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Colorable 'Green Screen' Chroma Keying Block [MOD]

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Description

This is a MOD not a blueprint!

This simple mod adds 1 colorable block to Space Engineers allowing players to edit their creations into images and videos.

Mostly refered to as a 'Green Screen' however, that is limited to only one color; Green. This modded block is capable of 16.8 Million different colors (standard RGB range) inculding the build stages so users can adapt the color depending on the ship or item.

There is no bloom, shine, glare, or textures so quality image is gaurenteed.

Check out some of the examples of what Chroma Keying (the act of using a Green Screen) is in the images above.

Read this Wikipedia post here for info regarding what a 'Green Screen' or Chroma Key is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key

Specifications of the Mod:

Modded Block(s) count - 1
Colorable - Yes
Build stages - Yes (colorable)
Purpose: Chroma Key

FOR BEST RESULTS:

1. Set Graphics to the maximum it can go, even if FPS drops.
2. Set the highest resolution possible and use a 40 degree FOV (Field of View) for quality screenshots. I reccomend 2,560 x 1440 or above resolution. Don't Have a monitor with 2K or 4K support? Check out the 'High Quality' link below.
3. Make sure lighting is decent as it's best used in direct sunlight.
4. Use a good program to get rid of the green, blue, etc color you choose as the keying color. I highly recommend Photoshop with the feature 'Color Range.'

How to get High Quality Screenshots in Space Engineers:
https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/how-to-make-high-quality-screenshots.7386890/

Photoshop tutorial about Color Range (easiest way to get rid of the keyed color):
http://www.dummies.com/software/adobe/photoshop/how-to-execute-the-color-range-command-in-photoshop-cs6/

Gimp "Select By Color" tutorial:
https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-by-color-select.html

Thanks to Angel&Mari for letting me use one of his block mods as a starting point!
Mod used: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=838276034

First ship used in Screenshots:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=912672466

Second Ship used in screenshots:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=935794090

Current Issues and Bugs:

A) The icon for the mod in the G screen has a white border around it... It's supposed to be transparent but saving the .dds file even with an alpha channel proves no effect. - Fixed!

B) Sometime the build stage blocks don't like to be colored by the color that was used for the original block.
Solution: Change to a different color, paint the block, then change back to your color of choice.

C) Please post any issues in the "Bug Reports" Discussion below.

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