Greenscreen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers [Paperback]

Jeremy Hanke (Author), Michele Yamazaki (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2009

Tired of finding books about greenscreen techniques that are designed for weathercasting, infomercials, and other television situations? Greenscreen Made Easy is designed to bring the necessary skills to you the Indie or student filmmaker, without all the fluff you don't need. Rather than chasing high-end cameras that you will probably never get your hands on, discover the most popular cameras and setups for Indie filmmakers that will give you the biggest bang for your buck on screen. Explore how to create and set up your screen, illuminate the greenscreen cleanly, light your subjects dynamically, and manipulate your camera to get the best possible production footage.

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About the Author

Michele Yamazaki is VP Marketing/Web Development Czarina for Toolfarm.com, a value added reseller and distributor of visual effects software. She recently wrote Plug-in with After Effects: Third Party Plug-in Mastery, which came out in June 2011. She co-authored Greenscreen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers with Jeremy Hanke, published in 2009 by MWP. She co-authored Greenscreen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers with Jeremy Hanke, published in 2009 by MWP, and was a contributing author to After Effects @ Work, with Richard Harrington, published by CMP in 2006.

Michele began her career at Postworks in Grand Rapids, MI, where she worked as a motion graphics artist for 10 years. She has previously taught After Effects and Photoshop at Kendall College of Art and Design. In 2001 she launched AEFreemart.com and in 2002 she and Matt Schirado co-founded West Michigan Animation and Effects User Group. She is past-president of Media Communications Association International Mid-Michigan and a former board member of West Michigan Film and Video Alliance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions; 2nd ed. edition (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932907548
• ISBN-13: 978-1932907544
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, For EveryOne, April 1, 2009

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RayCrown (Guangzhou,Guangdong,CHN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greenscreen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers (Paperback)

This book is easy to read even my english is not good.i come form china and i can read chapter 11 - 19 really clear. really easy to understand and this book is for any level you are.

chapter 1-10 seems like for the Camera man,talking about the easy way to creat a green screen shot.chapter11-19 about post working..

even i have done the Compositing work for 5 years i still find some great stuff in this book.thx to michele and jeremy.

BTW,,,if you are a Mac user,and you using final cut pro or motion .After effects you should get this book!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING Resource For Media Producers at Any Level!, June 20, 2009

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E. Shepard (Burlington, Vermont, USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a fantastic book, packed with useful and often unexpected information. I highly recommend it. Best single chromakey resource I've ever seen - and I have a shelf of these books. I truly wish more resource / how-to books were as great as "Greenscreen Made Easy".

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid intro for greenscreening, May 15, 2009

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Daniel Coulter (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greenscreen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers (Paperback)

I'm a video producer who has used Greenscreen technology for years, but found some techniques to improve my shots in this manual. Has good information on video cameras and background setup. The Adobe "On Location" and "Ultra" software mentioned in this book offer good results. "Ultra" is especially helpful in creating clean keys when shooting with low-end professional cameras. I also used input from this book to evaluate and buy a new greenscreen background with support stands. All in all, a useful book.