Okay, you’ve seen the green screen “Kits” that come with some cheap lights, stands and a green screen cloth backdrop… or someone tells you to just go down to Home Depot and get a couple gallons of their “greenest” paint – a couple hundred bucks and you’re good to go, right? WRONG! A setup like that will be of little use if you’re seriously trying to get a decent matte. Without the right green screen materials, even the best lighting and camera won’t help you.
The entire green screen process is a careful balance of color & light – a very narrow spectrum of colored light that reflects back through the lens and is easily matted (or “keyed”) out with sophisticated software. [read]
Joe The Flow 