Since the earliest days of motion pictures and television, chroma-keying has been regarded as an essential creative tool. It also has a reputation for high costs, creative limitations and technical problems.

Chromatte™ is a revolutionary new material from Reflec, which frees blue-screen from the confines of a dedicated studio environment and makes it a viable solution for everyone involved in visual communication.

Chromatte™ is covered with millions of randomly placed, microscopic reflective beads which retro-reflect light. When used with a suitable digital video system and illuminated directly from the camera with Reflec's Light Emitter which produces a uniform wavelength light source; Chromatte™ appears neutral grey to the naked eye, whilst the camera sees a perfect broadcast quality key source with no chroma spill.

Powerscreen™ is a blue or green heavy duty fabric, also covered with reflevtive beads which retro-reflect light at the same intensity from practically any angle. PowerScreen™ is highly reflective and works in ambient light, doesn't need a dedicated studio environment or specialised lighting to create a perfect chroma key background with excellent edge definition - no fringing or light spill. PowerScreen™ can be used in subdued light although for best results the use of an on-camera light emitter is recommended.

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Advantages of Chromatte™:

  • High Quality: Chromatte™; is a broadcast quality chromakey solution, providing excellent edge definition with no fringing.
  • Natural Light: Chromatte™; allows huge creativity in set lighting, no hanging grid required - use a portable lighting kit. Shoot scenes in low light conditions -you can even use natural light!
  • Spotlight on Talent: Chromatte™; lets you light the actors on scene not the background, since the key comes from a light emitter attached directly to the camera lens.
  • No Spill: Chromatte™; appears neutral grey to the naked eye, eliminating unwanted effects caused by blue light bouncing f rom the key background onto foreground objects.
  • Portable: Chromatte™; material can be folded and put in a bag for easy storage and transportation.
  • Durable: Chromatte™; ultra-reflective surface provides a perfect bluescreen background, even when it's draped, partially folded or creased. It's also very hardwearing.
  • Cost Effective: Chromatte™; removes the costs involved in specialised lighting grids and professional studio setups, putting virtual sets within reach of anyone involved in visual communications - from film producers to corporates.
 

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