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I was wondering if the Amvona chromakey green backdrop is good quality? Does anyone on this forum have one? If so can you post a before extraction shot and if possible an after. (if time permits)

I have read threads about peoples experience with Amvona but not much on their chromakey green backdrop. Also Tell me what you all think...I was intending on purchasing the 10'x16' chromakey green but getting it cut down to about 8'x16'. Any comments or recommendations.

Many thanks in advance.
Joe
 
cyrus530 said:
I was wondering if the Amvona chromakey green backdrop is good
quality? Does anyone on this forum have one? If so can you post a
before extraction shot and if possible an after. (if time permits)
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In my experience, chromakey is chromakey; any particular "brand" doesn't really make any difference. The only possible differences are in the durability of the material, weight of the material, and possibly washability of the material.

Whatever chromakey color [blue or green] or material [canvas, muslin, paper, or just paint] you use, the primary concerns are (1) how you hang the material [flat, without folds/wrinkles], (2) how you light it [including distance separation from the subject to avoid "spill"], and (3) what software and/or techniques you use to perform the digital separation/extraction.

Just go for whatever brand meets your size/budget requirements and focus on the lighting and separation techniques.

Hope this helps.
 
Thank you both for the quick feedback. Thank you both for the suggestions. They are greatly appreciated.

Pelle Piano your website is awesome. I love the images.

Regards,
Joe
 
Pelle,

I'm just starting out on chromakey photography.

Surely the picture of that girl on the railings with the street behind her is not done that way, is it?

If it is then it's very clever to be able to incorporate the two elements. Well done.

Tony
London UK
 
TonyGamble said:
Pelle,

I'm just starting out on chromakey photography.

Surely the picture of that girl on the railings with the street
behind her is not done that way, is it?

If it is then it's very clever to be able to incorporate the two
elements. Well done.

Tony
London UK
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--Yeah, I agree, if you look at the people the ladie is looking at the model, I am sure Pelle missed that one.

Roger.

Amateurs worry about sharpness.
Professionals worry about sales.
Photographers worry about light.
 
Pelle,

"Railings" are those black tubular objects where the girl has her foot on the right and her hand on the left. Where you have been so clever is in the way the background is seen through the structure - and where the railing are seen through her skirt.

And I'd love to get that shadow effect on the razor blades, from the model, in the razor blade image on the next row down.

Finally I am staggered by the effect you have achieved with the water, using chromakey, in that shot immediately to the left of the girl on the 'railings'.

We've a lot to learn from your work.

Tony
 
I need to get myself on a photoshop course and quick-I can take great pictures but its so much more fun to cook them like this.

I only ever managed to use the lasso to cutout image-but its very hit and miss-sorry if i seem dumb-but your way you can see through hair and everything.

I must get better at ps
 
There are several ways to extract in Photoshop, depending on background.

The Extract Tool would be the most obvious one. Color Range if bg is one colored and using the most contrasty channel as the base of a layer mask you then dodge and burn to make it clean.

Best is to shoot with extracting in mind, against a one colored background, preferably with a color not found on subject. There are also a lot of dedicated software to ease the process, ut they generally cost some good cash, like Fluid mask, Mask Pro and so on.
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-Pelle Piano
http://www.pellepiano.com
Gallery at http://www.studiobild.com
 
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