March, 2008

Necessories: Virtual Backgrounds

From time to time, we will showcase “necessary accessories” that we can’t live without and neither should you! Knowing the budget constraints we all feel, we try to look for products and suppliers that are “school friendly” and can work with your various purchasing methods.  As with our Resources/Links page, these are not paid ads, just goodies that will somehow enhance your productions, increase your efficiency or just make your life easier!

If you come across such a product and would like to share it with our readers, let  us know.  Simply send our editors an email and we will research it.

 

ChromaVault Low Cost Virtual Backgrounds

Video editors looking for low-cost virtual set options have a new resource.

ChromaVault aims to offer affordable, royalty-free chroma key backgrounds. The ever-expanding product line features virtual sets along with graphical backgrounds in a variety of themes, including news, sports, religion and general purpose.

All products are delivered at bigger-than-HD resolution to allow for custom cropping and "zooming" in on specific areas. Many backgrounds also include customizable areas such as monitors or graphics holes.

ChromaVault's online store allows for shopping 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with instant access to downloads.

The site's products are currently being offered at an introductory rate of $20 each.  Visit their site at www.chromavault.com and tell them you saw it here in School Video News.