GreenScreening 005 TestResults

Here is an overview of the process of green screening for miniatures. I start with the basics of setting up the screen to the final tweaks in compositing all the elements together. Enjoy.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• green screen
• chroma key
• miniatures
• models
• scale models
• hobby
• videography
• blue screen
• visual effects
• battlestar Galactica
• Star trek

[mattblackcat]

How are you planning to increase the shooting speed - i don't have a cam-corder so forgive me if that's a dumb question

[ModelManTom]

My camera shoots at 30, 60, 300, 600 and 1200 fps. Casio EX-F1.

Special effects are usually shot at 96-120fps. I can therefore re-time the 300 down to 100, but one can't realistically scale 30fps up.

[ModelManTom]

I hope this helps many folks out there. I did some more lighting tweaks last night, but did not shoot anything.

With a green screen, to use photoshop parlance, it's simply a matter of using the Magic Wand to select away the green, leaving you with your subject matter. Otherwise, you'd have to erase the BG manually. I'm sure we all know how tedius that is.

[ModelManTom]

As this is full motion video however, the tools are slightly different, but the mindset is the same.

The tracking markers allow anyone to plug a GS asset into a 3d environment and really up the ante.

I will start off with the "simpler" "2.5d" world, where one has a virtual camera moving around 2d cards. This will make more sense as I go.

[sbeer6er]

those are the exact lamps I use, can't beat them for the money.

[stumpythumper]

This series is great...

And your starting to show some nice results:)

[LostProphet1776]

I actually didn't realize how green-screening worked; very interesting! Thanks for posting this....