How to Green Screen (6 Easy Steps)

Learn how to use a green screen in just 6 easy steps! With this simple tutorial, you'll be able to create professional-looking videos with awesome backgrounds in no time.

From setting up your green screen to editing your footage, we'll guide you through each step of the process. Whether you're a beginner or looking to up your video production game, this tutorial will teach you everything you need to know about using a green screen. Get ready to take your videos to the next level!

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00:00 - Intro
01:46 - Get a Green Screen
03:21 - Light the Screen
03:53 - Plan your Shots
04:18 - Place your Subject
05:38 - Shoot Your Shot
06:31 - Chromakey

[schwartzbrothersmedia]

Another tip: Shoot with a higher shutter speed to reduce motion blur and sharpen the edges. You can add motion blur in post.

[mopic]

Great video Jake!
But a few things to fix next time.
First, a light for your green screen that sits above the top of the GS is recommended. (helps with the spill)
2. Premiere does not have advanced tools for keying, AE has a lot more like Keylight and Advanced spill suppression so try use them next.
3. U said it yourself, the lighting has to match the video below the subject, so if the train station got lights from the sealing... light the subject with no diffusion and not from the side.
Also for darker scenes, try use a blue screen, it gives you much more pleasing darker spill outlines and works much better in the dark than green.

[roo]

If you reading this, have a good day and be safe. God bless you 🙏🏻

[kholaaagain]

Love how you used an African American subject. Our skin is often hard to. Edit when it comes to color correction. Thank you.

[fluump.]

Just useful info. Nothing else. Thank you.

[WesleyProductions]

😂Ok, how did you get that dog to act in that intro ??

[johnniejohnson]

Just in time. Was needing clear and concise tips for getting this done. Great job Jake!

[RickyBobber]

"Have some friends hold them steady" me with no friends 😒

[TomMedia]

This is an awesome tutorial, totally steps up my production game!

[GerardoJMendozaManuel]

Best green screen tutorial I´ve watched up to now. Thanks for the great content!

[ryanjase]

Lighting the green screen is the most tricky task. I learned how to deal with this issue after watching your video for which I am very thankful to you. In order to create video tutorials, these green screen are doing a great job for me and contributed much towards my pay-per-view earnings on StreamingVideoProvider. Thanks again man!

[raptorbeatsmusic]

Thank you for your great easy and well presented tuition videos. I have upgraded from CS5.5, and oh boy - what a learning curve!

[Lon.BedStuyforLife]

I've learned so much about video editing in under 11 minutes! Thank you! 👍🏽💯🤗

[electrichydra]

this is by far one of the most helpful videos I've ever seen. Breaking down what each of the sliders do in premiere helps a lot!

[DerTypOfficial]

Good Tips, and good video, thank's for that.
But... one aditional tip here ;-) Always make sure that you film your foreground objekt in the same perspective than your background has been shot. Unless you want to look your front object look extremly big or small. In case of the Subway shot, you filmed the guy in a lower angle than the Background was shot, so the Guy look unnatural big.
Also you should match the Horizon of both, the foreground and the background. Otherwise you'll destroy the illusion.

[CH-rscm]

Awesome opening, perfect example of the endless possibilities. 😁

[davidphilipleasure]

This was so amazingly helpful. Learned more in three minutes than I have so far in film school.

[mwarnken]

great walk through! thank you! the thing that i think you missed though is to first study the lighting scheme of your background and light the subject accordingly as much as possible... with the lighting being from the upper left of the shot the kid in the subway needed a softer type of lighting and a shadow on his left side and the bulk of the light would be from above putting his shoes in dimmer lighting... but still, very nicely done!

[myjaebrown]

Am I the only one that laughed that that goofy ass dance 😂 never saw it coming or I’m just high asf rn GOOD VIDEO 🤞🏼

[CreativeThinking]

Absolutely amazing!! Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. 👍