point. Can you shoot with the garage door open, putting the camera outside to gain extra depth?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/having-problems-with-green-screen-lighting-approach#post-41469 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:21:05 +0000 videoswood7 41469@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Soft lighting on the background is KEY.  It has to be an even wash on the entire green screen... top to bottom.  Be sure to use soft lighting on the subject as well.  It's important not to create any shadows.  It appears you have experienced the same thing I went through when i first got my greenscreen.  I got better results when I was between 6 - 10 ft away from my background.  The problem usually comes in when you dont have enough lights and the right kind of lights to get a nice soft wash of the whole image.  The other thing is... make sure you use hair light on both sides to separate from the background.  Sometimes I'll either gel or use a different color temp light from my forground so that the light on my subject is warmer.  You may also want to consider the software you are using to kep out your background.  Some programs are way better than others.  I use Ultra 2 which is now owned by Adobe.  It has an amazing KEY.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzmGTBq70E8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzmGTBq70E8</a></p> <p>here is a link with an example of what you can do with Ultra 2.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dfxpro.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.dfxpro.com</a></p> <p>check out my website for more tips and green screen video</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/sethewood80" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/sethewood80</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/what-lights-should-i-buy-for-my-green-screen#post-41443 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:43:03 +0000 NewBirthProductions 41443@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><a href="http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/will-these-lights-work-with-my-greenscreen?replies=2#post-41415">http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/will-these-lights-work-with-my-greenscreen?replies=2#post-41415</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/will-these-lights-work-with-my-greenscreen#post-41415 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:26:52 +0000 robGRAUERT 41415@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I think these would work. The use of an umbrella or soft box allows the light to be spread out evenly, which is what you want for a green screen. The downside is that the lights may not be bright enough since it's either being reflected off the umbrella or shining through the soft box.</p> <p>I don't have a recombined amout of wattage to suggest because I don't really do green screen work though. Sorry. </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>