connect a second screen to darkroom booth

When someone starts a booth session, bright LED lights could turn on. What does this mean for a Photobooth? Well, you can use a Phidget to turn LED lights on or off or blink. Anything that has an on/off switch or requires power can be controlled by a Phidget board or relay (Interface Kit). Said another way, Phidget devices give us a way to control things that you can’t plug directly into your computer, like a light or a fan. The most common would be things you want to turn on or off or otherwise control. On the other end of the board, you can plug in and control almost anything. Huh? Phidgets is a company that makes little boards that can connect to your computer with a USB cable. Phidgets are “Products for USB Sensing and Control”. One of the new additions to Darkroom Booth 2 is Phidget control. The post Phidget for Darkroom Booth appeared first on Darkroom Software. For more information on how to use Darkroom Booth software check out our online manual.ĭarkroom Software - Solutions for the Professional Photographer and the Photo Booth Business Hopefully you found this information useful. This is by no means the only way to light for green screen and may not be possible with your booth design. This set up allows you to adjust the brightness of the subject in relation to the background and also reduce or eliminate shadows on the green screen. The subject is a few feet from the green screen background with additional lights to evenly light the green screen. There is a main light above the camera to light the subject. The result is a completely unacceptable dropout.īelow is an illustration of a basic lighting setup for good green screen results. Basically the software cannot tell what is green and what should be dropped out. Also, the green is almost entirely near black. In the final example the entire image is dark and muddy with little separation between the hair and the background. The result is a lower contrast in the color along with poor dropout in the black areas of the uniform. In this example there is considerable light fall off in the corners so that the green drops to near black. The result is a good dropout with rich color and no green halo around the subject’s hair. The green is the proper color for Chroma-key and it is even throughout the frame. This is an example of good lighting and exposure for green screen. The same results would be achieved and the same techniques can be used with Darkroom workflow software, Core, Pro and Assembly. All of these images were processed with the default settings in Darkroom Booth photo booth software. The examples below illustrate different lighting and exposures and the results.

The key to great results with Chroma-key backgrounds is good, consistent lighting. The post Lighting for Green Screen photography and Darkroom Software appeared first on Darkroom Software.

Connect a second screen to darkroom booth