Real-time green screen compositing
 

Does anyone know of a way to monitor/record a green screen composition in real time. I want to shoot against the screen and be able to monitor and adjust the actor in relation to the background. Very much like a weatherman against a map. Can this be done with off the shelf NLE software or is this impossible without getting pro equipment. Setup is GL2 with firewire to P4 using Premiere as NLE.

p.s. I would be monitoring and recording directly to the harddrive via firewire and not to the camera's tape.

Any ideas?

Tom

I can't remember the name of the product but tigerdirect.com has shown it in their catalog, I'm sure they show it online as well. It's a real-time green screen software package. I might be wrong about all you can do with it but if I remember correctly it should do what you want. Also as I recall pretty inexpensive. Hope this helps.
Don

green screen in real time
 

The software you speak of is Visual Communicator by Serious Magic.

Even though it's weak in comparison to VV/FCP/etc., it sounds like it will work for your needs (real time on a green/blue screen).

My son and his friends use it all the time in their mass media and film classes in high school, and I actually made a 15 second broadcast commercial with it when it first came out.........shhhhhh <;~)

It works great for corporate intranet type communications/training/announcements etc.

http://www.seriousmagic.com/

Thanks for the info