The Green Screen Handbook: Real-World Production Techniques [With DVD]

The definitive guide to green screen technology Whether you're on a budget or working with high-end HD, this four-color expert guide gives you step-by-step instruction to green screening (or chroma keying) technology in today's competitive digital video landscape. This book covers the entire gamut: basic setup using cloth, panels, cardboard or paint and a digital camera; broadcast TV hardware switchers; professional HD and major motion picture compositing; and multiple-colored screen composites (background, foregrounds, and objects). A bonus DVD includes sample video footage, project files and sample software where applicable. Green screen technology, or chroma keying, is the process of filming live actors in front of a green background so that another background can be replaced during post-production Explains how this process enables computer-generated characters to be placed on top of live-action footage, as was done with Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" triology Describes tools and techniques that have been used in real-world production environments Whether on a shoestring budget or working with high-end HD system, the step-by-step instruction can save you time and money.