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Worst Green Screen Ever…
I recently filmed a music video that we planned to film entirely on green screen. Well the night before the shoot the “lighting pro” calls to say he’s too busy to make it (the shoot had been planned for a month). Needless to say this left me in charge of everything, so instead of focusing on my camera settings I had to become a lighting tech on the fly. Once I got the lighting in place the band was sitting there all ready to go, so not much tinker time with the camera or lighting setup. The lead guitarist had to be done in an hour (he had to go teach a guitar lesson). The result… horrific shadows on the green screen, also the screen was brand new and riddled with wrinkles. Can anyone please give me suggestions on how to rescue this nightmare? Mainly I need to deal with the deep shadow areas. As the camera moves, so do the shadow areas. I need to track the movement of the shadows with moving masks. Please help!!!!
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Hey Brad,
Could you send me a sample footage so I can try keying it myself with Keylight?
A screenshot of your footage on COW would help others too.
Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.5 Professional -
reshoot
if your band can only spare an hour then they know theyre not going to get alot. They get what they give.
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Hi Justin,
Thanks for the offer, I actually did spend about three days trying every single combination possible in Keylight. The closest I’ve been yet is a combination of Keylight and Aharon R.’s Super Tight Junk Mattes method (I use AE7). It’s the shadows that have been the real spoiler. I’m pretty much down to rotoscoping as my last hope. So far it wasn’t looking too good, the edges were burbling as the camera moved, but I’ve just figured out a better way. Using bezier curves and less vertex points I can move the matte more smoothly.
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