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Problems with green screen – no green in the background
Hi, I want to use my crappy Aiptek A-HD+ camera for shooting a music video.
There will be a lot of green screen editing in that video.Unfortunately, for some reason, I can’t make my A-HD+ catch the green color of the green screen.
It always catches something that is mor elike of a washed out grey/white color.Funny thing is that my cheap Samsung PHOTO camera can catch the green just fine.
Have a look at the samples below and advice, please.
What is wrong?
All the demo clips were shot under a tungsten bulb but it is pretty much the same situation in daylight too.I have tried adding a white sheet of paper to the green screen so to kind of adjust the white balance – same crappy results again.
Sample videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jxde-gJAxU&fmt=18
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Its auto white balance can’t be turned off. It only has Auto balance (plus the regular Auto presets – Tungsten, Daylight, ets)
I’ve tried shooting in the highest resolution – same results.
It records in H.264
I do know how to set up a green screen.
Actually, with that Samsung photo camera, I don’t really have to build a very complicated green screen rig – it gets the green just fine.
I wish it was the same with that crappy Aiptek..
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I knew it it was the camera. Useless piece of junk.
It produces good quality video but the control you have over it is Zero.I always get green spill. Think this salso depends on the video compression – if the fotasge is too comressed and blyrry, there will be spill around the edges.
Tracking and masking – too lazy to do that.
That’s why I need a good green screen btw.Garbage mattes – sure, where their use is possible.
Edge and core mattes? Don’t know what these are.
If it is about using matte chokers – I do that. -
Thanks for the link.
That edge and core matte technique of keying is pretty interesting.
I will try to use it.
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