Using my DVX100be to do a greenscreen shoot

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Hey guys!
Im new in this forum, and i own myself a DVX100be and im going to do a musicvideo that has some greenscreening in it...The last time i recorded in greenscreen conditions i took the shoot with this settings:

shooting mode: 50i / flow / open filter.

the editing/composting with these settings did the afterwork to a nightmare..i couldnt do a properly keying and at last i could save some of the footage..

My questions is which settings is the best to get the best footage to get very good greenscreening shoots...
 
Hey there, I'm also quite new to the forums and still pretty new to the dvx, but there is another member who has posted a series of very well done video tuts about shot design on youtube. One of them specifically addresses chroma keying. The video is not dvx specific, (he's actually using a 7D) but his point is that the techniques apply to production regardless of the camera. I'm sure there will be others here who can give some pointers on what in camera settings to use, but with chroma keying your shot set up is equally important (if not more important then) your settings. Hope that helps, heres the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWKKgmik2vs&feature=related
 
if you're shooting with the DVX, lower the detail level all the way down and shoot with good lighting.
don't know what software you're using but try not to use the build in plug-in effect in Fianl Cut because they aren't that good.
I perfer the Keylight plug-in in After Effects.

btw, here is a tutor vid I did. Hope it helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGB8q_rKaPA
 
Some time ago, a dvxuser post a very clever trick to do greenscreen: turn your camera on his side. Doing this you will have 720 vertical resolution, and the horizontal resolution doesn't matter
 
pichulo said:
Some time ago, a dvxuser post a very clever trick to do greenscreen: turn your camera on his side. Doing this you will have 720 vertical resolution, and the horizontal resolution doesn't matter
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very interesting, this will be able to get a easier full body shot as well.
so the horizontal resolution doesn't matter for green screen tho???
 
I have found the biggest part green screen is lighting. Not just well lit, but evenly lit. Green screen can be hard if lighting is not perfect, even in the studios. I remember in collage we did a live shoot and if you looked closely the you saw the green fabric on the right that wasn't keying out. Our TD tried to fix it live and the talent faded away. Next commercial break I replaced the one faulty light bulb and we were good to go. As for camera settings, I found it to be equal work on multiple settings. I would not recommend cropping because then you loose resolution. (unless what you are keying in is larger res, but that just makes it more difficult.)
Hope this helps
 
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