Green Screen

This past week I got myself a green screen. As usual, I tested it out with my always reliable model Charlie. An underwater and moon background seemed most appropriate. This weekend I also used it for a job I'm doing for the Academy of Dance in Biddeford. The kids were really excited about the idea of transplanting themselves into unusual spaces, and I didn't have to worry about changing backdrops for different costumes.

I tried a couple of different photoshop tutorials online, but the one I found to be most seamless for swapping color in and out was Select>Color Range>Refine Mask and then change the hue/saturation. Here's a link to the youtube tutorial that helped me out the most. If you check it out, you'll also see how amazingly easy CS5 makes it to get around hair.