Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Use Of Chroma Keying In Green Screen Process For Effect

By Trevor Weir


I would like to tell you about the use of chroma keying in green screen process so that you have all the information you need to understand all terms used. There are many uses for the coloured whether for photograph or film software. There is software that makes your job easier but without the knowledge it may all seem like a foreign language.

Colour keying is another name that chroma keying is called. It is so called because this process is all about colours when adding two frames or separate pictures together to become one so that the desired effect is achieved.

There are many cases where chroma keying is used in this day and age. You may be aware that a screen is used during weather reports which are why it is able to change as though a large television set were behind the weather reporter; however it is just a blank screen which has the images added later. Another circumstance where this method is used is during films that have both animated characters as well as people.

This enables those who want to create a different looking scene to that you could create without this to make a person or character look as though they are in a different country or even at the bottom of the sea when really they are standing against a green background.

To make the programming both understandable to those who are applying the pictures or frames as well as the computer. The way this is done is through certain codes. There is a code for each pixel and these can be represented by letters, by numbers or maybe all of them. There are also different codes used for referring to the green screen or whether you are referring to the image in front or behind

By using the green screen and the given references depending on the programmer or programme you are using will depend on the outcome. These codes are also important in replacing green screens with the picture(s) of choice.

As film once used so predominantly in photography is used less and less in favour of digital the green backdrop is used more than the blue one. This is because it gives you a much clearer image allowing better graphics whether the image placement is used in gaming, the latest film or even advertising. If it is necissary for the colour green to be either worn by a person or the image you want to merge the colours will clash, so you do not get the desired result. In this case you should use a blue or red screen.




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