Netflix’s AI-assisted green screen bathes actors in eye-searing magenta

The process of compositing, or placing actors in front of a background that’s not actually there, is as old as filmmaking itself — and it’s always been a pain. Netflix has a new technique that relies on machine learning to do some of the hard work, but it requires lighting actors in a garish magenta. […]

Netflix’s AI-assisted green screen bathes actors in eye-searing magenta by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

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