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Hi
This is a cool place for some greenscreen related stuff to play around with...
Looks like thier courses would be good...
http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/greenscreenplates.html
Rod
ps. Some info there about simply increasing resolution a little by tilting camera sideways to fill the frame with someone standing --- on a 16:9 par
similar to tilting a still camera frame to accomodate your subject matter....with greenscreen you can treat the motion picture camera ( or video ) in the same way you treat the still camera.

You would think this stuff would be fairly straightforward and easy....
Here's a sample of some text from the green screen sample files ( link in prev mssg )
This first plate is your average matchmoving test shot.   The plate is nice and wide, so we don't need a lot of markers, and it's an   easy matchmove.
ISSUES: The green screen is a bit uneven,   but this is just a test and we didn't light for it.
TRY THIS: You should be able to get the   girl to stand rock solidly on a 3D floor without having to doctor the   matchmove at all. Markers always need some compositing work. See if you can   do two keyers, one that makes the girl look good, and one that crunches out   the markers, and crossfade between them with a garbage matte (see more here).
TECH SPECS: 1080p, 30fps, Rosco DigiComp   paint, Sharpness -7, Cine-Like Matrix.
Clip
File Size
Res
Description
226 MB
1280x1080
Wide sideways dolly move
Sheesh...  I don't mind saying that I'm biting off more than I can chew sometimes...  especially as the above text leads to yet MORE programs than I currently own ( Maya for example is somewhere around $3000 ? )  and then there's Project Messiah and I can't tell you how many different programs...
Here's a sample of a simple workflow from a little video with some rotoscoping and so on....  link to video and then simple description of workflow...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJZ9l74mkqw
- All the footage was 3D tracked and stabilised in Syntheyes.
- Camera data was imported into Project Messiah as LWS files and backgrounds were rendered.
- Each frame was then hand rotoscoped in After Effects and layed over the CG backgrounds from PM.
- It was then Colour Corrected in Sony Vegas
Well, I don't mind saying that this is worse than owning a SAILBOAT when it comes to throwing money around !  Not to mention learning how to do all these things ....
OK, no more complaining...but I just had to blow off some steam because I'm floundering around in front of my computer, looking very much like a Bass out of water, with bulging eyes and gasping mouth !
Rod

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