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Chroma key compositing, or chroma keying, is a visual-effects and post-production technique for compositing (layering) two or more images or video streams together based on color hues (chroma range). The technique has been used in many fields to remove a background from the subject of a photo or video – particularly the newscasting , motion ...
VSB was the first station in Bermuda to use chroma key, virtual sets and regular sports and weather segments, the latter of which with moving maps. [1] After the closure of VSB-TV, DeFontes closed the television business due to a costly process of converting to digital broadcasting, before shutting down the company altogether. [1]
Dead Air for Radios is a studio album by Kevin Moore, under the musical moniker Chroma Key.It was released through Fight Evil Records on December 16, 1998. [3] The album was recorded by Steve Tushar at Bill's Place Rehearsal Studio in Hollywood, mixed by both Steve Tushar and Kevin Moore with final mastering by Eddy Schreyer.
Live-action shooting for compositing is variously called "chroma key", "blue screen", "green screen" and other names. Today, most compositing is achieved through digital image manipulation. Pre- digital compositing techniques, however, go back as far as the trick films of Georges Méliès in the late 19th century, and some are still in use.
The studio set was virtual, using a new green screen electronic compositing system known as 'Ultimatte'. Virtual sets can be created instantly and at low cost. [5] Unlike traditional Chroma key systems, Ultimatte allows for such things as full camera movement and can generate artificial reflections on glass and metallic surfaces.
Kevin Moore (born May 26, 1967) is an American keyboardist, composer and the founder of the Chroma Key music project. He is also a former member of the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, co-founder of the progressive rock supergroup O.S.I., and a composer of film soundtracks.
First use of a green screen for digital chroma key compositing in a feature film. Babylon 5: 1993 First television series to use CGI as the primary method for its visual effects. First TV use of virtual sets. The Incredible Crash Dummies: First fully CGI-animated TV special. Jurassic Park: First photorealistic CGI creatures. [35]
Most sets were a combination of practical sets and chroma key backgrounds. For example, in the Glass Stepping Stones scenes, the set, designed as if in a circus tent for the players performing for the VIPs, was only 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) off the ground, using chroma key screens to simulate the height in post-production.