Presented: February 3, 2016

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video training webinar discussing issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 1:13:56
File size: 1.5 GB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Green-screen effects, also called “chroma-key effects,” allow us to easily insert a foreground actor, or any other object, into a different background. But, exactly, how do you do this? We’ve all seen “behind-the-scenes” footage of giant green-screen stages, with vast crews and big budgets. But, what if your means are more modest? That’s where this session can help.

Our goal is to bring our cameras into the studio and show how to create these special effects from production to post. Join host, Larry Jordan, as he illustrates a variety of production techniques to create green screen footage, then creates finished effects using Apple Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

This session covers:

• How to create green screen backgrounds using video monitors
• How to create a green screen background using a drop cloth
• How to light a green screen
• How to light talent in front of a green-screen
• How to create dramatic lighting on green-screen talent
• How to use garbage mattes to control the area to be keyed
• How to reposition and scale a foreground actor
• How to use Final Cut Pro X to create green-screen effects
• How to use Premiere Pro CC to create green-screen effects
• And much more

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This intermediate session is designed for directors and editors who want to shoot and edit green screen footage on a budget.

SPECIAL FEATURE

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CONTENT OUTLINE
IN STUDIO

• How to create green-screen backgrounds using video monitors
• How to stretch a green-screen background cloth
• How to light a green-screen and measure the results
• Where to place talent in front of a green screen
• How to light green-screen actors
• How to use props in a green-screen shot
• How to show an actor where to look in the frame
• Discuss why green vs. blue background colors
• Explain why the edges of a key are more important than the center

FINAL CUT PRO X

• Create a simple key using default settings
• Hide portions of an image using masks
• Key an image into a video monitor
• Add light reflections back into a monitor with a green-screen key
• Key two different images into two separate monitors in the same shot
• Create a key using two different colors (green & blue)
• How to properly tweak settings to improve the edges of a key
• How to reposition and scale an actor to better fit in the frame

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CC

• Create a simple key using default settings
• Hide portions of an image using masks
• Key an image into a video monitor
• Key two different images into two separate monitors in the same shot
• How to properly tweak settings to improve the edges of a key
• How to reposition and scale an actor to better fit in the frame

AUDIENCE QUESTIONS