You might take a read of this. I personally have Express Digital Darkroom but have not tried the Chromakey capabilities.
http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00LDRs The last entry talks about another software package that you might look into. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, March 22, 2009, 4:30:54 PM, you wrote: C> On 22/3/09, Jens, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>Hello List >>Could someone please direct me to knowledge about Greenscreen/Chromakey >>techniques? >>I need to be able to place people Inin pictures) in front of different >>sceneries/backgrounds. >>In the old days, photographers used Frontprojection (e.i. by Hensel), >>but today this is done digitally, I suppose. Especially in movies and >>TV, but also in still photography. >> >>Which software should be used, after shooting the models in front of a >>proper green screen/blue screen? Are there special issues I need to know >>befor shooting? C> Are you talking about stills shooting, or video? C> The point of shooting green / blue screen is that it would take forever C> to individually 'photoshop' each frame of a moving image where a new C> background is to be added. C> If stills, I personally can't see an advantage to shooting with a green C> or blue screen background, and may even be detrimental in terms of C> colour interference. If I was shooting stills of a subject I knew I was C> going to place on a different background in post-processing, I would C> shoot against a white, or light-coloured backdrop. C> If shooting video or film, you want green or blue screen (depending upon C> process used). C> More info: C> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluescreen> C> Tutorial on blue / green screen compositing with Final Cut: C> <http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/chroma_key_fcp_hd_monahan.html> C> HTH C> -- C> Cheers, C> Cotty C> ___/\__ C> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche C> ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com C> _____________________________ C> -- C> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List C> [email protected] C> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net C> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
