I am using Video Studio 11 after using VS-10. 9 , 8 etc.. and have been playing around with green screen effect. Here is my question : Other than video taping the subject in front of a green screen and then layering that clip on top of the original scene producing a clip know as the weatherman effect, I'd like to know of a procedure or software to fill in arround the subject green color so that I now have an individual frame that can be over-layed on the original scene. I've attempted this feat with very good results using an old program ( MSI Photo Suite ) outliining the subject in green and then filling the entire frame. The only problem is that it is extremely time consuming and each frame of the clip must be done individually. Example : for a one second shot approximately 15 to 30 frames must be processed. I know our Hollywood effects people experts in CG do it, but I'am sure they have some special software or technique to accomplish it. My question is, has anyone in our forum attempted this or is aware of software that can speed up the process. Again I have had very good results my way with VS-11. This post my not be in the correct category but since it involves VS-11 to finalize the project I've desided to post it here.
Thanks for your reply.
bilc
Green Screen Process in VS-11
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Regarding the way they do it in Hollywood, I saw one of the "Bonus Material Videos" on the latest James Bond boxed set where they explained how they digitally cleaned up the older James Bond Films like Dr No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger and so on.
They have the staff, resources time and money to do this because they will then go on to sell the completed item(s) thousands - possibly even a million times world wide.
They extract each individual frame and use a photo editing suite to clean up each individual frame. This can be done with VideoStudio but obviously for a Home User it is only practical to do very short sequences. Using the PAL format 25 frames per second - one minute alone occupies 1500 frames.
MediaStudio/VideoStudio: Use A Video Sequence File
They have the staff, resources time and money to do this because they will then go on to sell the completed item(s) thousands - possibly even a million times world wide.
They extract each individual frame and use a photo editing suite to clean up each individual frame. This can be done with VideoStudio but obviously for a Home User it is only practical to do very short sequences. Using the PAL format 25 frames per second - one minute alone occupies 1500 frames.
MediaStudio/VideoStudio: Use A Video Sequence File