Return-Path: Received: from nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com ([17.158.232.236] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5096619 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:47:43 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.68] ([99.152.153.100]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-26.01(7.0.4.26.0) 64bit (built Jul 13 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MNX00CZQJ2S1140@nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:56:54 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8626,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-06-05_07:2013-06-05,2013-06-05,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1305010000 definitions=main-1306050147 From: Jim Curtis MIME-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_2E3C07D5-2DE1-4FDA-A874-4775852C0FD9" Subject: Re: [AE] green screen shooting tips Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:56:51 -0500 In-reply-to: To: After Effects Mail List References: Message-id: <70E3CAAC-DC6D-447B-A266-3F5D2B7787DE@me.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) --Apple-Mail=_2E3C07D5-2DE1-4FDA-A874-4775852C0FD9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Thank you, Todd. Jonas' link is excellent for shooters. The weisenheimer replies amuse me, and you're all exactly right that = clients should hire professionals to do this stuff. But, trying to = force clients to serve my wishes doesn't seem to be too practical all = the time. I charge by the hour, so I made more money trying to fix their crap than = I would have if the first eyedropper click resulted in a perfect key. = They were trying to save money by hiring some local kid at a distant = location, and didn't want to pay to fly an experienced shooter. I'm = sure my extra time cost them less than air fare. But, I'm trying to do = them a favor and give them some tips to improve the outcome for the next = time. Thanks, everybody. On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Todd Kopriva wrote: > Jonas Hummelstrand has an excellent resource on his site: > http://generalspecialist.com/greenscreen-and-bluescreen-checklist/ > =20 > That resource and some other good ones are linked to from the = =93Shooting and acquiring footage for keying=94 section of After Effects = Help: > http://adobe.ly/RNe3pz > =20 > =20 > Can anybody suggest a link that has the most authoritative, = comprehensive tip sheet for green screen shooting that I can send to = this particular client the next time they consider doing it? >=20 --Apple-Mail=_2E3C07D5-2DE1-4FDA-A874-4775852C0FD9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Thank you, Todd.  Jonas' link is excellent for = shooters.

The weisenheimer replies amuse me, and = you're all exactly right that clients should hire professionals to do = this stuff.  But, trying to force clients to serve my wishes = doesn't seem to be too practical all the = time.

I charge by the hour, so I made more = money trying to fix their crap than I would have if the first eyedropper = click resulted in a perfect key.  They were trying to save money by = hiring some local kid at a distant location, and didn't want to pay to = fly an experienced shooter.  I'm sure my extra time cost them less = than air fare.  But, I'm trying to do them a favor and give them = some tips to improve the outcome for the next = time.