16 April 2013

El Fotocroma is moving to a new location

Last week the chroma key installation was dismantled and set up in a new and permanent location in Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya. In order to promote this new feature, on the 12th February the chroma was originally set up in the museum’s main corridor. In this two months, it has been a big attraction, offering an innovative and playful experience to visitors. The chroma key has now been placed in a new and permanent location in the museum.

El Fotocroma del mNACTEC is a chroma-key installation that mixes the images of the participating visitors into scenes of Terrassa industrial heritage. Chroma keying is a special effects technique for compositing two images together based on color shades. A color range, usually green, in the top layer is made transparent, revealing another image behind.

An iPad kiosk is available for visitors to select the desired scenerio (from ancient photos to museum best pieces), take photos, download and share them with friends on social networks. Besides, the Fotocroma is also accessible for smartphones through the museum app.