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An infinite white background is more than hip and trendy. Clean, professional and flexible, the secret is in the lighting. And while framing the head and shoulders is easy, lighting a full-body shot is much more complex. This segment shows you how to Light Infinite White, on a finite budget and in a limited space.
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  • Matt 5 months ago
    Nice show Eric, production values are much better on this one, I like the 3D stuff. So do you give tours of your studio;)
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  • Videopia 5 months ago
    Yes, free tours, chicken wings, beer and Donkey Kong (real arcade version)!

    p.s., I whupped yer butt at Donkey Kong at videopia.org, by the way.
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  • Matt 5 months ago
    Look again, I believe we are tied, but I'll be number one soon enough:)
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  • Jose Fernandez 5 months ago
    Nice DEF... Very nice!
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  • Eric Hartmann 5 months ago
    Love it DEF...great job!!
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  • Shaun Roemich 4 months ago
    I wonder if my partner will allow me to convert our living room into an infinite white studio? She's been good so far but...

    Great work, DEF. Would have expected higher "quality" (read: PRICED) lights for the visual quality you've got here.
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  • Daniel Rivera 4 months ago
    Wonderful, Eric! Keep up the good work!
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  • Tall _ Tales 4 months ago
    Big thanks to Daniel's link post on DJ Forums.

    DEF, it was a great piece of work. I'm out hunting for the materials already. Thanks again for some great information!
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  • You know, this is a really awesomely made, very helpful tutorial. Thank you so much for it!
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  • djp 1 month ago
    awesome
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  • Videopia 1 month ago
    Thanks all!
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  • I like it! Nice work and I've sent the link to a bunch of friends that I keep telling that you don't need "pro" stuff to get nice results. Well done!
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  • Carson Kuehne 1 month ago
    Whoa! I think this is going to be perfect for a project I'm working on. Thank You.
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  • Dave Dugdale 19 days ago
    I think that is great that Eric is continuing on the tech know show in spirit on his site, so much so that i wrote a blog post about it with screen shoots of the differences between the DJTV and Videopia site.

    davecolorado.com/index.php/videopia/
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  • toogeza.com 17 days ago
    that's cool!
    spent the whole evening watching your video
    thanx a lot!
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  • Beeker 17 days ago
    The "but ugly" floor lamp put me over... WAY LIKE... and I am getting myself a new 2 car garage so for sure green screens are going to be fun.
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  • AVCHD User 17 days ago
    Great video! Very informative, now I can think about transforming my garage into an infinite white studio. The sound is a bit hollow, it seems that you need to get yourself some foam panels. Otherwise looks every bit as professional as TechNow episodes.

    Would be nice if you told about keying out white and whether it is harder than keying green.
  • Videopia 16 days ago
    Great observations, thanks!

    Yes, the audio in this segment is really hollow because I was shooting with a shotgun in a small enclosed space. In the evolution of the "studio," I worked on lighting first and then audio (which gets better in later segments - more treatment of the space like you recomend and swithed to cheap lav). I'm STILL struggling with the audio.

    And yes again: white is easier to key on simply because white fringes and imperfect keys are much more forgiving than trying to deal with green halos. Yes, I can do a perfect key in this setup, but it's a lot of work in post (like it ALWAYS is in any situation) and I just don't have the time or talent to do that and still finish a segment every other week.
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  • Tim Warneka 13 days ago
    Great job! I've been researching, reading and pestering my photographer brother to learn more about lighting. Your video pretty much sums up what I've learned.

    Thanks!
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  • gsmith 4 days ago
    It was good to see this segment before viewing 'The Light Idea' and seeing that little, if any, production value was lost between this set up and the one at the studio. It's reassuring to know that you can get high quality results without busting the budget!
  • Videopia 3 days ago
    Yea, there are differences, of course, but I think it's in degree and detail, and not content. "TechKnow" episodes also involved about 3x more manhours overall - there's definitely a professional polish that's missing in my homemade videos. On the other hand, the 720p video here on Vimeo looks better and loads faster than the Ultra quality vids at Digital Juice, so there's that.
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