I have trialed dedicated chroma key software which gives a perfect key but I would rather use my Magix Edit Pro 16 Plus HD and not have to purchase this other software. Suggestions please.
Dear deaw,
the first step would be to seperate the object from the background while shooting - make sure the distance between the object and the background is big enough so no reflected "green" light spills onto the object. Make sure that the green background is illuminated consistently.
When using the chroma keying in Movie Edit Pro make sure to set the level of threshold and fading range in an apropriate ratio. If you still encounter problems with green light spills at the edges of your foreground-object, you may want to use the secondary color correction to fix the fringe by selecting the green spill as the foreground and change only the foreground to make the chroma key look more natural by shifting only the green color or desaturating it.
Best wishes,
the MAGIX Videoteam
Hi,
Rules to obtain best results:
1) Green or blue screen streched to obtain plain surface (uniform surface)
2) Use light, like neon both side at 45 degrees to obtain uniform lighting on all surface. (need at least 5 bulbs on each side)
3) Place the talent or subject at least 7 to 9 feet away from the screen.
4) Talent must be 3 points light.
Now using Magix adjust it to obtain a perfect colorless background.
Attention movie and picture shooting is different with a picture you can correct the background color (green) using a paint program if a spot or black section you can change it easily with movie ts better to planify and test the lighting before to shot the scene.
Regards,
YR