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Good morning all, it's been sometime since I posted on the forum!
This is probably going to be an odd posting on a photography forum but here goes!
Last July I purchased a NeoFlex Direct to Garment printer, this allows us to print images direct onto any colour cotton shirts. On dark shirts we first have to print a white underbase.
This is an example of the quality of print we can produce, these are printed on cotton T-shirt:
This year, now that we've gained experience of using the printer & software we're planning on taking the printer to shows & race circuits (driving fast is a hobby of mine). What I'm thinking of doing is taking pictures of people and, using chromakey to change the background - we'd only be printing to white shirts thereby avoiding the prep times for dark shirts.
Chromakey is a technique I've never used before and I guess, using it at a show/track will make it a little more of a challenge, maybe it's a challenge to far?
I know I'm going to have to buy equipment (I have the camera & lenses). What should I buy:
Software - Needs to be simple, quick and perhaps designed especially for chromakey work.
Green backdrop - I've looked on 'Fleebay' but a little concerned I might end up buying crap! Maybe there's a chromakey tent
Lighting/reflectors - Will I need this bearing in mind I'll be outdoors?
Because of the medium I'm printing to, I'm not going to produce photo studio quality prints, this is mainly for fun so if you have any tips I'd really appreciate them.
Cheers
John
This is probably going to be an odd posting on a photography forum but here goes!
Last July I purchased a NeoFlex Direct to Garment printer, this allows us to print images direct onto any colour cotton shirts. On dark shirts we first have to print a white underbase.
This is an example of the quality of print we can produce, these are printed on cotton T-shirt:
This year, now that we've gained experience of using the printer & software we're planning on taking the printer to shows & race circuits (driving fast is a hobby of mine). What I'm thinking of doing is taking pictures of people and, using chromakey to change the background - we'd only be printing to white shirts thereby avoiding the prep times for dark shirts.
Chromakey is a technique I've never used before and I guess, using it at a show/track will make it a little more of a challenge, maybe it's a challenge to far?
I know I'm going to have to buy equipment (I have the camera & lenses). What should I buy:
Software - Needs to be simple, quick and perhaps designed especially for chromakey work.
Green backdrop - I've looked on 'Fleebay' but a little concerned I might end up buying crap! Maybe there's a chromakey tent
Lighting/reflectors - Will I need this bearing in mind I'll be outdoors?
Because of the medium I'm printing to, I'm not going to produce photo studio quality prints, this is mainly for fun so if you have any tips I'd really appreciate them.
Cheers
John
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