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richard-courtney wrote on 5/14/2009, 11:48 AM
I have. The fabric is more expensive compared to a cyclic or painted walls indeed.
The best thing is you can have either blue or green color by changing the ring.
You spend more time on lighting the talent and not worrying about the screen.

You will still have some issue with deep creases but not as much as you would
with shadows on regular green/blue fabric.

Rosebrand sells the fabric by itself as well as the kit. A Scifi look can be used
with a white halo ring light and the actor wearing a costume made of the material.

I'd rent a kit before buying. The beads will wear off so don't have a lot of foot traffic
on the fabric.

I assume you are looking at this system because of common keying issues
with chromakeying. If you have a Digibeta camera it will perform better than DV.
It is simply the compression that causes most keying edge problems around
the talent. Keeping the talent further from the screen will help with spill.
jrazz wrote on 5/14/2009, 11:49 AM
It looks very compelling. I looked up a reseller in IL but didn't see any pricing. I would be curious to know how it compares price-wise to a conventional green screen approach. The demo video was neat visually, but I don't think I learned anything. Their website (the one you linked to) didn't make it obvious what was needed to set up a key like what was shown in the video. I know the light ring and the fabric, but what about all those other things that are shown up above on their page?

Well, I may have to get a quote on one of these just to satisfy my curiousity.

I believe they got some sort of award/recognition at NAB a few years back.

j razz
Coursedesign wrote on 5/14/2009, 11:57 AM
I was considering this until I saw how much users were struggling with this.

It has some benefits, but it is not for general use.
rs170a wrote on 5/14/2009, 12:05 PM
I looked up a reseller in IL but didn't see any pricing.

Jeremy, B&H has pricing on their site.
Hang onto your checkbook though because it's not cheap, expecially the curtain which is either a "mere" $28 or $32/sq. ft., depending on which type you want :-(

Mike
jrazz wrote on 5/14/2009, 12:30 PM
OUCH!

I think I will stick to the conventional "I built this myself" green screen setup that currently works fine for my purposes.

j razz
Steve Mann wrote on 5/14/2009, 7:55 PM
I found it for $15/sf, 100sf minimum purchase.
rs170a wrote on 5/14/2009, 8:15 PM
$1500 would buy me a very big piece of bright green spandex (yes, spandex), enough lights to light it evenly and still have money left over :-)

Mike