live green screen / chroma key?

[neon]

Hello all,

 

just wondering if anyone has done this and if so what they were using, only in a primary school so dont have mass's of money, currently have a digital camcorder and a copy of pinicle studio but just wondered if it was possible to do a live chroma key effect? Acouple of kids have ask me if they can do a weather report just wondered how best to do it?

 

Cheers,

[SimpleSi]

AFAIK nothing free on a PC - an apple mac fanboy told me that their version of messenger does it.

 

I'm using Wax from DebugMode in one school

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/50047-green-screening-cheap-using-windows.html

 

Does it have to be live?

 

regards

 

Simon

[SteveBentley]

In general if you're doing chromakey live you'd be doing it through a vision mixer or a DVE unit rather than through a PC. I can't think of any non education type situations where you would need that facility on a PC.

 

Might be worth trying to scrounge/borrow a vision mixer with Chromakey (aka CSO in some circles) built in?

[eean]

You can do bluescreen for Free in Windows Movie Maker. It's not live though and it is a little fiddly but our year 6 managed it fine last year.

 

This year we're using iMovie 09. As much as I hate to say it, it's a corker of an app.

[neon]

would have liked it to be live, but it doesnt have to be, i have 5 mac books with imovie and a couple of desktops with pinnicle studios on, i will just use them to best i can. Cheers guys.

[IrritableTech]

Kudlian Software Limited

This company were pushing their software at bett.

 

It's about £400 for a site licence of their weather studio software. Which I believe includes live chroma key. Try the fre trial.

Edited March 19, 2010 by terrorvis

[SimpleSi]

and it is a little fiddly

 

IMO more like pulling teeth yourself using pliers without anasthetic

 

simon