Cheap 'Chromatte' Reflective Chromakey material - any interest?

[_gl]

Would a 72mm threaded light ring work for your setups? (using filter adapters if needed). Or would anyone need something larger for their add-on lens?

[Rumple]

72mm sounds big enough to me. The largest lenses I have are 67 and 72mm threads.

[nxb]

Looks great! I've used fabric and table cloth green screens and this is way superior.

[thequads]

i would go larger than 72 to be safe. I think the EX1 is 77mm.

[_gl]

Here's the footage. It's private for now, the password is letmein.



It's better in HD

[ame="http://vimeo.com/7748213"]This is a password protected video on Vimeo[/ame]


(ignore the link at the end, it doesn't exist yet).


Impressed?

[nxb]

yes

Whats up with your LumaChroma plugin?

[_gl]

Whats up with your LumaChroma plugin?

Work in progress, 90%-ish complete, details here. Does a lot of stuff, GPU accelerated too (previews all effects in full HD quality in real-time on a decent setup).

EDIT: I should say 'previews in real-time on Premiere'. I can't get even unprocessed video to preview in real-time in AE (although I hear that's normal, I haven't used it properly yet).

[Rumple]

Looking great gl!
Can you post some images of the ring light you're using? or is it top secret?

[Seo]

i would go larger than 72 to be safe. I think the EX1 is 77mm.

And the HVX200 is 82mm, which is a very widely used camera. 82mm would be big enough.

[Rumple]

Any higher bidders that 82mm?
Going once...

[_gl]

Just finalising the last few details, will post with pricing & pics shortly.

[Rumple]

[Anton Galimzyanov]

Hi
Could you provide us with a raw m2t footage, just a couple seconds, so we could play with it?
I'm asking because I'm not impressed with a final quality of your keyed footage. On the other hand, a non-keyed shot seems to look spectacular. So I just want to figure out a problem (vimeo codec, bad keying software etc)
If you'd upload a single frame of a same shot but without foreground object (so-called "clean plate") as well - it would be quite nice!
Thank you

[Rumple]

Good request... I'd like to do the same iff possible.
If you are worried about where to host it, you can get 100mb of free space on drop.io

Cheers.

[_gl]

Hi
Could you provide us with a raw m2t footage, just a couple seconds, so we could play with it?

Sure, grab it here.

I'm asking because I'm not impressed with a final quality of your keyed footage. On the other hand, a non-keyed shot seems to look spectacular. So I just want to figure out a problem.

By all means. I haven't done much shooting lately, but I've been concerned about the quality of the raw footage from my camera - it's seems awful crummy. I turned sharpening off for this shoot (and had a wideangle adapter on) so it looks worse than normal, but does this look right to anyone?

Are you referring to fine details like hair getting keyed out? Edge-handling on my keying software isn't working right now (I'm recoding it), so I was a bit heavy handed with the thresholds to compensate. But it still looks miles better than the built-in Premiere chromakeyer (far better edges & no colour tint/fringes). What software do you guys use? I'd love to see the results.

If you'd upload a single frame of a same shot but without foreground object (so-called "clean plate") as well - it would be quite nice!

I didn't shoot one last time, & I can't do it right now as the gear is at another place and requires setting up each time - but I will next time I shoot.

[_gl]

Are you referring to fine details like hair getting keyed out?

I've done a keying comparison between Premiere's ChromaKey and my LumaChroma (alpha verison without edge handling) - a bit easier on the threshold this time .

Note how Premiere looses a few more details, and how blocky and green its edges are.

In general, fine details cannot be keyed in 4:2:0 (and this is true for all consumer formats), as the crucial chroma resolution is only 1/4 of the frame resolution! You really have to shoot @ 4:2:2 (eg. via HDMI) or better to preserve them.

[iThinkergoiMac]

Any updates on pricing?

[_gl]

Any updates on pricing?

Very close now. It's been tricky to put together as I want to make it a quality package (down to every detail), and keep thinking of ways to improve it. It's also all being hand-made & some parts are coming in from overseas. I will post with screen sizes, prices and mockups of the final hardware in the next couple of days.

Note this will be a very limited run, 5-6 systems only, and unless there's huge demand I probably won't make any more.

[jaket]

I'm interested.
Can't wait to see your prices and details.

Jake

[Sluggy]

This is very exciting. My son, Ben Kadie, uses a lot green screen, but he likes to film outside to get the free light.

Any idea if it will work outside?

Thanks Much!
Carl


p.s. Production photos showing green screens: http://slugco.com/movies/MaskedStorm/
A finished film: http://slugco.com/movies/SparksInTheNight/

[lordtangent]

I'm also interested to hear your final price estimate.

I will post with screen sizes, prices and mockups of the final hardware in the next couple of days.

[_gl]

Any idea if it will work outside?

I haven't tried it but it might be tricky, at least if the sun is shining directly on the fabric it might reflect too much light. And the LEDs might have a hard time competing with it. But if I get a chance I'll try it.

p.s. Production photos showing green screens: http://slugco.com/movies/MaskedStorm/
A finished film: http://slugco.com/movies/SparksInTheNight/

Excellent. Very professional - they're going to be big.

[thequads]

Very close now. It's been tricky to put together as I want to make it a quality package (down to every detail), and keep thinking of ways to improve it. It's also all being hand-made & some parts are coming in from overseas. I will post with screen sizes, prices and mockups of the final hardware in the next couple of days.

Note this will be a very limited run, 5-6 systems only, and unless there's huge demand I probably won't make any more.

only 5? damn..hey put me in line then!

[angelog]

Very close now. It's been tricky to put together as I want to make it a quality package (down to every detail), and keep thinking of ways to improve it. It's also all being hand-made & some parts are coming in from overseas. I will post with screen sizes, prices and mockups of the final hardware in the next couple of days.

Note this will be a very limited run, 5-6 systems only, and unless there's huge demand I probably won't make any more.

I want one. Have been saving for a green screen and this could be a perfect alternative.

Can wait for pricing.

[Erik Bien]

Excellent. Very professional - they're going to be big.

I fully expect to be walking into a cinema not too many years from now telling my wife, "I remember when this director's dad used to post his kid's latest film on HV20.com!"