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Kent Dammand · November 12th, 2004, 03:42 PM

would it be possible to green screen a talking head over of footage shot at this studio? the speaker would be keyed in front of the console.

http://www.digidesign.com/news/detai...?story_id=1694

Rob Lohman · November 15th, 2004, 07:26 AM

I think that should be possible. Are you going to put someone in
a "chair" in there? In what way will the camera be looking. Shadows
might be important (see the shadows the chairs cast on the
wooden piece of floor)

Scott Anderson · November 15th, 2004, 12:26 PM

If the walls and/or lighting really have that strong blue color as in the photo, you should bluescreen the foreground talking head. That way, any blue spill will blend better with the background.

Unless you are planning to have a strong blue fill or rim light on your talent to match with the ambience of the room, in which case you'd need to greenscreen to pull a cleaner key.

I'd personally go for the clean tungsten-type lighting of the foreground of the still without introducing color, then use bluescreen for the key. It can be a nightmare pulling good keys with really color contrasting backgrounds.

November 12th, 2004, 03:42 PM	#1
Kent Dammand Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 80	green screen would it be possible to green screen a talking head over of footage shot at this studio? the speaker would be keyed in front of the console. http://www.digidesign.com/news/detai...?story_id=1694

November 15th, 2004, 07:26 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I think that should be possible. Are you going to put someone in a "chair" in there? In what way will the camera be looking. Shadows might be important (see the shadows the chairs cast on the wooden piece of floor) __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

November 15th, 2004, 12:26 PM	#3
Scott Anderson Major Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 327	If the walls and/or lighting really have that strong blue color as in the photo, you should bluescreen the foreground talking head. That way, any blue spill will blend better with the background. Unless you are planning to have a strong blue fill or rim light on your talent to match with the ambience of the room, in which case you'd need to greenscreen to pull a cleaner key. I'd personally go for the clean tungsten-type lighting of the foreground of the still without introducing color, then use bluescreen for the key. It can be a nightmare pulling good keys with really color contrasting backgrounds.