From the course: Video Green Screen Workflows (2017)

Welcome

From the course: Video Green Screen Workflows (2017)

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Welcome

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- Hi, my name's Rich Harrington, and welcome to this course where we're going to explore how to use green screen for both video projects and motion graphics. We're going to start the course out by learning everything you need to know to shoot good green screen. This will include several different topics from knowing what type of equipment you need to how to position the lights, as well as making choices about what type of backdrop to use. Another big thing to keep in mind is how you actually record the green screen. For example, if you're using something like a DSLR, it's really easy to get too much compression in the green screen files. This will just make it that much harder when it comes time to actually key the files using software. But if you switch to something like a digital disk recorder or use a camera that supports higher quality methods, you'll be much happier with the results you get. Once we finish recording, we're going to move on to some other cool strategies. For example, how to generate background plates. I'll walk you through some of my favorite strategies including using a video camera, using a stills camera, and a really cool piece of technology called a light field camera that will actually let you capture a scene and then afterwards change the depth of field and make great changes so you can get a wonderful background for keying. Once we've got those backgrounds and footage in hand, it's time to head into software. I'll walk you through some of the popular tools that are out there. We'll explore both Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects, which will help you if you're a video editor or motion graphic artist. Then we'll jump into Final Cut X and I'll walk you through what can be done using that application as well. We've got a lot of ground to cover and I'm excited to walk you through things today. We'll also be joined by a special guest who will share some expert advice on lighting.

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