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. That was quick and easy green screen tutorial to create a green screen effect! Now that you’ve got this chroma key business down, go out there and make some super cool videos.You’ve probably been watching chroma keyed video for a long time. ? Step 5: Enjoy your green screen effect! When you mask around your video subjects movement, then be sure to play the clip though several times to ensure you don’t mask out any of the subject. If your green screen clip does have some stray green lines in the video itself, try to create a “mask” around your video clip. If the video was recorded with less than even lighting, then the “green” color of the back drop may be slighting different shades of green all around the video clip. You might see them green hairs around your video clip because of the light distribution from the clip itself. This usually gives the best results, but if not then play around with the different options and see which works best. You want the green screen video clip to have a blend mode of “normal”. Quick Tip: Ensure the correct “blend mode” is set to get your green screen effect with the best results. At least everywhere the bright green color was not of course! Once you select the green color, your green screen clip should now appear to have a transparent background on the screen. Then select anywhere on your green screen video where that bright green color is. The easiest way is to click on the little eye dropper icon for the “Key Color” option. Now you have to set the color key to that cinematic green color on your video clip. In the “Effect Controls” panel, you will see the new ultra key effect added. It goes into some nice details if that’s the sort of thing you are looking for. Learn more: To learn more about the “ultra key” effect for Adobe Premiere Pro, check out the Adobe information page here. Once you find the ultra key effect, drag and drop it onto the green screen video on the timeline.
Locate your “Effects” panel and search for “ultra key”. You should see a white outline around the clip. Now that the green screen clip is on your timeline, click on the clip in the timeline to select it. This will add just the video clip to the timeline. In the center of this new “Source” panel, click and drag the grey video reel icon to your timeline. This will open the video clip for viewing. Method 2: (no audio option): In the Project panel, double click on the little video reel icon on the video file itself. Unless that’s what you want, in which case go nuts. So make sure you place the clip in a good video/audio track that does not overwrite your existing project audio. Keep in mind that this will add both the video and audio from the green screen clip to the timeline. Method 1 (with audio option): Drag and drop the video clip onto the timeline to your desired placement. Then add the clip to the timeline using one of these methods, depending on if you want to keep the green screen clip’s audio: Select the rough desired time on the timeline where you want the clip to be. Once your green screen video clip was imported to your project, you can add it to the timeline. Step 2: Add your green screen video to the timeline For this green screen tutorial, I am using a YouTube subscribe button video animation. Then browse over to your green screen video you are trying to add the effect to.
Step 1: Open your project and import green screen videoĪfter you have your Adobe Premiere Pro project open, import your green screen video into your project by right clicking on the project panel and clicking on “Import”.
Looking for a Adobe Premiere Pro tutorial on how to export transparent video backgrounds instead? Checkout our tutorial here for it.