Green Screen Photography

Posted by Dr.Viper on July 25th, 2010

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Green Screen Photography

When you see the weatherman standing in front of a weather map many of you know that he is really standing in front of a green screen. The image is inspected by software that detects the green in the image and replaces it with the weather map. This is known as ChromaKey or Green Screen technology.

With the dramatic increase in digital cameras, green screen photography is one of the most rapidly growing effects for today’s photographer. This technology can let you place a person in any setting you would like; even a San Diego family can pretend to be on a ski vacation.

Why use Green Screen Software?

You can have fun!

You will be hooked the first time your child smiles when they see a picture of themselves in a field of butterflies or on the moon. Green Screen Software frees your creativity in a way that no other photographic process does. You can place people or things anywhere in the world. Want to be a princess in a castle? No problem. Want your family at the beach or in the woods or at some event? It is easy. Your child’s first communion photo can have a stained glass angel behind it or your daughter’s wedding portrait can be in front of the bridge at Magnolia Gardens in South Carolina.

You can make money!

With the advent of high-quality digital cameras, it is easy for anyone to take great photos! Professional photographers today need to offer something more. Green Screen Wizard provides them a way to stand out from the rest of the pack. Headshots, Model Portfolios, Bridal Portraits, Family Portraits and even Pet Portraits are all enhanced with ChromaKey effects. Old time photos and fantasy photos are a natural for Green Screen techniques.

Photography puts more demands on Green Screen Software

With video the subject is moving and many small errors go unnoticed. The very high resolution of modern digital photography makes even the tiniest flaw noticeable. It sounds simple, “Just find the green and replace it” but the reality is that the green backgrounds are not perfect and your hair and other transparent objects distort the green. Remove too much green and you th will cut off hair. If you do not remove enough green you have green fringes showing in the image. The correct answer is to remove the correct amount of green and then change the

What do I need to do Green Screen Photography?

First you need a green screen and a subject.

Then you need to get that image into the computer and use Green Screen Software like Green Screen Wizard. Use the scale feature to make sure only the subject and green are showing. Then pick any background you like. If you do not like that background perhaps it would be more fun to be at the beach. Just select a new background.

Programs like Green Screen Wizard offer a lot of adjustments to color, scaling and Green Screen Removal settings. Unlike other programs,Green Screen Wizard offers a set of easy options to make the green screen process effortless.

There are other effects that you can do with Green Screen technology. Not only can you add a background to your image, you can add a foreground as well. This can be used to make people seam like they are inserted in the background. It also makes for realistic magazine covers.

Another fun thing you can do with Green Screen Photography is to create silhouettes.

To learn more about Green Screen Photography please visit

http://www.greenscreenwizard.com

Ken Colby

Author of Green Screen Wizard