{"id":3695,"date":"2014-05-01T12:38:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T10:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2014-05-18T09:08:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T07:08:36","slug":"how-can-i-make-a-green-screen-shot-to-add-backgrounds-in-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"(How) can I make a \u201cgreen screen\u201d shot, to add backgrounds in post?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although various configurations can be setup via Material Room menus, and can be managed through the Simple interface, this topic is considered Intermediate level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intermediate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Either I put an object at the relevant place in the scene, and give it a uniform (green) texture,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The object material should be Ambient only. It should not support Diffuse, Specular, Transparency, Reflection, Bump\/Displacement, etc. (unless I want to have the effects of the scene lighting on my backdrop replacement as well)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/wp-content\/gallery\/postpmra\/PMRA.88.01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> makes <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/wp-content\/gallery\/postpmra\/PMRA.88.02.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"171\"\/><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/wp-content\/gallery\/postpmra\/PMRA.88.03.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\"  \/>The object should not cast shadows (unless I want them on my backdrop replacement as well), nor should it act as a light emitter in IDL lighting conditions, nor should it be visible in raytracing (reflections!). Those properties should be switched OFF.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2) Or without any object obstructing the background, I export my image in a format which supports transparency (like PNG),<\/p>\n<p>3) Or without any object obstructing the background, I activate Background Color and assign it an appropriate color.<\/p>\n<p>Either <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/wp-content\/gallery\/postpmra\/PMRA.88.04.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nOr <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/wp-content\/gallery\/postpmra\/PMRA.88.05.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nOr <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.book.artbeeweb.nl\/wp-content\/gallery\/postpmra\/PMRA.88.06.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nwill do the job.<\/p>\n<p>See\u00a0the <a href=\"\/?p=3703\">overview\u00a0on the background nodes <\/a>in general.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"\/?p=3697\">Next &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although various configurations can be setup via Material Room menus, and can be managed through the Simple interface, this topic is considered Intermediate level. Intermediate 1) Either I put an object at the relevant place in the scene, and give it a uniform (green) texture, The object material should be Ambient only. 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