If you’re unsure about placement or can’t measure it, then further back is better. If your space is tight, five or six feet could work, too, but any closer and you’re risking a messy key that will spread to your subject. It can be tricky to figure out exactly where in relation to the green screen your subject should be placed once the background is ready.Ī general rule of thumb is, the further back you are from the screen, the cleaner the key.Ī good range to place your subject is around ten feet from the screen.
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This placement, plus diffusion on your lights should make your screen camera ready! Subject Positioning Place them a few feet back from the screen (out of the shot, of course) and at about a 45-degree angle. Be careful how hot your lights get, you don’t want to burn your diffusion! Light Positioningįor a basic lighting setup, a minimum of two lights should be enough to cover your green screen evenly. Grab any thin white sheet you’ve got, or even a plain white t-shirt, and affix it to the lights you have. If your budget is tight, DIY always works. While intended for photography, these work very well for green screen lighting. They come equipped with silks that attach easily to the boxy frame of the light. The easiest method is to purchase a kit of softbox lights. All you have to do to diffuse the harshness of direct light is place the diffusion in front of it, covering the light. Diffusion is just a fancy term for silk or other semi-transparent sheets of material used to soften the light. To make the light soft, you need to use diffusion. Pointing an uncovered light at a green screen will create harsh falloff and unevenly expose your background, making it near-impossible for your editor to pull a clean key. To evenly light a green screen, soft light is a must. Without further ado, let’s break it down step by step in more detail below! Make sure to watch some of the videos along the way, which makes for some good supplemental show and tell. 5) Finally, in post-production, use Chroma Key to pull out the green and replace it with whatever you want. 4) Your camera should be set with proper color balance and exposure settings. 3) Your subject should be positioned at such a distance from the screen so that he/she does not cast shadows or create light spills onto the green screen. 2) Your subject should be lit separately from the green screen.
Diffused, even lighting is needed on the screen. Here are the most important things to consider when using a green screen for a shoot: 1) First of all, lighting is paramount. This article will strive to answer the question: How do you use a green screen and chroma key properly? If you missed part one, which covered general green screen knowledge, check it out here. This is part two of my articles covering the basics of green screen and chroma key.
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