Creating Visual FX has been an interest of mine since I was introduced to the art while learning the 3D modelling and animation software Blender3D; the free open source software package used by amature and professional artists.

My skills were significantly improved when I purchased the Visual Effects for Directors and Hot Moves: The Science Of Awesome training DVDs from Hollywood Camera Work. Most of my early work is based on the freely available green screen and tracking plates provided on their site.
Virtual set interaction by live-action characters | The Robinsons

Visual FX

Virtual set interaction by live-action characters

In this plate she walks over and sits on a chair. To replace the green screen prop with a CG chair a matchmove was used to match the plate with the CG environment as well as provide some feature tracks on the green screen chair. These features were used to obtain the correct positioning of the new chair.
The biggest problem with this plate was the huge amount of green spill on the actor. Normally this would be minimised by using spill suppression techniques e.g. black cloth etc. The result is that the procedural matte is a little extreme!
Check out the results....

The source video sequence for this shot is from Hollywood Camera Work.