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Using an pop-up system
- Now, to you at home, it might look like Rich and I are about to engage in mortal combat with some weapons here, but we're not. This is actually a pretty neat backdrop system, and it's called the X-Drop by Westcott. And Rich, tell us how this sets up. - Well, essentially, it's a self-contained system. A lot like a tripod, simply opens up, and then these legs pop out, and at the bottom of each of these are hooks, and these are designed to basically hold the backdrop into place. So, you just open that up, take that down, and then it's pretty self-explanatory, if you look at this here. Let's just take that over your head and turn. There is a back leg, and then these go towards the front and sort of open up. Now, you've got the rest of the pieces there. It's pretty simple, you just put the three pieces in and we take them to the top. - Cool. So, one... - And they rotate and click in. - and three. - Yep, and now we just need to extend these. And you see, it gets pretty tall. Why don't you…
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Making killer backgrounds for greenscreen46s
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Shooting defocused still plates3m 5s
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Shooting defocused video plates2m 56s
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Defocusing backgrounds in Photoshop CC5m 12s
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Shoot plates with a light field camera3m 23s
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Post-processing a light field camera6m 41s
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Gear overview4m 15s
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Canon camera5m 34s
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Panasonic Lumix GH43m 7s
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Evaluating the keying footage from a Sony a7S5m 29s
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Blending a key with the background with Light Wrap by Red Giant5m 58s
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Blending a key with the background with Lighwrap by Digital Anarcht3m 39s
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Improving the quality of greenscreen shots40s
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Using a hard cyc greenscreen backdrop2m 51s
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Studio lighting for greenscreen projects3m
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Testing the backdrop with a monitor2m 23s
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Testing the backdrop onset3m 15s
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Shooting in portrait mode2m 29s
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Gear overview6m 59s
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Creating affordable textured backdrop with lights32s
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It’s all about creating patterns1m 19s
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Creating a hand-cut gobo2m 35s
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Using a pattern backdrop1m 48s
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Creating a gobo with a transparency projector2m 1s
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Using a projector to create custom backdrops2m 55s
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The challenges of powering the GoPro HERO42m 56s
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Battery options for the GoPro HERO44m 15s
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Which battery runs the longest in the GoPro HERO4?4m 42s
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Which GoPro HERO4 battery charges the fastest?5m 6s
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The form factor and price of GoPro HERO4 batteries4m 46s
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The winning battery2m 47s
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