I usually find that selecting the darker part of the green first works best.Ĭropping can be your friend. Then if that doesn’t work, try a lighter part. First try selecting a darker part of the green. If you’re having issues with not being able to get rid of all of the green in your background, try selecting a different ‘Key Color’ with the eyedropper. Step 5 – Choose a setting – try aggressive!

Step 4 – Use the eyedropper to select the green Step 2-3 – add the Ultra Key effect to your clip Sometimes when shooting in front a green screen, a green reflection will make your subject appear slightly tinted green.

Use Spill Suppression to adjust the edge colors of your subject.

Choke will shrink the edges, while Soften will make the edges more fuzzy.

Use the Matte Cleanup options to affect the edges of your objects.

So shadows and highlights won’t be ‘keyed out’ until you make adjustments with the Matte Generation. Usually your green screen backdrop isn’t perfect.

Play with the numbers under Matte Generation until all the ‘noise’ is gone.

Use the Setting option to choose how aggressive the effect works.

You may have to try this a few times to get the best key.

Use the eyedropper to select the green color on your video frame (click somewhere near your subject).

Drop the Ultra Key effect onto your clip.

Add green screen footage to your sequence.

Both work in a similar way, but the Ultra Key is what I prefer to use. There is a basic Color Key and the Ultra Key. You will find them in the Effects tab, under Video Effects, and Keying. Watch and learn: Green Screen Editing TutorialĪdobe Premiere Pro has a solid set of tools to edit green screen footage with. Green is also easier to illuminate than other colors – so less light is needed to create a solid green backdrop with no shadows.

Green is also a color that cameras are very sensitive to. So you won’t worry about people showing up in a neon green shirt to work (see green screen fail below). Why use green? The semi-neon-green that is used in green screens is a color that is not common in nature. Your video editing software basically reads all of the data in your frame, and whatever pixels land in the chroma keyed color (could be green or really any color you want) are deleted. In post production, you use effects to remove the green parts of your video frame. How does green screen work? You position your subject in front of a green backdrop.

A common use of green screen is during weather forecasts. You think Hogwarts actually exists? I wish! Most of those backdrops and sets were completely digital. Most Hollywood films have some sort of video compositing. You’ve probably been watching chroma keyed video for a long time.

Video Chroma Key Backgrounds