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Canadian eBay seller still active for retro-reflective material The eBay seller who provided the retro-reflective material for my tests and videos is still active. The old links will not work but you just have to check his online store. Not sure if you want to buy from Canada but it is still...

HA HA! So true...They'd probably pay us to take it off their hands.

Completed video using retro-reflective green screen Once I acquired my light ring and fabric and completed some initial tests, I started doing filming for a video project and it is finally complete. Admittedly it's not masterpiece, but the green screen filming actually worked out rather well...

It sounded very interesting, but I didn't understand what they meant. It needed some illustrations or photos for non-technical folks like me. I actually had an old visual effects book myself that was sitting in the garage waiting to be donated to the library book sale. I dug it out and...

That's what I got too. I think it's easier to ship that way. I also cut it into two parts. Envious of your setup. It's great to be able to keep the led ring back from the lens as wheatgrinder previously suggested. A very crisp edge. I don't see any of the halo effect that I get which has been...

I didn't do anything special to that shot. I didn't even key that particular footage separately. Since the glass, bubble wrap and hair were all filmed under the same lighting conditions consecutively, I keyed the glass, made some adjustments and then copied the settings onto the bubble wrap and...

A test video using glass, bubble wrap and "hair" alternating between the original green screen and the keyed footage. The bubble wrap was more opaque than I would have liked but it's still surprising how effectively the original color was removed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0ySdHjXz-c

If you get the dimmer from superbrightleds remember you need to also get an adapter because the light ring won't plug into the dimmer directly.

Well that explains things. Too bad I just deleted the video from YouTube. D'oh.

I appreciate you describing your work flow, unfortunately that's a much more professional setup than I am able to pull off at this point. But I haven't had too many problems with keying. Just not as good as I'd like. The poor quality of my lighting is a bigger issue. I have a Canon HV30 with no...

I assume the reason I can't embed video is because I'm just a basic member. I tried YouTube as well without success. Can't afford to upgrade right now. Here is a link to the video of the dimmer on approximately 25% brightness. I can't see any flicker. http://www.vimeo.com/17809076

Is it wrong to quote myself? Will I go blind?

The idea for the dimmer came from the company's Web site. It proved to be necessary for me. Without the dimmer the led ring is at full brightness. I discovered that as I increased the brightness of the ring, it bled over the lens affecting the exposure of my image. The brighter the light ring...

Glad I could help. My Vimeo statistics show a huge number of views of the video from Italy. Any idea as to why there would be such a specific interest from your country? Since you just joined the forum I'm assuming you learned of the project from another source. I also got some of the 39"...

Another Update: My Ebay seller sent some more information: His Ebay page shows that the 3 ft X 39" fabric is approximately $15. So a 6 ft X 6ft backdrop not requiring any ironing and could be taped to a wall costs about $60. Really wish I had explored this more to save some effort. But there...

even cheaper price for retro-reflective material IMPORTANT UPDATE: I sent a message to the Ebay seller and this is his reply: Identified in the product description as retro-reflective, here's the link for the larger size...

Nothing that I can detect. It causes all the leds to brighten and dim evenly.

results of experiments using retro-reflective tape I have done my own experiments using previous information and with the discovery of a very inexpensive material for the backdrop that doesn't require sourcing it from China. I used an old camera for these images so they aren't the greatest...

previous attempts discovered I just discovered that there have been two previous attempts to craft a homebuilt DIY method of combining the reflective fabric and a light ring which have been documented online. This individual sold kits previously to users on the HV20 forum: Cheap 'Chromatte'...

I waited three weeks before politely requesting an "update." I didn't ask for a full explanation. I don't see how that indicates impatience.