Live Green Screen Work- Ideal World vs. Real World

If you are looking for tips on working with chroma key and green screens, the following article is a good resource. There are so many creative possibilities that open up when you incorporate a green screen into your production, especially using Wirecast software to broadcast live. From Telestream

We’ve been using green screens and chroma key filters in our WirecastLive and ScreenFlowLive shows as well as our webinars for a number of years now. During this time, we’ve learned a lot… but that’s not to say we don’t still have much to learn. One of the most important things we’ve learned over the years is that there are two worlds when it comes to live green screen work. The ideal world and the real world. Unfortunately for us, these worlds don’t always see eye-to-eye. If you’re like most people or organizations (low budget or just learning this for the first time), you will find yourself more often than not working in the real world. In an effort to take some of the guesswork out for you, we are sharing our top green screen tips (most of which we’ve learned through trial and error in our own studio), conveniently organized in order of reality...[continue reading]