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How to Make a Cheap Green Screen - In Just 30 Seconds

video How to Make a Cheap Green Screen - In Just 30 Seconds

Just a quick tutorial I did to go along with my chroma keying video =)

14 comments

Nov 4, 2010. 10:18 AMAJ21 says:

why is it private

Apr 11, 2010. 5:10 PM

VinceJDJ says:

Can you let me see the video please?
I went on youtube and it said it's private.

Nov 5, 2009. 9:24 AMfredfred1112 says:

now i need to find out how to use it

Oct 10, 2009. 10:50 AMmmould03 says:

Excellent idea! A cheap, easy way to see if you want to get into Chroma Key projects at the very least and also a cheap and easy way to take your CK backdrop where ever you need to go.

Sep 4, 2009. 5:31 PMHamb0 says:

That actually made me laugh so much, I weed a little bit.

Aug 20, 2009. 2:52 AMry25920 says:

Nice, I've seen these in the store.. but never thought they could be used for chroma key. By the way... What software are you using?

Aug 20, 2009. 8:21 AMTheGimpAddict (author) says:

Well, for this video I used After Effects, but you could use Sony Vegas, or iMovie.

Aug 20, 2009. 10:02 AMmorareduard says:

you have some green spill around the edges try increasing the threshold and the blur amount

Aug 20, 2009. 10:34 AMTheGimpAddict (author) says:

Yea, If it was for a personal project that had a lot of chroma keying, I would have done it better, but since the clip is only like 3 seconds I didn't make it perfect ;)

Aug 23, 2009. 6:20 PM

yokozuna says:

Quick, easy solution, and one of the better 30 second contest entries. However, for really high quality greenscreen you need to actually paint a wall, and better backlighting will help you get rid of the ghosting effect morareduard is talking about.

Aug 23, 2009. 6:33 PMTheGimpAddict (author) says:

Thanks, I was aware of how to make a more professional green screen, but for this video I just wanted a way to make a green screen that was simple, and cheap.