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Thank you! That's great to hear. Just remember that just as important as green screen lighting is the right keying technique. In case you haven't already, have a look at the keying video. I learned a lot creating that, despite having quite a bit of experience in this regard already.

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Thank you. I’m sure they will! Good luck with your channel 🙏

Aww, thank you! But you should watch my video about green screen camera settings and editing 😉.

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Thank you! 🤗🤗. I have a video about how to edit green screen and also about the camera settings. They help you with sub-par results too 😉.

@@wolfamri thank you so much!! I shall check it out soon!!

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Great to hear that, thank you for your feedback. If you liked this one, maybe check out the other videos in this series, there are some things that I found in regard to camera settings and software keying that I haven't seen elsewhere. They do make a big difference in the final result.

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😂 I hope the time spent before I talked about the smaller rooms was well spent.

Thank you so much. Oh, sorry. I need to check. I‘m on the road right now. I will check when I‘m back. 😬. Thank you for the reminder 😉

Great to hear that they are helpful. 3 lights seems a little weird. Did they give you some kind of plan? What exactly are you planning to shoot?

Thank you! Yes, they are not really cheap, but I‘m afraid all the tube lights that have a small footprint are similar in price. I assume that will change in a few years, but atm that’s our only choice. Nanlite is still one of the more affordable brands though 😬.

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Im trying to decide wheter to buy a green screen or use the background of my room to start a project (An IT academy) and this is very helpful because i know nothing about photostudios, lights, etc... Thank you so much!

@jhoanpalomino9446 So great to hear that, thank you 🙏🤗🙏. A greenscreen is definitely more difficult and expensive to light, than a regular room, but it gives you more options 😉

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@@wolfamri you are a great teacher! waiting for a new upload sir.

Thank you 🙏. I’m working on many videos at once 😉.

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Hi. Mine are very solid ones from our old large studio. They are called “Doppel E” meaning “Double E”. But if you google “ceiling rails” there should be quite some options available. If you always stand on the same spot, you could also directly mount to the ceiling or wall. That would be cheaper.

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I have no idea what my autocorrect did to the end of my sentence... but your video has made my content way better! Now I just need to upload more. @@wolfamri

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Thank you kindly! Glad you enjoyed it 😉.

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Yeah if you make $ 20k a month 😂 nah just kidding, he deserves more than 20k, I learned a lot just wish I had the cash to get all that stuff. I’ll like and subscribe anyway.

@bluefirevesselspage9121 😂😂 yes, making 20k a month would make life easier 😂. But on the other hand I way too often start with DIY and workarounds but at the end I go and buy the real stuff. Doing the latter right away would have saved me a lot of money in my life 😂😂😂

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Thank you. Does the hair light give you a rim on both sides? If yes, then that should work well. If it's only one side, then you might think about placing it differently. The goal is to make it work on all backgrounds, in case you change the background you are on the safe side ;). Thanks again!

I use several. Often I use a travel photo-tripod, but you can mount it on anything that has a 1/4 screw/thread. Either on the bottom, or with the adapter to the side.

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I would get a strip softbox (so longer and narrow). But be aware that softboxes eat quite some light. I assume though that you don't have much space, so it will stand close to the background anyway, then it's not as much of an issue.

@@wolfamri Thank you for the fast reply. Yes, not a lot of space. Will try to place the lights close to the screen (around 2-3 meters) and try the SB-RT90x60 softboxes (also from Nanlite).

@@Obsidian88 they should work well. If they are not bright enough, you could use a diffuser gel instead of the diffuser cloth, or you dial the main light down a little and raise ISO.

Yes, I think you can. Maybe you need to raise ISO, But that shouldn't be much of an issue to go to ISO800-1600. Try to use two lights as rim lights. With so many lights, maybe use 4 for the background, and two for rim (without letting the rim light hit the background.

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Glad it was helpful. Spill is really something that’s difficult to get rid of. Play a little with how bright you light the background to avoid it as much as you can.

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These are chimera softboxes that are pretty old. Don't worry too much about the softbox if you only need it for lighting the background. Just get a rectangular or strip softbox with a bowens mount. For example this one: amzn.to/49LMwzG The chimera have a thinner diffusion fabric, which will let a bit more light through, but that doesn't matter much when lighting a green screen background. You can adapt the other lights accordingly.

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Thank you! My room is theoretically 8m, but I usually don’t use it all because I don’t do full body shots. But in general: the more, the better and best would be the focal length of the background that you want to put in. If it is a graphic background, then I’d try to get around 70mm if anyhow possible 😉

Thank you! I use organic white molton 300g/sqm.

​@wolfamri Thank you so much sir, for the video & your respond, they helped me tremendously. I was able to set up a small studio room for a non profit place using your knowledge. I would love to show you the setup but don't know how. If you're interested please let me know 😊

I’m definitely interested. Do you have instagram or facebook?

Thank you. Yes, unfortunately it is vey difficult to explain everything that are important to understand lighting in just a few minutes 😉.

The more people you have, the more lights you need. Every light will soften the shadow of another light. Another option would be to use stronger lights in bigger softboxes, that would soften the shadow. But these are pretty expensive 😬. Have you seen my green screen editing video? The more masks you create, (e.g. one for the shadows) the better your results will be.

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Mine are nanlite pavo tubes, and they have their own clamps. You can use adapters if the only issue is the thread.

Thank you 😉. I just checked. I have to admit that I don't know for sure whether the one I currently use is the one that came with the light. I have quite a few reflectors from older lights and flash lights. But I checked them all and they have around 18cm outer diameter. My barn doors are also really old and cheap and they fit them all. So if you get one for standard reflectors, you will be fine 😉.

@@wolfamri Thank you!! I have found 18 cm ones and the guy from the store confirmed they will fit. Can't wait to get my setup ready 🤠

Awesome! Enjoy the fun 😉

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Thanks for the feedback, Adrianna. I would have sworn I have added the links. I need to check. Please remind me in case I forget!

Hi! It's from a brand called "Hensel" It's heavy duty though (the Doppel-E system from that brand). I just had it from my old studio, otherwise I would have bought a lighter one. I hope that helps ;)

Thank you, much appreciated! 🤗 But I‘m not sure I understand your question 🤔

@@wolfamri disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm talking about....but I just assumed that if you do the hair test with just the green screen it will always look good. But when you put an image or video behind you, that's when the hair test would show potential problems.

@fuybjeans No worries 😉. This series continued with a green screen camera settings and editing video, where I show different backgrounds 😉

😂 that's my first job. Thank you 😉

Do you mean 30% from brightest to darkest area? I’m afraid that’s a bit difficult to answer because 30% is about 1/2 to 2/3 stops. That’s quite a bit. But in the end it depends on what you shoot. Can you elaborate on that?

@@wolfamri Yes eg. 30 % from brightest to darkest area. 7 x 2,8 meter green screen needs a lighting from above. Presenter will stand about 1,6 meters from the screen. The smoothness of the lighting need to specified for the installer.

I'm afraid that is not something I'm familiar with. To be honest it sounds a bit weird to me that the installer asked you that. The less variation, the better - so the more he can even it out, the better it will be. With a green screen of that size, it depends a lot where he can place the lamps. Due to the light falloff the closer the lamps are to the green screen background, the bigger the variation will be (top bright, bottom dark). On the other hand if he places the light further away (more than those 1,6m), the light may spill on your presenter. As an example: if he places the light in a height of 2,8m and 1,6m from the wall, the light will be 1,6m away from the top of the green screen and according to Pythagoras, the bottom will be 3,22m away. That's twice as far. According to the inverse square law that describes the light falloff, the bottom will only get 1/4 of the light that the top will get. That is 2 stops and 200% difference. The installer could potentially bring some lights from the side, but in the center, the difference would still be waaaaay more than 30%. Long story short: you can only make the green screen as even as possible. I hope that helps.

Thank you, Dennis. That's a good idea 👌. But that way you must not move around, at least if you don't have a lot of room between the subject and the greenscreen. Plus: you also lose the rim light on the arms, which helps quite a bit. But of course depending on the background you add, a rim light might not be suitable anyway. Any ideas in this regard?

Hi! Yes, the longer ones were the 30's.

Thank you for giving me your honest feedback. Please feel free to give us your opinions on better solutions. Any video will always be subjective. But in general, I think you may have a totally wrong idea about how much money youtubers like me make on this platform and with affiliate links 😉. Just to give you a hint, because I like to be honest with people: in the last 28 days, I made USD 344 on youtube and USD 79 on Amazon. From ALL my youtube videos together 😉.

Wolf, this is a great review on some products and your video is 100% matching your title. I would love to see some budget choices that aren’t on your Amazon affiliate list. P.S. I am sorry that you aren’t making more on YT. Try showcasing a budget item that works for the same exact purpose and link it.

Thank you. No need to be sorry, I enjoy making these videos and I even learn the one or the other new thing while doing my research. So all good. I just don't like when people think I'm in it to grab quick money ;). There are budget options, no doubt and I long used growth lights used for agroponics on a self made wooden frame. I also played with lots of other things. But the results I got were no where near as good as the ones I got with the tools I used in this video. Besides I have learned that many people aren't as much into DIY things as I am. Partly because they don't have access to a workshop, partly because they don't even know where to start when builing a wooden frame. Nanlite isn't the most high-end product either. So it's always a question of budget vs actual result. You can easily spend thousands more, but you wouldn't get a better result. So for me that was the reason why I chose the tools used in the video.

Hi! Best is always to ask here. That will help others too, and me also with the youtube algorithm ;).

I hope it was helpful nonetheless. I totally understand your point. This is a video that will give you a rather high-end output. Not everyone has the budget for such a setup, but now that you know the basics, you should be able to create something decent with less budget. Make sure to watch my editing video that will show you how to get the best out of not-so-well-lit green screen footage ;).

@@wolfamri haha it was! it told be basicly everything i needed/wanted to know, and i dropped a hundred bucks yesterday on a green screen and ring light and should prob do the trick for what im trying to do XD, also great plug, ill check out the editing video ^^

I’m afraid I have never tried them 😬. I have a separate video about green screen backgrounds. These are the ones I tried and which one I’d recommend really depends on the use case.

@@wolfamri I actually watched another video after commenting. Really loved the full-body green screen rolls, which you can screw to the wall 😊

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Thank you! It should be solved now 😉

There is another one. As I said this is video 2/4 😉

That’s obviously relative, that’s why I listed the dimensions of the room sizes I worked with in the video 😉

Imagine you had twice as much 😉

That's a bit tricky then. But check my RU-vid green screen editing tutorial, you can get away with pretty bad green screen if you use masks ;)

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Thank you! I totally understand that. It is difficult though to make a video that fits all budgets and locations. Sometimes products aren’t available either. Same with software. I really wished I could help everyone 😬

Thank you for your feedback and great to hear it was helpful. In the conclusion I compared all the backgrounds. I felt it doesn’t make much sense to key them out in the middle of the video because you don’t have a reference you can compare it to, and it requires a bit of explaining to understand the difference 😉.

@@wolfamriAs valid as this remark may be, what's the use of wiggling the wig in front of a green wall? What is this supposed to (repeatedly) show/proof within the context of your video?

@piet7617 Show that I did a real life test and that it’s worth watching the final comparison at the end. Creating RU-vid videos is a creative process. You give your best and work on your ideas to make the videos as helpful as possible. But as always, there is no guarantee that everyone thinks like you do 😁.

@@wolfamri I'm not trying to put you down or anything, truly not, your video is really well done! But I was seriously wondering what you were trying to demonstrate with that wig wiggeling. You could have juggled three tennis balls or done backflips for all I care... the demonstrational "effect" would have been the same: none. So, what exactly was your intention?

Oh, now I understand. Hair are the biggest challenge for green screen, and moving hair are even more difficult to key. Not only is my bald head pretty easy to key (apart from color spill), but there is also a difference in keying blonde hair vs dark hair. So I thought it was a brilliant idea to buy a wig with which you can test everything in one go.

Congrats! 👏 What lights did you use and can you show us a sample of the results you get?

No idea 🤣