You Mean There’s No SET??? Inside, ‘Inside Edition’

You Mean There’s No SET??? Inside, ‘Inside Edition’

Last week, inside CBS Studio 45, I was stunned to learn that this green screen area is where Deborah Norville hosts ‘Inside Edition’.

Don’t freak out, but this is not the only show done this way and the list of others is growing. In the photos below you see the before and after. The mannequin is a camera test stand in for Deborah, and each day, video checks are done to adjust the chromakey settings so that the effect does not “tear” when the virtual set is added into the mix.

Although the show is videotaped for later playback, this is all done in real time. A key point of a virtual set like this is that the real camera can move in 3D space, while the image of the virtual camera is being rendered in real-time from the same perspective.

That means the virtual scene has to instantly adapt to and mirror the camera’s output including zoom, pan, angle, traveling, etc. This is what differentiates a virtual set from the traditional technique of chromakey.

Integration of camera tracking is done with either optical or mechanical measurements to create a live stream of data describing the exact perspective of the camera. In this case, the tracking is measured digitally by capturing the information generated by the robotic pan heads.

The 3D virtual software used on ‘Inside Edition’ is made by the granddaddy of chromakey innovation, Ultimatte, who’s been on the cutting edge of chromakey hardware and software since 1976. Enjoy and share!

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