White Background

Butch Moore wrote on 7/15/2016, 10:35 AM

I need help! My customer requires a talking head against a solid white background (255,255,255). I've tried green screen and shooting against a well lit white background, but nothing has provided satisfactory results.

What can you suggest?

Thanks!

Comments

JohnnyRoy wrote on 7/15/2016, 11:33 AM

I use a Digital Juice Luma Pop and two Soft Boxes and it looks great but I see that it's been discontinued. It's white on one side and black on the other and really looks nice when lit with soft boxes. Try and find something similar.

~jr

Former user wrote on 7/15/2016, 2:26 PM

As JR mentioned, I have always found it easier and cleaner to place a white background around someone if they are shot over a white background. If it needs to be completely 255 white, you can usually do a combination of luminance key and masking to get a good clean background.

ushere wrote on 7/15/2016, 10:50 PM

what was your problem with green screen?

i regularly shoot for web against green screen - as long as you're lighting / exposing correctly the results should be good.

JohnnyRoy wrote on 7/16/2016, 6:36 AM

If they want the background to be 255,255,255 because they want it to blend seamlessly into a web page or something, then you need to use chroma key and key out the background and add a fake one. It's the only way to get the background that solid.

~jr