Green Screen
What is a Green Screen?

A green screen or chroma key allows

Requirements
  • Windows 8.1 or 10
  • OSX
Instructions

Green Screen Tutorial - Beginner (OBS)

Please note that these instructions are provided for staff and students with a school issued device. Students with BYOD devices Click Here to download from OBSProject.

Steps
  1. Open Software Center.
  2. Click on OBS Studio to view more details and select Install.
  3. Once complete you will find OBS Studio in your Start Menu. Open OBS Studio.
  4. Once open remove the Display capture source by selecting it and clicking the minus button.
  5. To add a video source, click the plus icon and select video capture device
  6. Click OK.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Resize the webcam capture by dragging the corner of the red outline.
  9. Right click video capture device and select filters.
  10. Click the plus icon at the bottom of the effect filters box and apply a chroma key.
  11. Click OK.
  12. Click close.
  13. To add background elements click the plus icon in the sources tab and select media source for a video or image for a photo.
  14. Click OK.
  15. Click browse and find the desired file
  16. (if It’s a video) Click loop
  17. Click OK.
  18. Adjust the order of the sources to your heart's content by selecting a source and clicking the up and down arrows.
Green Screen Tutorial - Advanced (Premiere Pro)

For staff and students with BYOD devices please ensure that you Click Here to download the Adobe Creative Cloud launcher application from the Adobe website.

Steps
  1. Open Software center on your device.
  2. Click on Adobe Creative Cloud to view more details and select Install.
  3. Once complete you will find Adobe Creative Cloud in your Start Menu. Open Adobe Creative Cloud.
  4. Sign in with your learnlink information (Your account must be assigned an Adobe Creative Cloud license)
  5. Enter in your password.
  6. Install Adobe Premiere Pro from the Adobe Creative Cloud Launcher
  7. Open Adobe Premiere Pro and select New Project.
  8. Enter text into the field to name your project and click OK.
  9. Click File > New > Sequence
  10. Click the settings tab
  11. Click editing mode, scroll to the top of the list and select custom.
  12. Click timebase, scroll to the top of the list and select 30 frames/second.
  13. Click into the horizontal frame size box and type in 1280. Click into the vertical frame size box and type in 720.
  14. Click Pixel aspect ratio, scroll to the top of the list and select Square pixels.
  15. Click OK.
  16. Click the Assembly tab.
  17. Hit Ctrl + i to import media.
  18. Drag the imported media to the timeline.
  19. Click Keep existing settings.
  20. Click the Effects tab.
  21. Expand the Video effects folder in the Effects panel.
  22. Expand the Keying folder.
  23. Drag the Ultra key effect onto the desired clip in the timeline and watch it appear in the Effect controls panel in the upper left corner.
  24. Select the eyedropper tool.
  25. Click on the green screen in the preview panel and the green will disappear
  26. Hit Ctrl + i to import media to be placed underneath the keyed media.
  27. Drag the green screen video up one track on the timeline.
  28. Drag the newly imported media to the timeline below the green screen media.
  29. Done!