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Chinese Invisibility Cloak Hoax DESTROYED!!!

Captain Disillusion4 HN recommenders · recommended in 4 months, 2021-2025
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6.8M views · 8 years ago · explainer · evergreen

Captain Disillusion debunks a viral Chinese invisibility cloak video while parodying popular educational channels. Along the way he explains chroma keying and green screen techniques.

HN recommends it as an entertaining explanation of chroma keying, green screens and how cameras process color.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@cartesius132025 · in “What an unprocessed photo looks like”

Highly recommend this CaptainDisillusion video that covers this topic of how cameras process colors in a very entertaining way ▶ this video

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@Arnavion2024 · in “Re-creating Disney's sodium vapor process [video]”

Somewhat related: My favorite video about green screens and chroma keying, from Captain Disillusion: ▶ this video

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@rosstex2021 · in “Why we're blind to the color blue”

If you like this, you'll very much enjoy this exploration of color and chroma keying in cinematography: ▶ this video

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@MattConfluence2021 · in “YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else? [video]”

This video by Captain Disillusion [1] and this bonus clip [2] seems worth mentioning in this thread. [1] ▶ this video [2] link

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