Preview Footage Being Used in Composite

[Andrew Saliga]

I have a shoot coming up that will all be shot on a green screen and then used for compositing. Other than talent, everything in the scenes will be visual effects driven. Does anyone know of a hardware/software combo that would allow me to easily preview a shot over a rendered out scene? The ability to review without having to transfer select clips to a laptop would be ideal. Whether this happens live or during playback from RED makes no difference to me.


Thanks.

 

[Tim Sutherland]

Probably the easiest way to do this is to hire an HD video assist person or company with this capability. I know it exists as MAC software if I remember correctly but I'm not sure what it was. There are also video switchers that have this capability.

Tim

 

[Steve Sherrick]

This is one of the cheaper solutions out there but can work fairly well for rough composites just to get an idea.
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/VeeScope/Products/VeescopeLive.overview.htm

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Qtake also does this, so you could hire a video assist who uses it.
http://www.qtakehd.com/

 

[paulherrin]

i highly recommend veescope for you. written by a fellow reduser, works well, inexpensive, simple enough to master.

http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/VeeScope/Products/VeescopeLive.try.htm


read this article below. i've never used the others, but frischluft makes good software, and i've heard good things about conduit.

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/shanks_andrew/on_set_articlev3.php

 

[Andrew Saliga]

Thanks guys. I figured a switcher would be the simplest solution, but not necessarily the most practical for this shoot. Veescope looks very useful. I'll check out the options.