Webcam Publisher 2.0 Beta 0014

WheresJames Software - Shareware and Freeware

Have you ever been doing blue/greenscreen work and wished you could see the final composite shot previewed on your monitor during the shoot?

Well now you can, and it doesn't cost hundreds. I found this 'interesting' piece of free software recently on the net and it was one of its features that caught my attention. It has a chromakey feature that allows you to combine a live camcorder image (talent standing in front of blue or greenscreen) with either a still image or video clip from your computer and see the two combined onscreen.

This would allow you to create more realistic videos as both you and the talent can see what is going on in the background. You could rig up two monitors in a studio, one for you to look at and one for the talent to look at offscreen (think weather presenter who keeps looking off to the right on tv) and he or she could see the big scary monster creeping up behind them!

This would allow the talent to interact with whatever is going on in the background to a much greater degree. It also opens up the possibility of putting it on a laptop so you could do blue/greenscreen work outdoors using a small portable monitor connected to the laptop so the talent can see what is being keyed in behind them.

The program is really designed for streaming video over the internet but I feel it has a use in video production aswell. If you decide to download it and use it, when the main screen opens click on Edit->Properties and change the settings on the tabs to suit your own setup.

Remember this is just for preview, when you go to edit, the talent will still only be standing in front of the blue/greenscreen and you will still have to key in the background plate using your NLE or effects program.