This kind of program also used to cost much more than $1,000, but is now free thanks to an open source software program called Pinta.Ī Broadcasting Network to post your network on the Internet. These are a diffuse lighting system and a green screen cotton cloth.Ī Diffuse Lighting System, which used to cost more than $1,000, but now costs less than $200.Ī 10 foot by 10 foot Green Screen Cotton Cloth, which used to cost more than $1,000, but now costs less than $60.Ī Multi- T rack Video Editing Program, which used to cost more than $1,000, but now is free thanks to the Open Shot Video Editor (that we will discuss in our next article).Ī Layer Based Virtual Image, Text and Video Creation program, to create realistic looking virtual objects, three dimensional graphics and text. The major costs for a virtual studio are:Ī high speed 2.4 GHZ + computer (which may folks already own) which formerly did not even exists or cost way more than $10,000, but now costs less than $300 (for a 14 inch Google Chromebook).Ī High Definition Camcorder, such as the Canon S30, or G10 which also used to cost all by itself way more than $10,000, but which now costs less than $1,000.Ī High Quality Shotgun Microphone, which used to cost more than $1,000, but which now costs less than $200.Ī High Quality Clip Mic Digital Recorder Multichannel system, which used to cost more than $1,000 but now costs under $300 (for a couple of Sony Clip Mics and the Tascam DR40 Digital Recorder we reviewed in our last article.Īs all of the above items have been reviewed in previous articles, in this article, we will cover two additional purchases that will be needed to create your own green room studio. By contrast, a virtual studio costs less than $3,000 and can do much more than a real studio. A real studio can cost more than $100,000 – just for the desks and big screen TV’s like we see on Nightly News programs and Daily Talk Shows. A virtual studio has many advantages over a traditional studio. The only real drawback of a green screen studio is that you will have to let your guest know not to wear clothing that is a bright green. We will later digitally remove the green background with the Open Shot Video Editor and replace it with any digital image you want giving the illusion that you are broadcasting from just any place from a desert beach to the surface of the moon. A green screen studio simply involves putting up a special color of green fabric on one or more walls of your studio room giving your recording a green background. In this article, we will review how to create a special economical recording studio called a Green Screen Virtual Studio.
In our previous articles, we reviewed how to capture normal videos and add sound to those videos – either directly or indirectly.