real time web cam chroma key

Bob Greaves wrote on 12/6/2009, 4:41 PM

Is this possible? Are their any low cost ways to use green screen live with a web cam? I am using a Microsoft lifecam. It would be important that I could also capture the results to hard disk.

Visual communicator does not seem to be available. Are there any competitive products out there?

Comments

farss wrote on 12/6/2009, 5:38 PM

I have an applet for my $10 web cam that has lots of wierd FXs but no CK :(

Datavideo do a hardware keyer for less than a king's ransom:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/425801-REG/Datavideo_DVK_100_DVK_100_Chromakeyer.html

I've watched it do its thing in the flesh and it seems to work quite well. Cheap camera into it and the output into an A/D converter and you're set to go really. Sorry it'll cost money, more than some plugin running behind a web cam but I think the quality difference will be pretty dramatic. The nly live plugin I can find is a SDK from MediaLooks.

Thinking outside the square it might be easier to just rear project the background. A cheap video projector and you're done.

Bob.