| | | | Re: Freezing Time
by scott novasic on Oct 31, 2009 at 9:11:45 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
green screen yes! But i LOVE Re VIsions Twixtor and its great abilitys to slow and stop time.
Amazing capabilities.
SuperNova
Animation & Visual Effects
Scott Novasic
Los Angeles Ca
web:http://web.mac.com/finaleff | | | | |
| | | | Re: Green Screen Footage Libraries
by Joel Evans on Oct 30, 2009 at 7:19:45 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
"I don't want to bag out anyone here but the key on the free footage were the ones I was referring to. The CU on the Asian girl in particular is atrocious. No way we could use it for a film output. Makes me worried about the other shots."
I used t | | | | |
| | | | Premiere/ After Effects greenscreen workflow
by Els Ledar on Oct 30, 2009 at 4:34:13 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
Hi,
I have an edited interview with cross dissolves in a sequence within Premiere. The interview was shot on a green screen. I’m trying to key this out, but Premiere doesn’t do a good job. So I’m going to use After Effects and Keylight. What is the | | | | |
| | | | Re: Virtual Sets for FCP
by walter biscardi on Oct 30, 2009 at 1:52:29 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
[Mark Petereit] "Spend your time learning your camera and getting your lighting right."
That's the part nobody gets, even some of the big professionals who shoot green screen and seem to forget to throw enough light on the actual green screen itse | | | | |
| | | | Re: Virtual Sets for FCP
by Mark Petereit on Oct 30, 2009 at 1:47:41 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
If I had a dollar for everyone who says you can't key with a HDV camera...I could BUY a P2! Sheesh!
I key footage shot on my JVC GY-HD110U all the time and get spectacular results:
1) I know my camera and how to use it to capture spectacular c | | | | |
| | | | Re: Green Screen Footage Libraries
by Dan Lachevre on Oct 30, 2009 at 1:56:43 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Hi Andy
I don't want to bag out anyone here but the key on the free footage were the ones I was referring to. The CU on the Asian girl in particular is atrocious. No way we could use it for a film output. Makes me worried about the other shots. We | | | | |
| | | | Green Screen Footage Libraries
by Dan Lachevre on Oct 30, 2009 at 12:53:50 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I'm looking for some good Green screen libraries that cover a good range of actors and variety of takes / framing. We're doing a couple of super low budget spots and need range.
There are a few libraries out there but not with the kind of coverage | | | | |
| | | | Re: Virtual Sets for FCP
by John Fishback on Oct 29, 2009 at 9:01:39 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
What works with FCP - probably all of them. They are simply backgrounds on top of which you key the talent. Just make sure the aspect ratio of the set fits the format you're using. A 4x3 background won't work the way you want in a 16x9 sequence. Howe | | | | |
| | | | Re: HDV1080i60 with Green Screen Footage
by Jeff Pulera on Oct 29, 2009 at 7:43:23 pm
in the HDV Format Forum
Hi Jennifer,
You're correct, Topaz plug-ins are for still images, not video. I'm a PC editor, but I can tell you from my experience with HDV and greenscreen that HDV is a weak codec, using 4:1:1 color. I've gotten much better results capturing HDV | | | | |
| | | | Need help with Chroma Key ideas!
by Tom Eckblad on Oct 29, 2009 at 7:16:38 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
I shot a music video against a green screen months ago and roughed it out. You can watch it here: vimeo.com/4692214
I don't have a lot of time to devote to this project. Initially, I anticipated using After Effects to create a 3-D environment. Too | | | | |
| | | | How do I key out this frizzy hair?
by Christopher Targia on Oct 29, 2009 at 3:20:39 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
So I have been keying out this interviews on a green screen for some time now without to much of an issue, but yesterday we interviewed this lady and holy crap her frizzy hair is a nightmare! How would I go about keying something like this? The usu | | | | |
| | | | Re: Freezing Time
by Dave LaRonde on Oct 28, 2009 at 4:26:35 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
The easiest way is green screen -- a REALLY BIG one -- and Time Remapping.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA | | | | |
| | | | Re: Digital Video and Flourescent Lighting Help
by Edwin Pieroelie on Oct 28, 2009 at 9:24:07 am
in the Lighting Design Pros Forum
Greetings everyone, I know in other posts they call responding to a very old thread "raising the zombie" but i feel this fluorescent lighting topic is still very "hot" today.
My situation is unique in that I live (and work) in Jakarta, Indonesia a | | | | |
| | | | Re: Keying Out A Bad Green Screen
by kris tomi on Oct 28, 2009 at 8:24:10 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
question.
HOW CAN YOU INTERGRATED TO YOUR PIPELINE a degrain version of your clip INTO keylight.
i am workin on nuke.
have a very grainy shot that I degrained in an other soft.
so now I have my original shot+ degrained shot which I need to use ju | | | | |
| | | | Training Videos 3d Interaction with live action
by Nic Hekel on Oct 28, 2009 at 12:42:46 am
in the Motion Graphics Forum
Ok here's the story:
Doing some training vids where there's going to be things happening in the background that interact with the speaker in the foreground (who is simply going be filmed infront of a green screen).
Is there any resources out the | | | | |
| | | | Re: JVC GY-HM700 and green screen
by Jon Leyse on Oct 27, 2009 at 6:35:30 pm
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
Mary
I have used this camera a lot but not with a green screen yet. I would not think it should be any problem if your lighting is good. If none one else answerd, you could check the Sony EX forum the see how this codec holds up to keying. Half inch | | | | |
| | | | Motion to FCP rendering errors
by Sylke Froechtenigt on Oct 27, 2009 at 4:44:23 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hello,
I'm have a problem rendering templates (in Apple Motion created) in my FCP sequence.
I have 3 video tracks:
1. background (full rendered Quicktime .mov)
2. motion template with drop zones
3. talent keyed out with green screen
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| | | | JVC GY-HM700 and green screen
by Mary Zahran on Oct 27, 2009 at 11:44:58 am
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
anyone know how well this camera works with green screen? does it clean up well? any issues i should know about. thinking of buying one - a lot of the work we do is shot on green screen so i have to make sure... | | | | |
| | | | Re: HDV1080i60 with Green Screen Footage
by Terry Mikkelsen on Oct 27, 2009 at 1:55:05 am
in the HDV Format Forum
from the software website:
Intel-based Mac OS 10.4 or 10.5. PowerPC processors like G4 or G5 are not supported.
1 GB RAM
Adobe Photoshop CS3 or CS4, Adobe Photoshop Elements 6-8. Apple Aperture 2, Lightroom for Mac, and iPhoto now supported.
T | | | | |
| | | | JVC gy hm700
by Mary Zahran on Oct 26, 2009 at 6:22:32 pm
in the JVC cameras/decks Forum
has anyone shot any green screen with this camera?
if so, does it key nice and clean? or are there any issues that stand out i should be aware of.
thinking of picking one up - quite a bit of the work we do is shot on green screen so....
thanks. | | | | |
| | | | video switcher
by Craig Alan on Oct 25, 2009 at 6:15:50 am
in the HDV Format Forum
Need help.
I'm putting in a funding request and would like to include a video switcher. We'll be using Sony z7u-s and Canon HV30/40-s. HDV.
I have my eyes on the Panasonic AV-HS400A Compact Live Multi-Format SD/HD-SDI Switcher.
But I am open | | | | |
| | | | Full service production studios
by jerry jacobs on Oct 23, 2009 at 2:44:48 am
in the JOBS Wanted Forum
I have two huge video production studios available. Three final cut pro editing suites. 30 foot green screen 5 studio cameras. 30 foot camera crane and a professional glide cam. Etc lighting and viddessence lighting. Full staging and custom set desig | | | | |
| | | | Re: Greenscreen Histogram
by Craig Seeman on Oct 22, 2009 at 8:01:52 pm
in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum
The poor person's method is with Zebras. I believe they have a ±5 unit range in the EX cameras so if you set them to a number (say 50%) if the entire green screen Zebras you'd be 45 - 55%. Using this is a decent "dirty" method of testing to see if yo | | | | |
| | | | Video on website?
by Bob Karsner on Oct 22, 2009 at 6:42:03 pm
in the Web Streaming - Audio|Video Forum
I am working on a web site were the client is wanting to have an introductory
message delivered by a person. I want to have the video play automatically but
have the actor appear on top of the web page as though they were keyed on using
a green s | | | | |
| | | | Re: Greenscreen Histogram
by Tim Kolb on Oct 22, 2009 at 5:53:36 pm
in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum
The idea with a green screen is the amount of difference to the foreground... 50 IRE or whatever number you pull out of a hat is best if whatever you're shooting is quite different from that...
If you're shooting something very light, a darker gr | | | | |
| | | | Re: Workflow with green screen
by Vince Becquiot on Oct 22, 2009 at 4:36:36 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
We usually do the keying last. The reason is that's it's much easier to edit the original footage than working with uncompressed files.
You would also be much better off keying single clips once you know what you want to keep, than trying to key y | | | | |
| | | | Workflow with green screen
by Mike Hoffman on Oct 22, 2009 at 11:31:31 am
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I've got 720p60 source footage that will eventually end up on DVD. It's interviews of people sitting in front of a green screen. I'm working with Adobe software. Should I do the keying first in After Effects before editing in Premiere? And at what po | | | | |
| | | | Re: Rates: Published v. Reality
by Rich Rubasch on Oct 22, 2009 at 2:35:26 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
We publish our rates. Why? So clients don't call when they are making an estimate to recall how much we charge for graphics. Works for them, works for us. How much for 5 DVDs? It's on our site. Why not publish that? It's not going to change. | | | | |
| | | | Background in DV, Chromakey in HD, Can Vegas do this?
by Greg Roche on Oct 22, 2009 at 1:57:50 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
I've shot all of my background footage in DV. I'm going to a studio to shoot the "green screen" in HD. I have Vegas 7, can the two video formats be merged and used in the same time-line within the same project?
I could shoot the green screen in DV | | | | |
| | | | Re: 16-bit Super Nintendo Effect
by Dave LaRonde on Oct 19, 2009 at 7:20:41 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
[Jeff Bonano] "In front of a green screen we are taking still images of actors posing so that we can animate a character as if he's a character in a video game similar to the classic 16-bit Super Nintendo. "
Glad to hear they're poses.
Now be | | | | |
| | | | Re: Yet another impossible key
by Alan Okey on Oct 19, 2009 at 6:52:44 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Your source footage is terrible, therefore the results are guaranteed to be disappointing. If a good key was important to the client, they should have shot the talent against a proper green screen (not blue) using a proper format (not DV). I'm fran | | | | |
| | | | 16-bit Super Nintendo Effect
by Jeff Bonano on Oct 19, 2009 at 5:58:01 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Here is what we are doing...
In front of a green screen we are taking still images of actors posing so that we can animate a character as if he's a character in a video game similar to the classic 16-bit Super Nintendo.
the only thing I'm tryin | | | | |
| | | | Re: 5DM2 and Green Screen
by ulf lindstrom on Oct 18, 2009 at 9:15:38 pm
in the Canon Cameras Forum
Try to get hold of shake. They have discontinued it at apple but in the end it was by far the best keying program FOR the money. There is a few better programs out there but then you need a big budet. I'm running it every day for all kinds of stuff. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Is This a Good Lavalier Mic Setup ?
by Howard Ferguson on Oct 18, 2009 at 5:46:57 pm
in the Audio Professionals Forum
Hi Ty,
Thanks very much for your response.
We are new to doing sound for video.
We're using a Panasonic AG-DVX100A camera, but the built in mics result in too much room noise, and reverberation in the voices recorded.
We're doing a documen | | | | |
| | | | Re: Keying XDCAM
by Mark Raudonis on Oct 17, 2009 at 10:37:37 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Kevin,
Practically all of our interviews are shot green screen, using XDCAM HD 50Mbps.
If the lighting is done correctly, and that's a big IF... then we can achieve acceptable results.
We use Ultimatte's "Advantedge" software for most of th | | | | |
| | | | Re: dvcpro firewire to adobe premiere newbie
by Mark Hollis on Oct 16, 2009 at 7:33:25 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
There really is no such thing as DV versus DVC Pro, unless you mean Mini-DV, which is a consumer-prosumer format.
As to the bitrate, mini-DV has a lower bitrate and lower chroma sampling. In NTSC, it's sampled at 4:1:1, while DVC Pro is sampled at | | | | |
| | | | Art of the Edit | Molecule Fueled Imagination
Film? Television? Production? Post? Visual effects? Animation? Stereoscopic 3D? Interactive design? By answering Yes, all of the above, The Molecule keeps its eyes beyond the horizon.
Feature, People / Interview
Author: Chris Healer |
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| | | | Autodesk Combustion | The Blonde with One Green Screen
The following technique from CreativeCOW member Todd Groves can be applied to situations where the actor or object that is placed before a greenscreen/bluescreen has some element about them that cannot be separated by the standard approach to keying. The situation that inspired this solution involved a blonde haired actress in front of a greenscreen.''
Tutorial
Author: Todd Groves |
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| | | | AVID Editing | Difference Matting within the Avid
In this tutorial, Ra-ey Saleh will show you how even without shooting Green Screen you can replace the background of a shot whilst keeping the moving foreground undamaged. He'll use a technique called 'Difference Matting' and do it all within the Avid!
Tutorial
Author: Ra-ey Saleh |
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| | | | Adobe Photoshop | Virtual Sets with Photomerge
In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington teaches panoramic photography and the techniques of photo stitching for videographers and cinematographers using Photoshop CS3. This technique allows you to create a virtual set for a green screen when doing a pickup of an on location shoot.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Richard Harrington |
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| | | | Adobe Premiere Pro | Marco Solorio reviews Post Holes Prematted Stock Clips
Don't have time or budget to shoot various people in a blue or green screen studio cyk? Also don't have the time or the software to create a perfect chromakey and/or rotoscope to pull that perfect matte? If this is the case, Post Holes may be the solution you're looking for. Marco Solorio reviews their latest 2-disk DVD set available on NTSC SD.
Review
Author: Marco Solorio |
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| | | | Broadcast Video | Improvising Visual Effects
On-set circumstances changing fast? Improvise! In this Creative COW Magazine article Mark Allen discusses how he overcame the complications in a recent short film production by improvising the visual effects.
Feature, People / Interview
Author: Mark Allen |
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| | | | Creative COW Magazine feedback | The Truth About 2K, 4K and The Future of Pixels
John Galt, Panavision Senior Vice President of Advanced Digital Imaging, led the team that created the Genesis camera, was responsible for the F900 Star Wars camera, and continues to play a leading role in guiding future digital cinema technologies. In this Creative Cow Magazine Extra, join us for a wide-ranging conversation, as John cuts through what he calls the intentional obfuscation of marketing pixels, and considers the range of options that are becoming available to digital filmmakers.
Feature
Author: John Galt |
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