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Re: Best For keying Footage?
by Dave LaRonde on Mar 18, 2008 at 9:19:47 pm

To elaborate on what Darby said, it's all in how the footage ORIGINATED. How you shot it.

If you shot DV and then bumped it up to Quicktime's Animation codec at best quality (it's losssless), it's not going to make DV footage look any better.

There a great, not-very technical podcast floating around the net that explains the difference between 4-4-4, 4-2-2 and 4-1-1 color sampling. It's part of the MacBreak series of podcasts, and it's called "The Road To 1080P Part 2". VERY instructive. Well worth the fifteen minutes it takes to watch, and it doesn't matter if you're a Mac or Windows guy -- the principles still apply. It's just a google away, and I highly recommend it.

But just as important as the type of footage is the lighting. If it's poorly lit, you could shoot with George Lucas' personal HD camera and the key would still look lousy. Again, you can google "lighting for chroma key", "lighting for green screen", "lighting for blue screen", etc. to learn just how important it is.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV


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