Green Screening Process

[wiccanslyr.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone,

I am looking for vidders who have worked with/in the green screening process and that would be willing to chat with me/give a basic tutorial/give me tips, etc. about such.

The types of thing that I really need to know are what do I need to green screen, both during footage filming and for the editing process? What software would you recommend? Tips for what works and what doesn't that I might not otherwise consider and anything else that you think I should know about the process from start to finish.

If you've work on or with green screening before and are willing to help me out as I seek to learn how to do this please let me know!

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[deslea.livejournal.com]

I haven't filmed greenscreen, but I have used partly-greened still panels for title overlays etc in Adobe Premiere. It's pretty easy - there's a preset for it.

Just a guess, but I think with filming greenscreen you would have to have very stable lighting. Otherwise the shades of green might change and some might get past the filter. (Only a guess). And of course your desired footage needs to not have green. Could be problematic for closeups of a person with green eyes...

[jmtorres.livejournal.com]

I think with filming greenscreen you would have to have very stable lighting.

Indeed yes. You have separate lights for the green screen and for the subject, and you generally put a greenfilter on the instrument lighting the greenscreen, and that instrument is usually some kind of large, soft, diffuse 2K, with barndoors/black flags keeping that light from spilling or reflecting on the subject. And the subject is several meters away from the green screen to minimize any green reflections too.