Colored lights for chroma keying?

[Kristian Thuesen]

Do anyone have any experience with this? I have not found too much pros and cons about this.

I can link to this article which this has been used http://www.kinoflo.com/Top Buttons/Kino_U/Blue_&_Green_Screen.html

Would be cool with some input on this!

 

[Bob Gundu]

Yes these are common practice. But you need lots of separation from the talent as light spill from the lights is brutal to fix.

 

[Louis Maddalena]

I have used green Kinos on a job before. Although not necessary they do make for some really easy keys. Although, you need to be very careful with this. Any light spill onto your subject or anything else you may not want keyed can cause all kinds of problems.

Edit: Bob beat me to it.

 

[Kristian Thuesen]

This is what i was thinking as well.

But how about the amount of light? Could one do with less lighting with a method like this because of the increased saturation?

 

[Hal Long]

I would still plan on using the same fixtures.

 

[Matt Uhry]

The chroma green Kino's are very efficient when used on green screen. On the background one tube does the work of four daylights.
You'll get a very precise key with them.


Matt Uhry
www.mattuhry.com

 

[Kristian Thuesen]

Thanks for the replies guys! I recently got a medium size office space at work to convert to a studio so i will try both methods and see what gives the best results.

 

[Marc Wielage]

Getting a greenscreen lit in an office space is not too hard. Getting the room to sound ​good for dialogue will be the biggest challenge.