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Rosco Digicomp HD Digital Compositing Paint Green 3.8L
Rosco Digicomp HD Digital Compositing Paint Green 3.8L
DigiComp HD Digital Compositing Paint from Rosco is used to cover an area of a room or studio space, which will be used as a background for video or photographic purposes. Once applied, the paint provides proper luminance and RGB values, and the color has good separation between the background and foreground. Therefore, post-production or editing becomes seamless to use with photo or video editing programs.
The water-based vinyl acrylic paint is ready to use out of the can and is easily applied with a paint roller or spray gun. The paint has a quick drying time of approximately an hour; and when it dries, it provides an ultra-flat, no-sheen finish. Other paints that give off a shine show up as a white or yellow color, which does not translate well and is harder to get rid of in post-production. A primer is recommended before painting an area because the paint bonds to the surface better.
READ: How to paint green screen
Easy Application
Rosco’s DigiComp HD formulations are ready for use straight out of the can and provide even coverage in two, easy-to-apply coats. DigiComp HD is intended for use on most porous surfaces, including: wood, wallboard, sheetrock, plaster and concrete. It is always recommended to properly clean, prime and prepare your surface before applying the DigiComp HD paints. Unprimed surfaces may result in uneven color-coverage. DigiComp HD paints can be applied using 3/8” nap roller or a spray gun.
Ultra-Flat Finish
All of Rosco’s keying paints, including DigiComp HD, are manufactured to have an ultra-flat finish, which means there is no sheen or gloss in the finish at all. It’s worth noting that the “flat” finishes available from paint or hardware stores will have some sheen to them when lit for camera – Rosco keying paints will not. This is important because any sheen/gloss in a green screen will appear as white or yellow on camera – not green – and may spoil your key.
Choosing the Proper Color
DigiComp HD is available in both Green and Blue. Most experts say that if you’re shooting on film – use blue screen because the blue layer of the film emulsion is more sensitive. If you’re shooting digital/HD – use green screen because the chips in most digital/HD cameras are more sensitive to green. However, the subject matter you’re shooting also needs to be considered. Avoid matching the background with the major elements in the foreground. For example, a green screen would be a better choice if the selected set pieces or costumes (such as a blue super-hero suit) contained a lot of blue in them - no matter what medium you’re shooting on.
Gives Proper Luminance & RGB Values
Separation amid Background & Foreground
For Digital or Photographic Compositing
Ready-to-Use & Easily Applied
Ultra-Flat, No Sheen Finish
Water-Based, Vinyl Acrylic Paint
Quick Drying Time
Primer Recommended Before Painting
Why should I use Rosco Blue or Green Screen paint? Can I match the colour at my local paint store?
Most mixing machines found at local paint/hardware stores cannot achieve the colour
saturation needed for a good compositing screen. All Rosco Blue and Green Screen paints are manufactured using a single-source pigment.
This means that instead of mixing together different coloured pigments to create the specific greens & blues needed – we use one pigment of green or blue to create the paint colour.
This means less interference from other colours in the spectrum and a cleaner key.
All Rosco paints are also manufactured to have an Ultra-Flat finish; this means no gloss in the finish at all.
Any kind of sheen/gloss in your green/blue screen will appear as white on camera and may spoil your key – so a flat finish is very important. Most “flat” finishes available from paint or hardware stores have a slight sheen to them.
How do I clean my painted Rosco Green/Blue Screen?
Unfortunately, there is no good way to clean a painted Rosco Green or Blue Screen. As with
any paint, the attribute that makes a painted surface cleanable also adds a gloss/sheen.
Because the flat-finish is so important to a blue or green screen, our paints do not result in a
cleanable surface. Your best option is to re-paint.
When should I use Green vs Blue or vice-versa?
The answer to this depends on a few factors, but a good rule of thumb Film = Blue and Digital =Green. The blue layer of the film emulsion is more sensitive, so blue screen is more effective and the chips in most digital/HD cameras are more sensitive to green so green screen is more effective.
However, you have to couple that rule of thumb with what you’re shooting in front of it. If your set or costumes have a lot of blue elements in them (like Cookie Monster or Superman’s suit) then green screen would be a better choice.
What is the difference between Chroma Key Blue/Green and Digital Blue/Green (like Rosco’s Digicomp or Ultimatte)?
When should I use one vs. the other?
There are two kinds of compositing colours – Chroma Key and Digital. The main difference
between the two is simply the purity of the colour.
When we first released our Chroma Key product, it was designed for the analog Chroma Key Switchers that would take out the entire band of green or blue and replace it with an image – usually a weather map.
Today’s digital compositing software can lock onto very specific colours and while it still makes sense to keep those colours one of the primary blue or green, by making the colour a ‘pure’ green or blue for the equipment makes the compositing easier for complicated keying. We achieve this ‘purity’ of colour for the camera by using specific fluorescent blue or green pigments to manufactu
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