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Is there a method to isolate moving entity using "reverse exposure" instead of using green screen?

Background I am looking into ways to isolate moving entities, such as person, or objects on a relatively static background without using green screen, due to cost and location restriction. What it's ...
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How to create a webM with a Transparent background from a MP4 Green Screen

Been trying this for some time now with little to no results. I have an MP4 of characters recorded against a Green Screen and have managed, through FFMpeg to strip out the green screen with an Alpha ...
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Applying colorkey twice in FFMpeg

I have a video with green screen. Unfortunately there is a shadow on the green screen. Increasing the tolerance got side effects. Thus I thought of the obvious, just apply colorkey twice. I tried this,...
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Can I achieve effective keying if I use green lights to illuminate a white wall?

I do frequent video shoots of a speaker standing in front of a white wall at the end of a hallway in a corporate office with limited clean background availability and tight spaces. I don't usually ...
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Vegas Pro Chroma Key not working properly

After I start doing chroma key with the following image With black blackground it gets well But when I try to make the background white After I tune it, it starts to be blue What am I doing wrong?
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How to remove background from video without green screen on the command line?

I'm looking for an ffmpeg-like tool to blur/remove/change a static background from a "talking head" video, on the command line with on-device processing. Essentially, ffmpeg-like-tool [--...
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Applying different color keys to one layer in AE

In After Effects, I have an image layer that consists a few colors. Underneath I have several other layers (textures). I want to replace each color of the image above with one of the textures below. ...
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How to convert a black and white video to a APNG file while setting a color as transparent?

I created a small video with threshold filter to get black and white pixels (no greyscale): ffmpeg -y -i /dev/video0 -f lavfi -i color=0x606060:s=640x480 -f lavfi -i color=black:s=...
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How to camera match move for moon/clouds/stars?

I have found the way to replace green screen and match camera move with background footage, but I don't understand how is it done for sky because the markers on green screen moves way faster than the ...
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Using water as green screen

so I had this idea but inorder to do it, I need to have water as a green screen. (Because I wanted to make the image move like water). So I was thinking of using dye to color the water and key that ...
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Best and easiest way to remove tracking markers from green screen video

I have this video : From which I want to remove all tracking markers (black and blue tracking markers). I tried to use After Effects through Mocha and Content-aware-...
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Greenscreen recommendations

I'm suffering with Greenscreen already several months. So I would appreciate any recommendations. As you can see on the right side there is a spill on the head and arm. My setup: 2 daylight bulbs (45 ...
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After Effects - Green Screen - Subject Was Filmed Using Different Lens Than Background Image

My subject was filmed in front of a green screen using a different lens than was used for the fake background image. When she moves away from the camera, she looks like a giant against the background ...
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After Effects - Green Screen - Non keyed, overlapping areas make final result look bad

I'm working on a fitness video that was filmed in front of a full body green screen. Most of the subject's body is in front of the green but some of her body overlaps the gym mat. When I key out the ...
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Would a large grass field make a good green screen?

This is a picture of a green field that changes into a hill. The idea is can you can have a large, organic 3D green-screen this way? I used a program to normalize the darker green areas of the field ...
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Pan & zoom from still image with green screen

I look a lot of tutorial with 2.5D animation, green screen tracking and other effects but I need something simpler and faster. Basically I shoot product videos, smartphones, tablet, small objects. At ...
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Need Help in Replacing Screen of 3d rotating phone ( AE CC 2018)

First post here! Apologies for any mistakes! I have a footage of a rotating iPhone with its screen set to green (so I can play around in AE with what to show on the phone screen). I have tried to ...
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Batch replace green-screen?

I have a video which uses a green screen in it. I have 1000 images which I want to be put onto the green screen, and each exported as unique videos. So, 1 image per video. 1000 images = 1000 unique ...
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How to use chroma key to replace design of complex object?

For an upcoming shoot I need to create a classroom set, but I don't have access to the school tables I need to create the desired effect; instead, I was thinking about filming with simply IKEA tables ...
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Would 2 lights solve my DSLR green screen noises?

I would like to make a presentation at the background and the human which is "green screened". I tried with my DSLR Nikon D5200. So for now the result is like in this short video: https://...
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What to do in order to avoid noises on records from DSLR for greenscreen?

I am an amateur, but I would love to record myself at video and then cut the background, so I can paste myself on top of prepared slides. Unfortunately each time I record a video there is a noise at ...
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What kind of footage is this and where can I get it?

Can someone help me identify what kind of stock footage is this, I wish to swap out the text and the image on the stage for someone else. Is it green screen footage or an opener? Where can I get ...
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Greenscreen with gradient color mask

I am testing the video editor "videopad" and I use an eyedropper tool to pick a pixel that defines the greenscreen color which will be used overall the image to mask out the background. However, can ...
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ffmpeg greenscreen transparent while using color palette

I have a video that has a color I'd like to remove, and make into a transparent gif with ffmpeg. I first created a color palette using ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:v] palettegen" palette....
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How to deal with reflections in a space helmet

I am currently working on a short sci-fi film, and one scene involves a character going on a space walk. I've made a helmet, which has a plastic visor. The problem is that this visor is very ...
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Moving clip with green screen

I'm working on a project that is using an old "film roll" as a base for it: I want to have different clips for each color, and I plan on moving the film to the left, but I want to somehow scale the ...
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What are some Best Camera Settings for Recording for Chroma Keying and which color of cloth reflects least green color?

I am recording footage for my music video and I am using chroma keying for eliminating the green screen and changing the background of my video. I am using After Effects CC 14 video production/...
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Which of these two crude green screen lighting setups is better?

The following two low-budget, crude green screen lighting setups differ in the positioning of the screen lights relative to the talent. Which is better? 1) Screen lights further away from the screen ...
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Why does this clip go green and how do I fix it?

I have a 4k clip in after effects, in which I have used the Keylight effect. The shot looks like this (I have to blur the face for privacy reasons): Anyway, but in some frames, towards the end of the ...
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How to remove background from video without using green screen

I've started work at a company doing video work and trying to create videos that are consistent with their previous videos. However, the more I look at the previous videos, the less I'm sure about ...
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How to record a video with different background without having a green screen?

I'm wondering if there is a way to change the video background while recording with a different background , It doesn't have to be chosen by me , Just a different background . Is that's possible?
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How to make YouTube video with screen projection in background?

I want to know, how we can create YouTube videos like this channel: In here we can notice that the Daniel Shiffman's laptop screen is projected in the background, ...
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Can I paint a rough wall with chromakey paint to make a green screen?

I'm setting up a studio to make videos. My space has walls that have been covered with stucco-style paint. In other words, they're rough. I want to have a green-screen background behind me. If I paint ...
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Post production removal of uneven green screen with glass object shattering in foreground

We have a glass object falling and shattering into many shards. Unfortunately the green screen was uneven causing different shadings on the background. Our edior says to use the shot, he would have ...
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Technical name for this? (PIP picture in picture with transparent background via green screen, chroma key)

Two questions regarding this screencap: https://i.stack.imgur.com/bS5dh.jpg What's the technical name for this? (where you impose a PIP that contains transparency, via a green screen, so there's no ...
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Is lighting a green screen necessary?

I need a green screen for a project I'm making. However, after some research, they said I need to light it. I didn't think I'd have to light it, and it looks to complicated. As long as there are no ...
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Wattage for green screen lightning

What is the minimum wattage for four-point lighting for a green screen? I am planning to use led lights in a home studio. Is this enough? Key light: 300W Fill light: reflector Back light: 150W Light ...
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How do I use green screen effects in cyberlink powerdirector and put the video in the green part?

I'm a noob, so explain like I'm 5 years old.
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Green screen Issue shooting with dslr (background green changes)

I don't have a real green screen, just a piece of canvas painted green and not even the "best" color of screen. I've taken some short videos with a dslr (Nikon D7100) of me using a mobile phone and ...
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How to record a live video of yourself with a transparent background?

I always watch and wonder how some youtubers have a little window on a corner of a gameplay or something... My doubt isn't on how they get the image, my doubt is on how some youtubers get the video ...
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DJI Osmo X3 vs Canon 5D Mk III for easier chroma green screen keying

Everything I've read indicates I'll get better green screen footage using a 4K camera rather than an HD camera as the increased resolution helps. But what about other factors such as the noise on a ...
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How does green screening work with green objects?

A question that has been on my mind for so long is: How exactly does green screening work with an object to vanish? Short example: Normal green screens as a background are replaced with an image the ...
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How to remove Tracker points from green screen footage

I have downloaded green screen footage that has tracker points with it. I have easily remove the green screen but I am unable to remove tracker points from it. I have google it, but unable to find ...
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Green Screen Streaming

I am a complete newbie when it comes to making videos. Just got a Canon VIXIA RF62, and built a DIY green screen. On the green screen I hope to place maps and other background images that I will point ...
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Green screen without green screen

Is it possible to, rather than a green screen, take a static shot of a background image (e.g. for a Skype call with a fixed-position webcam), and use this static image as the green screen? So, I ...
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Keying + Tracking onto Tablet/Smartphone with Green Screen Display in Adobe Premiere or After Effects

I shot a commercial and in the commercial we have people holding an ipad or iphone and the screen of the devices were green like the pics below. Now I have to overlay some UI/UX from apps and web ...
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Is Blue screen a better choice than Green when shooting outdoor to reserve shadows?

I'm going to use Green screen on the floor in a sunny day outdoor shot. With the shadows of characters reserved, I'm going to change the Green screen background to a stony texture. I've found in ...
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What are these black tapes in green screening?

In some 'making of' green screening videos, I saw these black tapes on the actors. What are these for?
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I keep on getting a brownish-green hue around me

I always get a brownish-green hue around me when I edit out the green screen in after effects. Is the problem the lighting, green screen editing, etc. Can someone please help.
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Remove Greenscreen Reflections?

My work has a green screen that my boss purchased with no knowledge of green screens or how to use or what to do with them. in Sept. 2014 he gave me the task to create employee introduction / ...
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