Chroma Key Suit choice

#1

Hi,

I’m in pre-production on a project that involves heavy use of chroma key suits in a sunny outdoor environment. Having run tests using industry standard lime green suits, and discovered that they reflect too much light under bright sun and cannot be colour keyed properly, I am looking for a suit made of a duller fabric. Also, since there is some green and yellow coloured vegetation in the location, I’m looking for something that definitely won’t clash with green or yellow.

I’d like people’s opinion on whether this suit will do the trick:
http://www.milanoo.com/Fuchsia-Red-Unisex-Lace-Zentai-Suit-p16069.html

I’m aware that this suit is made for things other than chroma keying but I think it will work.

Thoughts and experiences?

Cheers,
Sherwin

#2

putting anyone in a suit means you are asking for full on roto. I have done countless shots with green ninjas and pretty much never managed to get anything resembling a decent key.

I would think long and hard about how much clean up and reflections and spill you are going to have to deal with vs the true advantage of having someone in a suit and slowing the whole shoot down.

Often its best to just bite the bullet at as making a matte is the easy part its the BG and shot cleanup that hurts !

#3

I agree with Aneks.

No offense but man in green suit = some one in charge watched the making of video of someone else who doesn’t know what they are doing because the watched a video too and it’s a giant vicious cluster f’ circle.

People need to suck it up and just budget to roto everything from the beginning and life will be a happier place. Also why don’t people copy the pirates making of videos and dress everyone in 18% grey suits? Those guys were considerably easier to remove from shots.

#4

Big Ups to Beaker! The 18% gray is the ideal and is a solid base to work from. It allows for several solid approaches to removing the subject. High contrast matte coupled with a loose rotobrush with a subtle luma key base on levels… This could potentially knock down your roto time considerably. From my experience, layering up pieces, rather than trying to get it all at once proves to be a more efficient and a much more controlled environment to work in. Good luck mate!

Regards,
-Leo

#5

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