Join Richard Harrington for an in-depth discussion in this video Recapping strobe photography, part of Green Screen Techniques for Video and Photography.
Abba Shapiro: Now, we've covered a lot in the last few movies.…I just want to go over some of the basic camera settings once again just so you can feel comfortable with it.…You might be used to the Golden Triangle when shooting, which is aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.…And as you change one, it affects all the others, and that's how you control your depth…of field and the way that your shot looks.…Well, when shooting with strobes, it's again a little bit different.…You really always want to shoot in manual, and you want to keep your shutter speed at…what's best for that camera.…
In my case, with a Canon, it's 1/125th of a second.…The other thing you want to do is you want to set your lights using a light meter or…if you don't have a light meter, use the histogram like we showed you before so that they're…fixed at a certain luminance level.…So speed and luminance are fixed, and you're shooting in completely manual.…If you start switching over to say, aperture priority, you're going to notice that your…
Richard Harrington
Abba Shapiro
Updated
3/1/2017Released
12/19/2012This course was created and produced by Rich Harrington. lynda.com is honored to host this content in our library.
- Why use green screen?
- Using a fabric, Flexfill, or Reflecmedia backdrop
- Lighting the green screen
- Establishing a relationship with the subject
- Shooting handheld
- Shooting with a DSLR
- Using a sync sound workflow
- Processing raw footage
- Creating transparency in Photoshop
- Removing the background
- Adjusting background focus
- Keying in Premiere Pro or After Effects
- Animating the camera
Skill Level Appropriate for all
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Q: This course was updated on 03/01/2017. What changed?Â
A: New videos were added that show how to key out green screen video and match color and exposure for video in Final Cut Pro X.
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Introduction
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Welcome46s
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1. An Introduction to Green Screen
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2. Prepping the Green Screen
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Setting the room2m 24s
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Using a fabric backdrop3m 15s
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Using a Flexfill backdrop2m 56s
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3. Lighting the Subject
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Working with a light meter7m 18s
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Lighting the green screen2m 39s
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4. Working with the Subject
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Positioning the subject2m 53s
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Posing techniques6m 9s
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Shooting handheld6m 2s
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5. Best Shooting Practices for DSLR Video
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Shooting video with a DSLR7m 34s
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The sync sound workflow2m 21s
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Interview techniques7m 48s
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6. Background Selection
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Processing in Camera Raw4m 27s
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Processing depth of field5m 49s
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Processing background images3m 37s
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7. Creating Photographic Composites
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Refining the composite3m 29s
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8. Creating the Composite for Motion
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Animating the 3D camera3m 27s
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Rendering the animation4m 20s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye36s
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