Recent content by thompson

I don't know if any of you do any green screen work, but I do a lot. I have been using keylight for a couple of years, although a great piece of software, it still has limitations.. I had an idea for a new type of green screen system, basically after the matte is created, there should be an...

Is there any way to switch to ntsc mode and shoot with 30fps with the xh-a1? thanks

how can I create sillhouette lighting where you can still see the edges of the actor but the middle inside part is dark?

I have two daylight balanced lights 1000w each, I use these for key and backlight, I use daylight from a window as some fill and a ring light on the camera which removes any shadows on the face I find that the more ambient daylight in a shot, the better the footage looks I use xh-a1 for...

I want to future proof my work, however I just don't have the power or hdd space to edit in 1080 HDTV (1920x1080), do you reckon 720 (1280x720) is just as good, or will this be replaced by 1080 as its the better one anyway (higher res)

I love the canon xh a1 but i need a lot of light to get rid of grain, any dark sections always seem to gather quite a bit of grain...recently I've seen some footage shot with the A1 in low light and there was no grain at all! How do they do this? Before you say it, I turned off autogain, set it...

http://www.shutterasia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=461 I made this ring light, the results were pretty good, except I had to come pretty close to the light to obtain the desired effect... Also, as I was using a 1000W Halogen bulb (instead of the flash light used in the tutorial), the cardboard...

I noticed the files captured in Premiere Pro 2 are mpeg format, is there any way to change this? thanks, i'm loving my new xh-a1