Chroma Key

    Green screen doesn’t suck, you just suck at green screen – Here’s why and how to fix it
    Nov 22, 2022 John Aldred

    Shooting on a green screen has become far more common these days. Green screens are cheap and readily available. Most video editing software, not to…

    How to clean up fuzzy edges and colour spill from your green screen video footage
    Jun 22, 2020 John Aldred

    Taran Van Hemert is one of the editors at Linus Tech Tips. With the number of videos he pumps out every week, it’s a pretty…

    Five top tips for pulling better keys from your green screen footage
    May 24, 2019 John Aldred

    Green screening (also called chroma keying) is a very useful skill to have when shooting video. Even if you’re not using an actual grey screen,…

    Is 4:2:2 video worth it? Can you even tell the difference over 4:2:0?
    Feb 18, 2019 John Aldred

    The difference between 4:2:2 and 4:2:0 along with 8-bit vs 10-bit was a hot discussion back when the Panasonic GH5 was announced. It was the…

    How to make your own DIY portable green screen with PVC pipe and a pillow case
    Apr 19, 2018 John Aldred

    If you don’t quite have the budget to kill off green screen yet, or perhaps even the budget for a proper green screen, there are…

    This 62 year old “Grandma” became a YouTube star after teaching herself how to green screen
    May 4, 2017 John Aldred

    Tatiana Subbotina, from Saint Petersburg, Russia, started making videos in 2013 while living in Thailand. The videos were aimed at children. But then she decided…

    Adobe’s new deep learning tech might make green screen keying obsolete
    Mar 22, 2017 John Aldred

    An Adobe Research paper titled Deep Image Matting, might just put an end to green and blue screen techniques. Adobe collaborated with the Beckman Institute for…

    5 Tips for lighting a green screen for a clean key
    Dec 2, 2016 John Aldred

    One would think that lighting up a green screen would be similar to working with something like a white seamless backdrop. But there are a…

    The Olympic tennis court is a giant green screen and the Internet has noticed
    Aug 18, 2016 John Aldred

    It’s always amusing when something shown on TV includes something ripe for chroma keying. This time around, it’s the Rio 2016 men’s singles tennis final…

    How to light up a green screen for a perfect key and seamless compositing
    May 23, 2016 John Aldred

    Setting up a green screen to record footage of a subject that will be cut out and composited into another background has become commonplace these days.  What…