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Editing with a blue screen

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  • 16-06-2010 10:54pm
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    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users Posts: 8,963 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I just got a good quality SD camera. I wanted to do the following:
    1. Get a blue screen and then have me doing something stupid in front of the blue screen.
    2. Get some free editing software where I could put something exciting in for the blue screen. Some mad CGI stuff as if I am from another planet or something.

    What's the cheapest way for me to do this?

    Doesn't have to be great quality - it's more a laugh.

    Cheers


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    Tallon
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    Search the forum for green screen and you should find a few threads on it

    Here's one from this past week:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055936270


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    GodlessM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭GodlessM


    The easiest and cheapest way to do blue/green screen is to make one out of cloth. The real trick is the lighting, as too much shadow can make cutting out the blue harder. The other thing that is important is that the subject in front of the screen bears as little of the given colour as possible as this will disappear in editing along with the background otherwise.


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    dacogawa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭dacogawa


    a free editor that can croma key is Zwei-Stein http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=zweistein

    or you can get the 30 day trial of sony vegas pro http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/vegaspro which is easier to use imo

    as GodlessM said cloth is the way to go and if you can make a frame and get the cloth tight on it all the better as creases leave shadows that is hard to get out on the croma, also I'd go green screen (as jeans, eyes, etc get cut out in blue) there's a bit here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQl0iA4RFx0 at 0:40 done with a cloth & a frame, it worked out well.

    also test the camera under the lighting you're going to use as some cameras mess with the color of the video under certain lighting.

    post up your video when you do it :)


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