From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
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Lighting the green screen
From the course: Green Screen Techniques for Photography and DSLR Video
Lighting the green screen
Abba Shapiro: So Rich, now that we have our lighting set up for the model, could you talk a little bit about lighting for that green screen background? Rich Harrington: Sure. The goal is we want things as absolutely even as possible. So Abba, I want you take a look through the viewfinder and just sort of let me know what you're seeing. Abba: So, to my eye it was perfectly smooth, but once we actually look at the playback in the histogram, and I can see there are some darker spots. Rich: Yeah, there is and so to adjust for that, I'm going to make sure that I get the angle right on the background, and I'm going to adjust the intensity of the light. Now, this particular light has a dial, so you see there that we can go ahead and really ramp that up. In this case, I'm going to take it all the way up to 100% to get it as bright as possible, and I might even swing this in. So, let me know, am I on your shot, Abba, if I move this in? Abba: Let's take a look. Nope. You're still good. We're…
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