"How do I get the best Chroma Key possible?"
The simple answer is to do the best lighting job you can. Here is one way to light a Chroma Key scene:
- The background screen should be lit as evenly as possible and independantly of the talent.
- Your talent should cast no shadows on the screen.
- Your talent should have 3 light sources on them :
- The main light (place just to the side of the camera - brightest light).
- The fill light - so talent has no dark areas/shadows (place on other side of camera - dimmer).
- The back light - to light the edges of the talent (place behind talent).
The fill light is what keeps your talent from having drop-out areas on them.
The back light is what cleanly separates the talent from the background.
