TubeStories 18th August 2009 (Chroma Keying)

Yesterday I bought a piece of cloth that allows me to play with chroma keying. Chroma keying means showing a different background in a video than the actual available backgrounds (such as my kitchen). This video is a first test with this new toy :)

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Howto & Style

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• TubeStories
• Chroma
• Keying

[TubeStories]

Actually I didn't take it as bad. I was trying to explain what it takes in opposite to what I used. I did find that wearing a different colored shirt helped. I used red and that seems to have a better contrast to the green background, so that the system finds the chroma key better :)

[nsejita]

I understand. And It wasn't that bad you know? I just noticed it at certain points during the video. I read below that a different shirt has also helped, that's cool!

(And best 6 euros spent EVER, don't you think? :D )

[TubeStories]

Thanks... I have discovered that a change of shirts improves the situation. I decided to wear a red shirt, which contrasts better against the green screen.

[Commentorio]

Well, it looks great, so good job on that! Good lighting is the key to good chromakeying, indeed. Have fun with it! :-)

Keep filming,

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[TubeStories]

I am not sure if it can be fixed with the material that I am using. The so called 'official' green screen sets cost a lot of money. Officially you would need some good sets of lights with the green screens, as well. You'd be facing around 1000 euros worth of equipment.

All I have is a 6 euro worth of cloth :). I will try to play around with the settings a little and see if I can adjust a bit more.

[nsejita]

Looks good! Bet you're going to have fun with that cloth :) Sometimes part your shirt seems to be a bit seethrough though, can that be fixed?