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What Material To Use For Greenscreen?

by anarchyjim on January 25, 2010 · 2 comments

in Adobe Photoshop plugins, Digital Anarchy products, Technology, chromakey software, digital backdrops & digital backgrounds, digital photography, green screen photography

When we first launched Primatte, we tested a variety of ‘greenscreen’ backgrounds to determine what to recommend. Paper backgrounds turned out to be worst and we had the best luck with a velcro/foam material.
Well… apparently not all paper backgrounds are made equal!

I don’t remember who made the paper background we initially tested. But it was [...]

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Are DSLRs The New Point-And-Shoots?

by anarchyjim on January 4, 2010 · 0 comments

in Adobe Photoshop plugins, Industry Stuff, Technology, digital photography

It’s no secret that digital cameras have been big business this, er… last decade.
However the Financial Times reports a new wrinkle. DSLR sales have slowed significantly less than point-and-shoot sales, meaning the DSLRs are making up a larger share of the digital camera market. Over 8 million DSLRs will be sold in 2009.

What does this [...]

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I hate HDR

by anarchyjim on November 9, 2009 · 0 comments

in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop plugins, General Rants, Photoshop lighting effects, Technology, digital photography

Ok, well I only hate one common use of it. That surreal, oversaturated look that seems to be the first thing everyone does when they try the technique. You don’t even need to use HDR, there’s a photoshop plugin for it and you can use Camera Raw to pull it off. Here’s an example of [...]

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