Green Screen

rtravel · Post by **rtravel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:06 pm

I have been looking around Video Studio Pro X2 and do not see if it will work with green screen recording. Does anyone know about this.

If it does please let me know how to access this area.

If it does not any suggestions.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:45 pm

Yes. VS refers to it as chroma-keying.

rtravel · Post by **rtravel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:04 pm

Thank you. So I do not have to look at other software.

Is there a tutorial some where?

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:17 pm

Hi

From Video Studio Press F1 for help, search for Chroma Key.

Also do a search of the forum data base.

There is a ¡¥video product tutorial¡¦ section which may include some Chroma Key info.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:18 pm

Hi
No need for any other softeware
Can't find a tutorial but it is very straightforward.
Put a video clip onto the video track of the timeline. Then put your "Green screen" clip into the first overlay track of the timeline.Right click on that clip and you can make the clip fill the screen if you wish. To the right you will see the "Attributes" tag. It might aleady be open, if not click it. You will then see "Apply overlay options". Click the check box and in the drop down box make sure "Chroma Key" is selected. Use the eyedropper to choose your chroma color, or that you wish to become transparent. You can adjust the similarity to the chosen color to get a really accurate result. Job done
John

rtravel · Post by **rtravel** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:28 pm

John,
Thank you you presented the process very completely and understandable.

Now I need to set up the green screen and try. I am liking this software more and more.

This forum is just great and the people who are here a big thank you.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:37 pm

rtravel
How did your Green Screen project go. Thought you might be interested in this link as it is a very good example of using the Chroma Key:
http://www.cornishqld.com/
It is from this thread:
http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php ... 9112e5cbeb

rtravel · Post by **rtravel** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:29 pm

Thank you

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:36 pm

Also, check out Videomaker.com. Just type in "green screen" or "chroma key" in the Search box for lots of tips. It's not VS specific, but great tips about lighting, effects, etc.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:32 pm

Link regarding chroma keying with VideoStudio:
http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?p=156086#156086
Also half way down this thread
Decoration

rtravel · Post by **rtravel** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:40 pm

Thank you for the very valuable information. I spent much to much time on the videomaker site. The amount of videos they have are very informative.

The other thread on the corel site was also very helpful.

I see what some of my problems have been after watch these videos and reading the articles.

My question now is.
It seems that there are more robust green screen software over what VS pro 2 can do. Should I invest in one of these and then place the clip in VS?

I have seen software that has many more options for chrom keying.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:01 pm

It is certainly a viable option. I guess it depends on what you want to do.

rtravel · Post by **rtravel** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:03 pm

From what you can tell I am a novice with all of this.

Do you have any suggestions on green software.

I am not looking for the most professional and at the same time something that might be a little more robust then VS. And of course not spending hundreds.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:26 am

Before you go off spending more money, consider that if one member can produce very good results with VS then it would suggest that there is another cause for you not being able to produce a like effect! I would guess that it is more likely to be the lighting as that is mentioned everywhere as the most critical element. How about trying this. Find the frame that has the most green pixels left after applying the chroma key and then locate the same frame on the clip before the chroma key was added. Then save that frame as a still image using the bitmap format not jpeg. Then try the chroma key effect on that still image and see if that still shows lots of green pixels. Perhaps you could attach that bmp file to the forum and others could try the chroma key on it to see if we all get the same result. This is what I would do if I was in your position but if anyone thinks that this is a daft idea please say so as I may well have missed out a vital element.