Whats the best Green/Blue Screen?

[razamalik]

Ok i must say i have just a little experience of chroma/green/blue screen & i came across this http://www.chroma-key.com/chroma_key_green.html are these any good? any users out there wana share their experience?

i am looking for a 3 meters by 2.5 meters background to hang on stands for both photo & video work... last thing i want is wrinkles & colours fading out... wooops & no shines please... it has to be portable... in a way that i dont have to iron it on every time i go to a location.

whats the best material for this? Also which of the green & blue screen works best agains colours such as red/black/white & specialy skin tones?

any recommended brand?

i know lighting counts for a lot to get a good key... i shall learn that when the time comes & if i get stuck i know where to come... same old dvxuser.com :love4:

(i thought i was posting in hardware section____wooops sorry :( )

[Alexa]

are you doing headshots or full lengths?

if you are doing interviews and half body scenarios, you could try one made by photoflex. it is on their site, i believe. get a background stand and you are set. just give yourself enough time to let it hang and de-wrinkle after initial set up. and make sure your subject is far away from the screen as possible. even lighting, etc.

[razamalik]

thanks for the prompt reply i should have mentioned that i am looking for full length. i do own a background stand.

is muslin fabric good enough?? any better material ?

One of my friend has a folding blue screen (those hard to fold oval shape things LOL) & i tried it though good for mid length cant be used for full lengths but the material wasnt so good as he bought a cheap one, the blue colour was coming off... so no good for moving about.

[Alexa]

yes, muslin will be great. have you looked on eBay? there is vendor there, forget his name, steven kessler? anyways i remember he had lots.

you should also seriously, seriously consider just RENTING the muslin. i have that photoflex thing and it really just sits there..i should have just rented it when needed.

the problem you will have though, probably is that the background stands are made for still photographers ( the most common size, i think it is 9ft). the aspect ratio for video is not ideal with these types of background stands, but it will do. in other words, you will have a lot of no-green on the sides of your image in the camera.

as long as you have your subject all covered with green all around, you'll be able to pull the matte.
damn, I forget which company has started to make it, but I came across a background stand designed for video use, it was like 12 ft wide or more.

[SurJones]

I like http://www.eefx.com I love it. and the price is great.

Make sure you thank me when you get it, because you wont regret it.

[David Saraceno]

Why do you like th eefx ones over anything else?

Did you built your own support?

[SurJones]

I know the guys over there.... This is what is says on thier site.: "Our Chroma Key greenscreens and bluescreens are unmatchable in quality, and are the #1 used by special effects artists in the industry. See this same chromakey fabric used by big studios like Warner Bros, Universal, Paramount, and New Line Cinema. A few examples of recent movies utilizing this chroma key fabric are The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, Stealth and Star Wars."

http://www.eefx.com/eefx2/store/item_ck_bkg.html


They can also create for you Rod pockets, and those grommets holes as well. They have Support rods as well...but you can easlist make those, and the mini clamps or clamps are cheap at home depot.

[bpotter]

Check out http://www.reflecmedia.com

I'm happy with it. I'm also shooting DV, so getting a great key can be really hard even if it's lit perfectly. Chromalfex lets me setup standard lighting without worrying about the chroma background.

[David Saraceno]

Isn't the combination a little pricey?

[SurJones]

EEFX or Reflec? hehe guessing however you mean reflec. Cause I got my 10' x 15' for like 120bucks. And we are shooting HD, which from what I heard is not hard to Chroma Key, which is nice about this both of these, one way more expensive than the other.

[David Saraceno]

HD is "hard to cromaKey?"

Is that a mistype?

And yes, I was referring to the reflec combination.

I couldn't even locate a price, but the combo of light and reflective material is probably a little pricey

[SurJones]

No, mine was spelled correctly "Chroma key" :) . But ya, not hard to Chroma Key with the HVX.

[David Saraceno]

Thought so.

Gotta a price on the reflec

[TwistedLincoln]

Ok i must say i have just a little experience of chroma/green/blue screen & i came across this http://www.chroma-key.com/chroma_key_green.html are these any good? any users out there wana share their experience?

I bought one of Chroma-Key.com's greenscreens on ebay, and I am very happy with it.

[500lb Productions]

the problem you will have though, probably is that the background stands are made for still photographers ( the most common size, i think it is 9ft). the aspect ratio for video is not ideal with these types of background stands, but it will do. in other words, you will have a lot of no-green on the sides of your image in the camera.



Yep, the std is 9'. http://www.adorama.com/BMSSPE.html

If you get a $100 one, the stands can double as light stands. Well these can too, but I'm not sure I'd want to put an expensive head on a flimsy stand.

[erdiaz]

I'm proud to say that here in my country, Colombia a family work hard to offer the best products for photography; they have a place in B&H Photovideo, the name is Botero, check it.

I have a 5 x 3 meters green and one blue fabric screen, wonderfull!!!
and the best: very affordable price.

Look here:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=pagination&A=nextPage&Q=&catId=1&compareCatId=1&shs=botero&ci=1&ac=&al=&mnp=0.0&mxp=0.0&bl=&sb=ps&sq=desc&fi=all&pn=1

:)

[Sidney Tawl]

There are three basic types of material. One is cloth and it will wrinkle . The second is a cloth material but it is on a material that has some give. You can pull it tight and small wrinkles will disappear. Its a foam backed material and it works very well. You can store it folded as long as you don't put to much pressure on it to form a very "hard" wrinkle.

the third type is made of a "lycra" material. Won't wrinkle. The only drawback is that if its torn etc it can run. Think of ladies pantyhose.

The foam backed is the best bang for the buck.

You can buy it cut to size and have someone or you if you know how sew a hem all the way around and put in grommets. Big Screens need a frame.

There is a store called Rose Brands. Rose Brands has a facility in NY and One in LA. Check them out, you will see lots and lots of goodies. They make and supply all types of material for theatrical and movie productions.

ST

[500lb Productions]

UPDATE: Adorama hit my email today with a special on THESE 13' background stands.

http://adorama.webphotoschool.biz/The_First_Studio_BackDrop_Support_Kit

I seem to recall the need for wider than 10 ft.