Master essential green screen skills! This focused workshop provides three hours of high-quality video training on shooting green screen and covers everything from setup to producing the shoot to compositing the footage. Author, trainer, and production/compositing expert Jeff Foster starts by introducing you to various concepts and explains how to create the right green screen scenario for your needs. Then, you’ll learn how to set up your background and talent, work with lighting and scopes, explore virtual sets, use helpful iPad apps, and composite the footage.

Duration: 2 HR 58 min
User Level: Beginning/Intermediate

1 Keying and Matte Extraction Overview

2 Green and Blue Screen Materials

3 Proper Lighting and Camera Setup

4 Planning the Shoot

5 Professional and DIY Lighting Setups

6 Software Options

7 Working with Virtual Sets

8 Compositing Footage

9 Fixing Problem Green Screen Shots

10 Designing the Corporate Green Screen Studio

11 Lighting and Measuring Tools on Portable Devices

System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.6, Microsoft Windows XP, or higher
1 GHz processor or higher
2 GB RAM or higher
1 GB Free HD Space (does not include lesson files)

(Please note that this DVD can be viewed only on a computer. It will not work in DVD-Video player software or a DVD set-top player.