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Post by Ken Thomson, Admin on Jul 19, 2013 3:12:14 GMT
Dirt cheap, but don't use the low end software. $12.95 for a useable greenscreen made from posterboard. Another thing that you can do, is put that tape on the backside so it doesn't show.
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Post by Ken Thomson, Admin on Jul 19, 2013 3:24:45 GMT
This is a way to add copies of characters to increase population on a set.
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Post by Ken Thomson, Admin on Jul 19, 2013 3:34:48 GMT
Holograms
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Post by Captain Roop on Jul 21, 2013 19:32:56 GMT
Loads of videos, but some really great advice when it comes to Green Screening. I enjoyed all of the videos.
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Post by Ken Thomson, Admin on Jul 21, 2013 22:01:04 GMT
Good. I know that it's always helpful to see how things are done, and even for people doing it regularly, we can all learn something from other people's techniques. Several productions here use greenscreens and I'm just starting out doing them myself. So I'm definitely learning as well. Any teams that have been doing it for awhile have already come across a lot of the pitfalls and have probably learned a few workarounds, so I hope they'll chime in with some of their 'war stories' too.  |
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Post by captserek on Jul 21, 2013 22:52:55 GMT
The early Rob Cave's stuff with the USS Angeles and the Hidden Frontier series is an example of early fan done green screen tech. One can see how it has evolved over the years.
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Post by Captain Roop on Jul 21, 2013 23:27:34 GMT
The early Rob Cave's stuff with the USS Angeles and the Hidden Frontier series is an example of early fan done green screen tech. One can see how it has evolved over the years. Yes I did notice that for sure, their early work you could for sure see the green around the actors and then it did get much much better after that. |
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Post by Ken Thomson, Admin on Jul 21, 2013 23:33:42 GMT
Most of that has to do with the low resolution of video cameras when they were doing it. Home video only had like 240 lines of resolution, which flat out sucks. Not their fault. But that said, we MUST shoot on HD, preferably at the full resolution of 1920x1080, commonly known as 1080i. When you get a camera, don't skimp on quality there or you might as well forget it now. It's imperative to get the best quality possible. Always get the best camera you can afford, because everything depends on it. And if possible, get one with an attachment for an external microphone.
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Post by Ken Thomson, Admin on Jul 21, 2013 23:34:51 GMT
After the camera quality, the next thing is positioning lights and talent so that you get a good key. Those videos were very good for explaining the sweet spots for filming.
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Post by Captain Roop on Jul 23, 2013 20:09:28 GMT
Yes I noticed that, and probably will refer back to them as time goes on.
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Post by Ken Thomson, Admin on Aug 7, 2014 4:33:29 GMT
Special thanks to David Whitney of Star Trek: Raven for this little tip.... Free software from Natron for doing Chromakeying FX. Their website for downloading: natron.inria.fr/ |
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