Thanks for sharing your green screen set up . I know it's over a year since you posted it but I was looking for just this kind of a test. How is your project going a year down the track? You probably have this by now but Amazon have a CowboyStudio Photography Backdrop Supporting System with 10 Feet Updated Crossbar and Case at a reasonable price.
@dmr778810 How did I do what? Connect to the TV? My camera has an HDMI port so I can connect it to the TV and the TV then just acts as a monitor replacing the camera's own screen. Because it's HDMI you get both sound and picture. I muted the TV to prevent feedback via the camera's microphone.
@dmr778810 I have literally no idea what you mean. If you're talking about having no audio in the final video then you've messed up your compositing somewhere along the way.
Looks great. A little green spillover but I'm sure you can work it out with the software. Plus, I think you'll need better lighting (I'm having my own nightmare with lights, trust me) but so far, so good. Keep it up.
@realjuvelive yeah but make sure its not too reflective maybe gift wrapping paper but a solid color and also you can but paint like i did and it works better (flat paint though) than the sheet most of the time because der are no wrinkles and what not , thats how i do it anyway
@Kinkycurlycoil It's a Superlux MS200 microphone boom pole. I won two for £16 from a seller on eBay. Not actually used them for microphones yet but as you can see they have many other uses!
@thetimelord99 The one I have is PhotoSEL 2x3m and it cost £25 (USD $40). There is a 3x6m version which costs £40. They also do black and white muslin backgrounds in the same sizes at the same prices.
I will continue watching. I have a green screen in with my Pinnacle Studio 12 and have been dying to try it out. You have inspired me to try. btw, just a curtain/drape rod should do instead of a boom mike stand. Just a wooden rod that the end screws off and simple slide in brackets to hold lit in place on the wall. You can put brackets on each side of your existing drapery rod with the red curtains. When not in use, just pull the rod off and put away.
Go for it! Send a link my way when you try it out yourself ^_^
I am going to try and put together some kind of lightweight, portable rail for the muslin... although I also want black and white photo backgrounds so I may just go all in and get a 2x3m free standing support.
my daughter sings and we want to do a project for the Sea Shepherds on the Steve Irwin, if it works. We are hoping to figure out how to do movie behind her of the whales while she is singing. Maybe they will watch it. I will let you know if it works out. thanks. tricia.
A modest proposal. If you plan to use green screen in that room often. Net curtain wire across the room. Just an idea. The test looked v promising, though. The future project sounds interesting. Good luck with it, Mr Kubrick. ;)
Simple solution to you screen on pole issue is spring clamps. I bought mine for about $2 us each. The have rubber tips to they will not mark the stand. Also I would not be afraid of back lighting the green screen as it will have a rather uniform luminance that may make it easier to key out. It makes the creases in mine disappear. Naturally this is dependent on the light source size. Your lighting seems ok so far, just set up 2 front lights and you have a winner.
You should look into getting a double curtain rod and just hang the green screen over the curtains when you want to make a video. It would probably be easier than having to pull all of that equipment every time.
Yeah I'm more than likely going to do that for general YT vids. I'll be buying a proper stand rail thing anyway for use with photographic backgrounds, so I'll just decide which method to use based on how good I want the effect to be! :D
That looked pretty good. If vegas gets it done that well, I'd think after effects would do it flawlessly. You probably know these things, but a trick I've used in AE is to use simple key filters to roughly remove all the green and then do more precise job with keylight filter (I think it was called, been a while). That speeds it up a little bit. In this case you'll probably get away with simple key and a choker.
I used Vegas Platinum Studio, which is only £53 from Amazon at the moment. Can't really afford Pro!
I don't know of any free software for chroma keying but I am betting there is some out there. I wonder if Blender can do it? The latest versions have the Compositor module.
@starfedrogue no shit! £53 squids, i can do that! does platinum studio have like multiple video display? i mean like so u can have one clip playing on top of your main video? man i should just google it, sorry! lol!
Hold on... I actually have "Movie Studio 9 Pro Pack" which is £90, I am trying to figure out how that is different to the £53 "Movie Studio Platinum 9". For fuck's sake Sony, sort out your product descriptions. I am pretty sure it's just the additional bundled software that's different (Soundforge Studio, DVD Architect, etc).
IIRC, you can have up to eight channels in the timeline for video, overlays, audio etc.
I remember my first green screen. We tooked some blue or green paper sheets, and it was awesome when we made this effect with Vegas. Pitty we did not have enogh rsources at a time to make something useful. Great stuff anyway.
Thanks! I am going to do another test run once I have some soft boxes or shine-through umbrellas, so we'll see what sort of a difference good lighting makes :D
Yeah, I was really surprised at the results. It's mostly down to the ability of the software's algorithms for selecting colours for removal. You have to compromise between colours removed and edge blurring, but with some gentle tweaking you can make a very acceptable job of it!
Thanks for sharing your green screen set up . I know it's over a year since you posted it but I was looking for just this kind of a test. How is your project going a year down the track? You probably have this by now but Amazon have a CowboyStudio Photography Backdrop Supporting System with 10 Feet Updated Crossbar and Case at a reasonable price.
glider1b 3 days ago
what camera do u use, i have the panasonic tm700. i also bought the photosel softbox, 2x3m green screen and stand from amazon for about £230.
ozmond2600 3 weeks ago
@ozmond2600 I have been using a Canon HF200 (Legria) for most of my vids. I have a Canon 7D so I'll probably start using that soon.
starfedrogue 3 weeks ago
Great video keep up the good work.
tillasmax 4 months ago
how did u do this i did mine on a tv and there was no sound :(
dmr778810 5 months ago
@dmr778810 How did I do what? Connect to the TV? My camera has an HDMI port so I can connect it to the TV and the TV then just acts as a monitor replacing the camera's own screen. Because it's HDMI you get both sound and picture. I muted the TV to prevent feedback via the camera's microphone.
starfedrogue 5 months ago
@starfedrogue when i did green screen almost it didnt work u couldnt hear anything
dmr778810 5 months ago
@dmr778810 I have literally no idea what you mean. If you're talking about having no audio in the final video then you've messed up your compositing somewhere along the way.
starfedrogue 5 months ago
AWESOME
mikedelgado8888 1 year ago
u connected it to ur tv and it shows the things ur recording? wow
dmr778810 1 year ago
Looks great. A little green spillover but I'm sure you can work it out with the software. Plus, I think you'll need better lighting (I'm having my own nightmare with lights, trust me) but so far, so good. Keep it up.
ottoelperro 1 year ago
Can I use green wallpaper ? for chroma key ?
realjuvelive 1 year ago
@realjuvelive Yes, that should work fine. As long as it's continuous colour and evenly lit!
starfedrogue 1 year ago
@starfedrogue I'll try .. :)
realjuvelive 1 year ago
@realjuvelive yeah but make sure its not too reflective maybe gift wrapping paper but a solid color and also you can but paint like i did and it works better (flat paint though) than the sheet most of the time because der are no wrinkles and what not , thats how i do it anyway
JaeWinston 1 year ago
where did u get the backdrop stand from and how much ?
Kinkycurlycoil 1 year ago
@Kinkycurlycoil It's a Superlux MS200 microphone boom pole. I won two for £16 from a seller on eBay. Not actually used them for microphones yet but as you can see they have many other uses!
starfedrogue 1 year ago
what kind of camcorder are you using?
momchilov 1 year ago
@momchilov It's a Canon HF200.
starfedrogue 1 year ago
@starfedrogue Canon Legria Hf 200 :D
hullupoika123 1 year ago
how much did your green screen cost
thetimelord99 1 year ago
@thetimelord99 The one I have is PhotoSEL 2x3m and it cost £25 (USD $40). There is a 3x6m version which costs £40. They also do black and white muslin backgrounds in the same sizes at the same prices.
starfedrogue 1 year ago
can you paint the wall green?
potatoman313 1 year ago
@potatoman313 Unfortunately not. That WOULD be ideal though.
starfedrogue 1 year ago
@potatoman313 Yes I know yoy can, check out my video "Stuck in wow" I made it with a painted wall in my garage. Its on my channel. :)
racenuke 1 year ago
what programm did u use?
Maletro 2 years ago
This was done in Sony Vegas. It's done a fairly good job all things considered.
starfedrogue 2 years ago
I also appreciated the advice on the dm100 directional microphone in your other video. Very practical good advice.
tricia19632004 2 years ago
I will continue watching. I have a green screen in with my Pinnacle Studio 12 and have been dying to try it out. You have inspired me to try. btw, just a curtain/drape rod should do instead of a boom mike stand. Just a wooden rod that the end screws off and simple slide in brackets to hold lit in place on the wall. You can put brackets on each side of your existing drapery rod with the red curtains. When not in use, just pull the rod off and put away.
tricia19632004 2 years ago
Go for it! Send a link my way when you try it out yourself ^_^
I am going to try and put together some kind of lightweight, portable rail for the muslin... although I also want black and white photo backgrounds so I may just go all in and get a 2x3m free standing support.
starfedrogue 2 years ago
my daughter sings and we want to do a project for the Sea Shepherds on the Steve Irwin, if it works. We are hoping to figure out how to do movie behind her of the whales while she is singing. Maybe they will watch it. I will let you know if it works out. thanks. tricia.
tricia19632004 2 years ago
looked pretty good actually :D
nelliediddle 2 years ago
Woo, camera to TV recursion.
MonkeyThatIsLuminous 2 years ago
Recursion isn't as much fun with LCDs as it was with cathode ray televisions :(
starfedrogue 2 years ago
you bought this off of ebay, how much did you pay? =]
soulsanctuarymusic1 2 years ago
24 squid. Exactly the same seller, product and price as it would have been on Amazon, but I got more Nectar points ^_^
starfedrogue 2 years ago
Thanks =]
soulsanctuarymusic1 2 years ago
Couldn't you have just painted the wall (or a couple of boards that could be propped up against the wall) green?
AnonEyeMouse 2 years ago
Wall? No. Boards... yes.
starfedrogue 2 years ago
One Could use the back wall of Ones Double Garage. And not disturb the decore of Ones Home.
outithewoods 2 years ago
A modest proposal. If you plan to use green screen in that room often. Net curtain wire across the room. Just an idea. The test looked v promising, though. The future project sounds interesting. Good luck with it, Mr Kubrick. ;)
QuillerBarracuda 2 years ago
I like that idea very much :)
starfedrogue 2 years ago
Cool. Hope it works out.
QuillerBarracuda 2 years ago
Simple solution to you screen on pole issue is spring clamps. I bought mine for about $2 us each. The have rubber tips to they will not mark the stand. Also I would not be afraid of back lighting the green screen as it will have a rather uniform luminance that may make it easier to key out. It makes the creases in mine disappear. Naturally this is dependent on the light source size. Your lighting seems ok so far, just set up 2 front lights and you have a winner.
isegoria1 2 years ago
You should look into getting a double curtain rod and just hang the green screen over the curtains when you want to make a video. It would probably be easier than having to pull all of that equipment every time.
moronicnotions 2 years ago
Yeah I'm more than likely going to do that for general YT vids. I'll be buying a proper stand rail thing anyway for use with photographic backgrounds, so I'll just decide which method to use based on how good I want the effect to be! :D
starfedrogue 2 years ago
not really a fail looked quite good for a brief setup
robthesamplist 2 years ago
That looked pretty good. If vegas gets it done that well, I'd think after effects would do it flawlessly. You probably know these things, but a trick I've used in AE is to use simple key filters to roughly remove all the green and then do more precise job with keylight filter (I think it was called, been a while). That speeds it up a little bit. In this case you'll probably get away with simple key and a choker.
BTheHeretic 2 years ago
nice work, i wants one! tho alas i cant afford vegas.. do u know of any comparable edit programs that are cheaper?
oojamaflipper 2 years ago
I used Vegas Platinum Studio, which is only £53 from Amazon at the moment. Can't really afford Pro!
I don't know of any free software for chroma keying but I am betting there is some out there. I wonder if Blender can do it? The latest versions have the Compositor module.
starfedrogue 2 years ago
@starfedrogue no shit! £53 squids, i can do that! does platinum studio have like multiple video display? i mean like so u can have one clip playing on top of your main video? man i should just google it, sorry! lol!
oojamaflipper 2 years ago
Hold on... I actually have "Movie Studio 9 Pro Pack" which is £90, I am trying to figure out how that is different to the £53 "Movie Studio Platinum 9". For fuck's sake Sony, sort out your product descriptions. I am pretty sure it's just the additional bundled software that's different (Soundforge Studio, DVD Architect, etc).
IIRC, you can have up to eight channels in the timeline for video, overlays, audio etc.
starfedrogue 2 years ago
@starfedrogue sweet, thanks for the info. i reckon i'll be upgradin sometime soon.
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oojamaflipper 2 years ago
I remember my first green screen. We tooked some blue or green paper sheets, and it was awesome when we made this effect with Vegas. Pitty we did not have enogh rsources at a time to make something useful. Great stuff anyway.
ricardas83 2 years ago
Thanks! I am going to do another test run once I have some soft boxes or shine-through umbrellas, so we'll see what sort of a difference good lighting makes :D
starfedrogue 2 years ago
Wow, you can get a lot of mileage out of one of those jobs...
hgryphon 2 years ago
Yeah, I was really surprised at the results. It's mostly down to the ability of the software's algorithms for selecting colours for removal. You have to compromise between colours removed and edge blurring, but with some gentle tweaking you can make a very acceptable job of it!
starfedrogue 2 years ago