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Several Questions on Better Video Production

by Joshua Uebergang
5 replies
So I've made my first "professional" video and the experience has brought up two problems.

1. The lights reflect off my glasses. Is there something in Sony Vegas to remove reflection or something I can apply on my glasses to stop reflection?

2. I have a white bed sheet and a green chroma key sheet, both with creases. (Green chroma key from Backdrops:Chromakey Green ). I resorted to the white bed sheet after I couldn't produce a nice white chromakey effect with the green sheet because of its creases and inconsistent lighting. I've ironed them but they're still creased. Where can I get some cheap, wrinkle-free, solid green chromakey?

Thanks Warriors.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eric Parnell
    Your problem is not your backdrop it's your keying effect. I use Adobe After Effects and I can have shadows, creases, and all that and still get it out. I'm not sure about Vegas but there should be something in your keying effect like threshold, gain, or something like that. Play with those and it should get rid of your problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tsnyder
    As for your #1 question... are you shining lights
    directly at your face or do the lights have some kind
    of diffuser... like a light cloth screen?

    Tsnyder
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    • Profile picture of the author Joshua Uebergang
      Eric, all the sources I've learned from say you must have consistent lighting, no creases, and no shadows, but obviously, as you've found, that ain't the case. I'll look into it.

      Tsnyder, the lights I have at the moment don't have a diffuser. Turning my head means the lights can't be more than 45 degrees before they start reflecting. In a few weeks I hope to get some proper softboxes. So softboxes is one way of solving the problem?
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      • Profile picture of the author Joshua Uebergang
        I'm still in need of solutions. Thanks.
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        • Profile picture of the author Joshua Uebergang
          I'm shooting tomorrow so I'm hoping I can get some solutions.

          The only solutions I've found for stopping reflection of glasses is: 1) moving the lighting, 2) reducing the talent's movements so the person's glasses face a limited direction, and 3) getting special anti-reflective lenses.

          In terms of the creases, the lights were close and at an angle. I found that I should stand at least 2 meters from the green screen. I've also purchased some halogen lights to reflect on the green screen from both sides. Hopefully this solves that problem.
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