Cheapest monitor where you can overlay jpgs

[Marc Hutchings]

Hey I have a shoot that requires morphs between locations and I need to align the actor as accurately between locations as possible so I would like to buy the cheapest possible monitor where I can grab frames or load jpgs and overlay in the viewer to line them up. Any recommendations?

 

[Adolfo CV]

I use this overlay feature a lot with my SmallHD monitors, The cheapest is $699 (US) and up depending on the connections and brightness you might need.

 

[Brent G Miller Jr]

+1 on SmallHD. We've had 5 of them, including the DP7 Pro and they're fantastic. If not using RED field monitors, ide only go with SmallHD.

 

[Moritz Zimmermann]

I would personally just take a screenshot of the previous footage, resize it in Photoshop to the size of your actual screen dimensions and have it printed it in 300dpi on transparent foil. Then you can just tape it in front of your screen for referance. Would cost you a lot less, unless you use this feature constantly and will need it on the fly. But just throwing around ideas.

 

[Brent G Miller Jr]

In the past we've used the jpeg overlay options for ensuring proper framing for interviews after taking breaks.

 

[Hal Long]

This is great to know. I was looking for this on my Flanders the other day and couldn't find it but should have looked on my 702!

 

[Dan Kanes]

You could also try DragonFrame Stop Motion Software with a BlackMagic Design Thunderbolt Capture Card on a laptop.

The software has THE BEST Onion Skinning I've seen anywhere.