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Greenscreen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers

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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!

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".

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.

The book has very good information about green screen. A lot of tips, where to find good stuff, how to make good greenscreens, but is very disapointing to see
the pictures used for examples to see the effects of some filters to make a good croma key are in black and white and NOT in color... So you cannot distinguish one example against other.

As the 21st century unfurls, it becomes more obvious every day that the new breed of digital filmmakers that wish to tell their stories effectively must understand the intricacies of post-production technique. Critic and visual effects expert Jeremy Hanke has teamed up with web designer Michele Yamazaki to provide any filmmaker (beginner to pro) the necessary tools to get the job done.
They say that "God is in the details" and this book tackles its subject with a logical progression of information. It starts by discussing the chromakey process itself and whether to buy or build the greenscreen, Then following a logical workflow; it addresses the issues of lighting and camera technique which will render clean keys.
Production ideas for creative greenscreen utilize the feature film Sin City as an example.
Chapter 10's production rules to shoot by are worth the price of the book by itself, but there is so much more. Chapter 14 provides a look at third party plug-ins: keying plug-ins for After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Motion.
The book's concluding chapters discuss troubleshooting, making your composite look believable and, once again, drawing from Sin City, how to blend 3-D backgrounds with keyed footage.
An important book for the digital filmmaker that deserves a spot on yo

"In this new world of set extensions done via computer-generated imagery, shooting actors in front of green screen will become much more common at every level of filmmaking. As such, everyone from the skilled film stylist to the amateur videographer will be shooting some manner of their work in front of greenscreen then keying out the green in programs such as Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and of course, Avid. Thus, this new volume, which teaches the process from the very basics upward, is essential for all manner of directors and directors of photography. You will learn the nuts and bolts of the process and will soak in every word. My only question is, "Where was this book when I was first shooting green screen in the 1990s?"

Great book... totally demystifies the greenscreen process... which is great-- especially if you're a luddite like me-- because it makes previously intimidating techniques and capabilities suddenly available to filmmakers of all levels! If you're a filmmaker, especially without many resources or access to resources, this book will help blow open the door to making just about any type of movie.

Great introductory for beginners. If you are a beginner this is a great book because it breaks down the essentials of green screen work in an understandable way, and it lets you know what you are getting into before you start buying or building your green screen, buying software and lights. Green screen work is not an easy thing to get into and if you need a good primer then this is a great place to start. It is an easy read and you can probably finish the book in one or more sitting. So if you are a beginner know that you will have a lot more books and materials to buy/borrow if you want to be good at this. But this is a great place to start. If you are not a beginner and I would not recommend this book because it will be repetitive for you.

This book is amazing and awesome for the self-taught and beginners. It's enough to beef up your tech-skills and knowledge so that you can get a perfect key.

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