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I am looking for a way to show a tv screen glowing in a dark room. I unfortunately do not have a large budget for editing software, so don't have after effects or vegas. Maybe the best way is just to shine an extra led from the tv. If anyone has any ideas please let me know!
Thanks for the help!
An extra LED would be perfect. Also, a flashlight works too. Squid even used his iPod, built his set around it, and had it become a giant TV screen.
There are any number of great in-set options available.
Assuming the screen itself isn't showing, a practical light will look better than a digital effect anyway.
Where would you suggest buying a couple small leds...not a large budget but still nice. Also, how would I, if I decided too, make an actual film appear on the tv? some sort of green screen? (sorry for all the questions...I am a new brickfilmer and need answers! ;-) )
I've always noticed that even color TVs mostly cast bluish light into a room, a cyan colored LED would be the most believable.
As far as compositing footage onto a TV screen, I would make the screen out of black pieces and then use the "screen" compositing mode when compositing in post.
what software would you use for the compositing? I cannot get adobe ae or final cut or any other super expensive software
Hitfilm Express is a popular free video compositing software which should suit your needs just fine. I've barely gotten my toes into it, but I'm sure there are a few more experienced users around here if they'd like to chime in.
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