Using typical professional solutions is often not feasible in a home environment due to several significant reasons:

• The cost of studio equipment is high
• The location where we work is rented
• After the photoshoot, the room serves other purposes
• We often change the place where we take pictures

CineGEN^®, known for producing accessories for film and photography, has addressed the needs of the semi-professional market by preparing a kit of accessories called Home&Office PhotoStudio (Home Photography Studio). This lightweight and easy-to-use kit is based on the most essential and popular accessories while meeting two requirements:

• The components of the kit are as small as possible so that the entire setup can be placed in a small room
• The complete kit allows for high-quality photos and video recordings

The green background included with the kit helps separate the model (or object) from an unflattering room setting, while the set of lights ensures proper exposure. The shade of green has been carefully chosen to complement lighting sources with a color temperature of 5500K and facilitates color selection during post-processing.

• Background hanging kit - two tripods along with a crossbar create the simplest independent frame that allows for background suspension
• Green polypopylene background - neutral, allowing maximum focus on the model (or object) and facilitating keying
• Lighting - complete, ready-to-use lamps provide informative or artistic lighting - depending on your needs

One kit - many possibilities

• Semi-professional, low-cost photo and video studio for self-assembly
• Allows for high-quality photos and video recordings

Blue box (also known as bluescreen, GreenScreen, or chroma key) is a technique for processing images that involves replacing the background of relatively uniform color (originally blue, hence the name) with any other image. This technique is widely used in television (most often during weather forecasts and news programs) and film (to place actors in computer-generated environments). The background color is usually either blue or green because these colors are considered least similar to skin tone and appear less frequently in costumes and props.

In digital video recordings, color is represented by three numbers that indicate the brightness of the color components (RGB). The blue box effect is achieved through a simple comparison of the values of these numbers at different points in the recording with the background color. If the colors match (exactly or within a certain margin), then the recording at this point is replaced by an alternative background.

A person participating in a blue box recording should not wear clothing that matches the background color, as it will be replaced by the alternative image. They also shouldn't hold objects of such a color. This can be used to create the effect of an invisible character wearing an invisibility hat, for example.

In some Polish television channels (e.g., TVP, TVN Meteo Active), blue box is used to present weather forecasts. Public television in 1990-1992 used blue box in "Wiadomości" to generate a uniform blue background and display animations next to the presenter. From 1997 to 2002, it was also used in this program to generate a newsroom image behind the presenter's back. Source: Wikipedia.

The DELUXStudio^™ kit has been prepared for users based on semi-professional, home studio requirements.

It includes the most important components needed to build a photography studio in a home setting - a background hanging kit, basic background, and lighting. The green background meets color keying criteria and allows for digital "replacement" with any other background. The lighting power enables photography ranging from close-ups (portraits, details) to wide shots (busts, full figures). In the case of inanimate nature, the frame is limited only by the width of the background. The kit can also be used for filming (live, stream, remote learning).

The home photography studio kit with a green background allows you to take the following types of photos:

• Portraits (for documents, makeup, artistic portraits)
• Product photography (catalogs, websites, online stores, sales platforms)
• Stock photography - for sale in photographic services
• Virtual newsroom - recording shots on a computer-generated background.

The background hanging kit is a simple setup of two CGLS-816B studio tripods and a crossbar that spans between them. The kit allows for the suspension of popular photographic backgrounds up to 165 cm wide. With a load capacity of 5kg, it can accommodate cardboard, vinyl, or fabric backgrounds without restrictions. The height at which the background is suspended ranges from 83 cm to 205 cm. The crossbar is attached to the tripods using butterfly screws, preventing the bar from lifting when raising the background upwards. Unrolling the background from its roll is blocked by inserting two grips (frogs) included with the kit.

Technical Specifications

• Weight :  3 kg
• Maximum width: 170 cm
• Maximum height: 205 cm
• Bar: Two-sectional
• Material : Steel/aluminum

The width and length of the fabric on the roll are sufficient to create a continuous background without folds (cyclorama) for photographing a silhouette. The cardboard roll protects against creases during transport or storage. Potential creases can be easily removed by steaming with steam or wetting the background. The perforated texture of the background minimizes reflections from strong light sources. The cardboard roll on which the background is wound serves as a base for easy storage and transportation of the background, allowing it to be hung on a studio bar or with T-type hangers. We strongly recommend purchasing the background suspension kit simultaneously, as this significantly improves the quality of work in the studio and the level of achieved effects.

Creative use of the background requires the photographer or camera operator to plan the frame and the desired final effect after applying keying. Of course, a computer with appropriate software will be necessary for this. The good news is that there are free versions of software available on the market that allow you to key images in both photography and film. For those starting their work with green background as greenscreen, we highly recommend materials published on YouTube.

Note regarding the texture of the material - people who encounter photographic polypopylene backgrounds for the first time may worry that the background's texture will be visible in photos. In real-life conditions, the object remains about 50 cm away from the background, and with a shallow depth of field, the background's texture becomes blurred.

The lighting used in this model is the most popular continuous light source currently - a pair of four-bulb lamps with softbox fixtures on lighting stands. The total power of the lighting allows working with models within the frame defined by the background. In a symmetrical lamp setup relative to the lens axis, the lamps mutually compensate for shadows, resulting in very soft light distribution and eliminating potential reflections.

The light source consists of 8 powerful photographic fluorescent tubes with a standard color temperature of 5500K placed in two four-bulb fixtures. Each lamp has the option to turn off a pair of bulbs, allowing for rough adjustment of lighting power on set. The position of softboxes can be adjusted (height, tilt, rotation)

The lamps are powerful enough to light up standing figures and perform well in portrait photography.

• Power : mains 230V / 50Hz
• Light points: 8 pcs / 85W / 400W
• Idle power: 680 W (8x 85W)
• Luminous power: 3200 W
• Color temperature: 5500K
• Emission: fluorescent
• Softbox size: 60x60cm