Green screens are very popular nowadays, especially owing to the fact that the necessary video editing tools that allow the user to remove and edit composite videos are completely free. On the other hand, Camtasia, one of the most popular video editing tools among YouTubers, allows you to select the color you want to remove, giving you even more options. For example, Adobe After Effects allows you to smoothen out the green screen automatically with the Edge Feather tool. The two mentioned tools are free and useful, but there are many other paid tools that can help you remove the green/blue screen, give you even more options, and smoother user experience. When you’re satisfied with how things look, click the Apply button to apply the changes.

You can reposition the green or blue screen clip, you can drag it to a different spot in the clip, lengthen/shorten it, or drag it to a different clip. In the viewer section, you’ll see that the clip that was shot against the green/blue background will have the green/blue removed, replaced by the clip that you chose.

Look for video overlay controls and click the Video Overlay Settings button. Wait until the green Add icon (+) appears and then release the mouse button. Then, use the timeline to select a clip or range that you shot against the blue or green backdrop and then click + drag it, hovering above the clip. Adding a Green Screen Videoįirst of all, load a clip into the iMovie app. Here’s how to remove the green/blue screen from a video using iMovie. It is a fantastic app that gives you far more options than the above-mentioned VSDC Video Editor. IMovie is a free Apple app that has the option to use the green screen or the blue screen to feature another photo or a video. This will put that video in the first plan, and the photo/video that you placed where the green screen used to be will be placed behind it. Now, click on the original video, select Choose Order and then One layer up. Adding the Picture/Video to Replace the Green Screenĭo this by simply dragging the desired photo/video to the black space where the green screen was. If the green background is still there, navigate to the right-side menu and Chromakey color, select the eyedropper tool and click on the green screen area of your video.ģ.

The background in the video that used to be green should now be removed (black). Now, navigate to Video Effects in the upmost tray, select Transparency from the drop-down menu and select Background Remover. Here’s how to remove the green screen from a video with the VSDC Video Editor.įirst, add the desired video to the timeline by dragging it from its location folder to the left-side menu. Keep in mind that you’ll have to use a pure green background because it is the only one the free version of VSDC recognizes. VSDC was chosen because it’s a free video editor that features the Chroma Key (green screen) tool. Adding the Picture/Video to Replace the Green Screen

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