[1] This backdrop is fantastic. You can pull it out of the bag and it is ready to use. No steaming or other prep necessary. Highly recommend.

[Yes] Been thru the budget ones, it isn't about the wrinkles - it is much more about the fabric shine on green-screen fabrics. Wescott nailed it and the bounce-back shine that gives strange results with body outlines and white hair is gone. It's worth it and it is pro level compared to those that think price is everything.


The material is like a blanket or a felt and it reduces that sheen of most fabrics down to nothing. The wrinkles are there like most fabrics but reduce on their own where they are keyed out within hours.


The only way you could do better is to find actual felt fabric where is little to no bounce-back of light. I've looked, this is the real solution to getting the right tool to do green and/or blue screening. I bought them both.

[Polyester] This is my second Westcott chromakey backdrop. I use these for youth sports photography. This is a production operation with as many as 100 portraits at a time, and we have to have a background that not only delivers consistant, clean color but also can withstand being transported and set up daily. Westcott delivers on both counts. It's heavy enough that it will block out lights (and even an open door to daylight) from behind, and sturdy enough to keep up with daily wear and tear. My only complaint is that at 9'x10', it's a little small for the larger kids (especially HS basketball players). My other backdrops are 10'x12', and that extra foot or two makes a difference.Overall though, this backdrop is well worth the money.

[Yes] I usually take a 103" paper roll on location for groups. What a pain, it requires two trips from the car, and I ruined one roll. I have been using the Wescott X-drop for headshots and like that fabric so when I saw that you can get a large backdrop in the same fabric I bought it. Used it on a recent shoot. With stretch clamps it was wrinkle free using my backdrop stand. Images came out great. Now I wonder if I could use two xdrop backdrop stands I can condense my on location kit even further?!

[Polyester] The color is not as vibrant or saturated as my other green screen options. However, there is less reflected light or spill around the edges of the foreground objects.

[Polyester] I was really happy to find this. Perfect size for hanging on a cross bar. Started using it before I even washed it, I expect to like it even more minus the slight wrinkles from being packed and shipped.

[Yes] The problem with Green and Blue screens is usually not wrinkles at all. It is shine and light spill from the screen fabric to your product or persons. The material on this is more light absorbing and light deadening pretty much eliminating the lighting feedback or spill completely.

A lot of people think that putting more and more light on the screen solves the problems when in reality it compounds the problem. With the Wescott you only need a kiss of light to do the job and to do the job well. The material they use is much closer to a felt rather than a bargain cloth which usually has a built in sheen to it. And that sheen becomes your problem. The Wescott is more like a microfiber cloth that deadens the light that bounces back.

The bigger surprise is you can take it right out of the included travel bag all crumpled up, put it in the drier at lowest heat setting for 10 minutes and the wrinkles are 90 percent GONE!! Unless you are using this and throwing them away, I would recommend this far and above over the other screens made with plain fabrics. Thumbs up!


Peter

[1x Bag] The size is great, the material is great, it absorbs light, it isn't too bad on color cast for nearby subjects if they are not too close and it doesn't mark up when people stand on it. The wrinkle resistant part is a little suspect, but it works great. I throw it in the dryer for a few minutes to release wrinkles from storage.

[Yes] Use the green screen to remove and insert new background in head and shoulder shots. I use Topaz labs Remask3 to remove fine detail around hair.Great product and the price is right!Just a FYI using a Hair light removes any green cast reflected from the green screen backgrounnd.

[Solid Pink] Heavy duty screen fabric. Some initial packaging wrinkles, but they fell out easily. Great product for the money and miles above the cheaper options.