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

• The elements of the kit are as small as possible, so that the complete setup can be assembled in a small room.
• The entire kit enables taking high-quality photos and videos.

The green background on the set allows for separating the model (object) from an unflattering appearance of the room, while the set of lamps ensures proper exposure. The tone of green is matched to lighting sources with a color temperature of 5500K and facilitates color selection during post-processing.

• Background hanging kit - two stands along with a crossbar create the simplest independent frame that allows for suspending backgrounds.
• Green polypropylene background - neutral, allowing maximum focus on the model (object) as well as facilitating keying.
• Lighting - complete and ready-to-work lamps will provide informative or artistic lighting depending on the need.

One kit - many possibilities

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

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

In digital video recordings, color is represented by three numbers indicating 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 that point in the recording is replaced by an alternative background.

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

In some Polish television channels (e.g., TVP, TVN Meteo Active), blue box is used for presenting weather forecasts. Public television in the years 1990-1992 utilized blue box in "Wiadomości" to generate a uniform blue background and present animations next to the presenter. In the years 1997-2002, the same program used blue box 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 contains the most important elements that allow building a photographic studio in domestic conditions - background hanging kit, basic background, and lighting. The green background meets color keying criteria and enables digital "replacement" with any other background. The lighting power allows for photography ranging from close-ups (portrait, detail) to wide shots (bust, full figure). In the case of non-living 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 photographic studio kit with a green background enables taking the following types of shots:

• Portrait (for documents, makeup, artistic portrait)
• Product photography (catalogs, websites, online stores, sales platforms)
• Stock photos - 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 stands and a crossbar spanning between them. The kit allows for hanging popular photographic backgrounds up to 165 cm wide. The load capacity of the kit (5kg) permits mounting cardboard, vinyl, or fabric backgrounds without limitations. The height at which the background is suspended ranges from 83 cm to 205 cm. The bar is attached to the stands using butterfly screws, preventing the bar from lifting when raising the background upwards. Unrolling the background from the roll is blocked by plugging two grips (frogs) included in 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 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 as well as with T-type hangers. We strongly recommend purchasing the background suspension kit simultaneously, as it 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 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 enable image keying 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 polypropylene backgrounds for the first time may fear that the texture will be visible in photos. In real conditions, the object remains about 50 cm away from the background, which together with shallow depth of field causes the texture to blur.

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 lighting power 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 a very soft distribution of light and eliminating potential reflections.

The light source is 8 strong photographic fluorescent tubes with 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 excellently in portrait photography.

• Power supply : mains 230V / 50Hz
• Light points : 8 pcs / 65W / 325W
• Idle power: 520 W (8x 65W)
• Luminous power: 2600 W
• Color temperature : 5500K
• Emission : fluorescent
• Softbox size: octa 80 cm

Technical specifications

• Manufacturer's code : CGDL-GO862
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• Maximum width: 170 cm
• Maximum height: 205 cm
• Bar: Two-sectional
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• Background color : White
• Width: 165 cm
• Length: 500 cm
• Material: Polypropylene
• Roll: yes, cardboard
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• Power supply : mains 230V / 50Hz
• Light points: 8 pcs / 65W / 325W
• Idle power: 520 W (8x 65W)
• Luminous power: 2600W
• Color temperature : 5500K
• Emission : fluorescent
• Softbox size: octa 80 cm
• Weight: 6 kg

Kit components

• 8x | 5906395044429 | Continuous light bulbs
• 2x | 5906395044504 | Lighting stands
• 2x | 5907564610391 | Lighting fixtures for four bulbs
• 2x | 5907564610421 | Octa softbox bowls, 80 cm
• 2x | 5907564613675 | Studio stands with butterfly screws
• 2x | 5907564614153 | Background clamps
• 1x | 5907564616072 | Green polypropylene background
• 1x | 5907564614139 | Background hanging bar