How to do green screen in iMovie

[dzubztv]

Please put the volume up on this video

[Matthew20936]

Can you do this with no extra software.

[22perezl]

Hey im doing a claymation video and i want to use the green screen so i can put a video but i dont know how to do it can someone help me?.... I have some idea of how to do it but i dindt work the image was bad ?

[lilfobbs19]

When i drag my video clip on top of the picture it only has three options - Replace, Insert, and audio only. There is no green screen any suggestions?

[tannishan1]

@lilfobbs19 I had this same trouble. Click on Imovie and then on preferences and then click on display advanced options. Hope this helps.

[SpaceMountanDisneyLa]

@MrKyshap it's effect not affect

[MrKyshap]

theres no green screen affect

[jmalone73]

is this for imovie 09?



[davisfontanes]

my picture looks Xray it's not working :(

[PaidAmateur]

Like if you have an iMac!

[MrYorgo10]

oh thnaks now İ can use this properly on my brickfilms and check em out by clicking on my name here somewhere

[lowkeyneon]

does imovie 11 have this feature still?

[LPSWinxstella1234]

It helps alot

[ThunderChicken12]

Everything was great until 3:30

[KevinFilmMaster]

I wish this was in iMovie '08...

[swaterman13]

I tried this, but the video blends in with the background is hard to see. Any ideas on how to fix this? The green screen is brand new, I have imovie 11, shooting students doing book reviews; they have no green clothing on. Thanks!

[EROCK055]

what happens if when u drag ur footage over the back round but no green screen option come up????

[livesuperman]

@EROCK055 To turn on Advanced Tools, click iMovie>Preferences from the iMovie menu at the top of the screen. Click the General tab, then select the checkbox next to Show Advanced Tools. You will notice that several new buttons appear on your iMovie toolbar after you activate Advanced Tools.

[EROCK055]

@livesuperman u know what i figurd that out like right after i asked the question, but thanks anyway! good advice

[Texasoutback]

Do you have to have a specific software for this

[asinaph0509]

@TrickyOne3, it doesn't have to be green. It can be green or blue. But it has to be one of those colors

[Wnavidoster]

i dont have that option but i do have imovie 09

[footballss70]

@Wnavidoster make sure you have advanced options on.

[0725drsarah]

can you do this with imovie 11?

[fireflie2010]

@0725drsarah yes you can

[voidlam]

Q_Q Why does Windows Movie Maker suck so bad :'l

[benmulpeter1]

Thanks its so simple i taught it was harder than that.

[jasonhammermellet]

Stupid question for you. Does the green screen have to be green? Can it be a white wall? I don't have a green wall or blanket or spray paint or whatever.

[eat1eric]

Youre wrong i just tried it. you must have a different version

[kklym124]

can u do this on ipod?

[kenzie0908000]

the little menu never comes up

[kenzie0908000]

it doesn't ask me those options when i drop it onto of the other pik

[TechnologyReviewerz]

This looks like imovie 11. I have it and the green screen affects work flawlessly.

[harrietchoff]

i have imovie 09 but when i drag and drop green screen footage ontop i dont have an option for replace green screen???

[rochelucks26]

What iMovie is This ?

[azrinabdullahsani]

GOD BLESS YOU

[jjmatuz99]

would white backround work or does it have to be green?

[TrickyOne3]

@jjmatuz99 Has to be green.

[RandomTaraHannah]

@jjmatuz99 It can be white, thats why they call it a green screen

[Phooth]

@jjmatuz99 has to be green

[Purbinder03]

@jjmatuz99 yes it will. it cant be a wall though,as they usually has spots and stains on them.

[Jonwsm]

@Purbinder03 I dont like the sound of your house. ;-)

[babydylanAT]

I'm trying to green screen for a project I have to do, I bought a 20$ green screen off a website, but when I drag it in iMovie the green screen option doesn't come up, is this because its too dark?

[Zenitune]

like if you are a macbook and you're from the future.

[j2cool2]

That is so cool! I completely forgot that feature was in there. i wish I had remembered when had put together a video I made this summer. Thx for sharing. For once a YouTube recommendation has not annoyed the existence of being but actually helped. ha ha-once-....still annoying. ha ha But you're how-to rocks!

[jscottevest]

@j2cool2 You are very welcome, happy to help.

[surfs1man]

like if you have a macbook and you love it!

[greggieguygood]

how much for the coat, how much for the coat, well my green screening attempts, hmmm i was working with Iphoto only and draggging clips in from desk, I guess the real way is with Imovie... hmmm. I just wanted the clip in imovie back to iphoto... now you want me to learn the right way to do it... hmmm yeah green mac user figuring this bitch on his own, good vid, its so easy if you were here tho, I know, best you can thanks

[KyleInTheSummer]

It doesn't give me the options to do that. Please help?

[sayisakindof]

thank you ^_^

[ampRiser]

This iz Great !! thanks for the vidz...

[dreamkidproductions]

Can blue screens work too??

[joenes96]

@dreamkidproductions yes

[j2cool2]

@dreamkidproductions I know I'm not the person u r asking so I hope you don't mind my answering since I'm here n just watch the vid 2. It should work. The only difference is the screen color (green or blue) has to be distinctive enough and high enough in contrast from the subject matter to be separated successfully. If not, it will not work. Green works best because of its high contrasting color. Blue has been known 2 work 2 provided it's the right the shade of blue.

[tukoart]

Is this made in IMOVIE 2008???? is this an advance version of IMOVIE???????? let me know!!!

[MrRajman2000]

great

[neondusk60]

I CANT HEAR YOU!!!!

[TheWorldofJordan]

@neondusk60 AYE AYE CAPTAIN!!!!

[hungrykillerspoon]

@TheWorldofJordan OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[RTpatrick09]

what did u use for the dummy beneath the coat?

[Kihigorak]

@mrtito1231 no it does not, sadlu

[dawnsteg]

does it work in imovie 11?

[KingOFilms]

@dawnsteg yes

[kayzkayzi]

Thank you so much it helped me save lots of money but don't you need to put something in iMovie to program it to work right?!? :/

[MrTito1231]

Does this work in IMovie 08 please reply

[ethanrox1000]

ur computer is slow what do you have

[XxSwirlyGoodnessxX]

When i drop it, it only says insert, cancel, audio only, and replace, how can i fix this?

[sleepy9cat]

@XxSwirlyGoodnessxX you have to enable the advanced option. To do that, you just open preference and enable "show advanced Tool's"

Hope it helped

[XxSwirlyGoodnessxX]

@sleepy9cat

Awww Thanks It Did Help <3!

[WinnieLautnerRAWR]

Does the green of the green screen hav to be a certain color?

[tinkman98]

@WinnieLautnerRAWR if you choose the green screen option yes, but there is a blue screen option that works with a blue background also. you can also use a bright color like pink or yellow to but for best results use green.

[LPSStoneProductions]

@WinnieLautnerRAWR no any color of green will work

[SuperSimlish]

@999mads It's Mac only ;)

[999mads]

Help please! I have a homemade Green screen but i dont have a Mac computer. Are there programs for Windows? I All ready have tryed Sony Vegas Pro 10

[HashtagZak]

that was a great tutorial, i wasn't sure if i could use green screen with imovie. thanks

[Louispook]

Do you need final cut to do this ??

[XxHatedAtheistxX]

@Louispook

This is iMovie, not FInal Cut. He is doing all this in the program iMovie...hence the title.

[ilifeaddict1]

thanks man you were heaps of help :]

[KrazyPuffball21]

Everytime I do it, my head is al fuzzy and I was wondering did I do it wrong or is it in the settings? If you could answer that’ll be great!

[nickmullins5]

@KrazyPuffball21 what you have to do is go to prefrences and click addvanced prefrences. that should do it

[KrazyPuffball21]

where did you get the green screen?

[2good4utyra]

@KrazyPuffball21

u could use a simple green blacket, large paper, or even a green wall

[XxHatedAtheistxX]

@johnthehoser

You're welcome. :)

[XxHatedAtheistxX]

@johnthehoser

If I'm not mistaken, you click on the "iMovie" tab, then click preferences and select "show advanced tools"

Or hit command comma (,) to get it right away.

[jorge2mac]

you can add a cross fade transition to the background BUT how can you do a cross fade on the green screen layer (on the movie that you dragged from the event library ) ???

because i want to do cross fade on BOTH background AND greens screen movie, because when i start with a cross fade at the beginning of the movie i have a nice fade in of the background but then suddenly I have a HARD pop up (cut in) of the green screen layer... anyone knows a workaround or solutions ?

thx a lot guys !

[piaxcarla]

omg thankyou so much <3

[KenanVideos]

WTF? that's sweet as. But I don't like iMovie

[gymnast5281]

Okay thanks so much,

[999mads]

nice

[gymnast5281]

What version is this

[ColemanCullinanFilms]

@gymnast5281 it's 09

[gymnast5281]

Thank you!!!!!

[BroadwayAddams]

THANK YOU

[TheOceanLabyrinth]

how can u put a camera in so u can see the imovie thing?!!

[Wordsneverlast]

thank you so much :) this really helped i thought it was green screen video then add picture on it (:

[thesk8rdude09]

thank you so much!

[ItsGoodToSing]

like if you really want a macbook and u dont have one

[thesk8rdude09]

@ItsGoodToSing nah, i have one.. lol

[ItsGoodToSing]

@thesk8rdude09 Lol , lucky@

[ItsGoodToSing]

@thesk8rdude09 how much is the macbook pro laptop?

[thesk8rdude09]

@ItsGoodToSing the macbook pro is about $2,500 but i would get the macbook because it's cheaper and it's just as good. the macbook is about $999 plus tax and stuff so its about $1,200

[ItsGoodToSing]

@thesk8rdude09 Okay thanks !

[sahlertz8]

@ItsGoodToSing They are worth it!

[Girfie]

heyyy if u onlyy had a green piece of paper wud tht work 2.?? ^.^.??! lol

[Skilhgt]

@Girfie Yes

[bubbasbuddy1]

get on with it!!!!!!!!!

[ARandomPersonsVideos]

I only get replace insert and delete in my menu when I drag a clip onto another (on a photo)?

How do I get the other options?

[Crazyman1569]

@ARandomPersonsVideos Imovie>preferences>show advanced tools

[wagspike]

this helped me so much thx

[TheWildBubble]

Where can i download free iMovie or Sony Vegas for XP ?  Please answer or is there anything else for XP ?

[WalkAloneMedia]

@TheWildBubble can't

[CanCemo]

@TheWildBubble Maybe Thepiratebay, But i don't know it's For XP

[TxGGamingNL]

@TheWildBubble go buy a mac

[technogeek526]

@TheWildBubble an upgrade to windows 7

[FailFilmProductions]

can you change what color it replaces?

[bettyadambrush]

where do you get grenscreens

[sk8eroz]

@bettyadambrush you can search them up and buy them, or make them yourself with cardboard(light green recomended)

[bettyadambrush]

@sk8eroz

thanks

[JoeWazzington]

@bettyadambrush you can get them at amazon.com

[bettyadambrush]

@JoeWazzington

thanks

[nbi00]

It didn't come up with those options when I did it

[jkmesh]

@nbi00 Hold down command then press the comma button. Click the "Show advanced tools".

[jabbawockeez78]

thanks.

[AGag47]

Thanks for the video. I love home grown how-to videos that actually make sense:)



[graphicgiraffe]

Yeah but, most watching still need a HD camera, a tripod and a green wall LOL

[PisolMan]

Wow... seems a lot easier and better than any Vegas chroma keying

[LancellotProductions]

does the green part of the greenscreen have to be green? or could you use a plain wall in your house thats the color yellow, or red for example...

[AcaRox1234567]

@LancellotProductions Yes, the background needs to be green or blue.

[LuckyGameing]

@jscottevest were did you get the imovie, did you buy it from itunes or somewere else ?

[AcaRox1234567]

@LuckyGameing The iMovie comes whit a Mac, for free.

[LuckyGameing]

@AcaRox1234567 ya i shortly figured that out after i searcherd for it on google, is there another program like it for windows ?

[AcaRox1234567]

@LuckyGameing Yes, Sony Vegas

[Quick2000]

I thought this was about, how to place the green screen affect into a movie, but this seems to be, how to take green screen type footage and add something cool in the background.

[spykewitwicky]

What about adding transitions between two green screened clips? Whenever I do this, it will only show the background during the transition.

[MoviesFromG]

Thank you sooo much. I had no idea how to do this. I'm faving this cuz I loved it so much.

[ziadsoliman1]

can you do it with a blue sheet?

[TheWebkinzlover1997]

@ziadsoliman1 Maybe!

[MRCOBUSCUS]

my green screen comes out all pixelated and ugly, did u us an hd cam

[rsnoob98]

@MRCOBUSCUS at first mine was like that to. But all you have to do is to have a pretty straight (not wrinkly) green screen and good lighting. If the lighting's not good the quality is not good. And u dont want to have a shadow cause then it looks wierd. And u dont have to have a very good camera. I have a MacBook with isight camera and it works very good.

[ncrailfan]

Very cool video!

[Kiddcinema17]

@ItsMrBigfence how did you fix it?

[x3kaaylaa]

how come it turns out black and white (inverted) when I put it in. SOMEONE HELP D;

[TheAnnafisher]

Cool thanks!



[BrockTheBrick]

Instead of green screen, will it let do another colour such as red screen or blue screen, or in my case, white screen.

[Rickyinhollywood]

thank you very much

[KillaryClinton]

Dude, your awesome. I -3 ur video.

[tobalishus21]

to activate green screen you have to go into preferences, and click advanced

[TheJDSpoofs]

when i drag my video on the picture all that shows up is like insert replace it doesnt say green screen anywhere

[TheAppleWorldBlog]

@TheJDSpoofs press "cmd" and "," (preferences and flag "show advanced menu")

[xoxofashiondiva]

i didnt this last week and it worked and now my actual project is due and it doesnt work anymore...wtf?! someone help..

[12macuser]

Can u take to movies both with green screen and put them both together so you have 2 of urself in one movie?

[jakobblockhead]

Well, I need a little help here. I want to place a green screen on this but it aint working! I place it over it but.... half of that menu shoes up 1:35 :P Can you help me?

[jms4323]

u kno u dont have to have an accuatly have to have a greenscreen

[MoTechNews]

@jms4323 What do you need then?

[SuspectIGraff2o3]

@jscottevest so the computer auto knows that theres a green screen and where did you get yours?

[xaayer]

I put it in but the green from the green screen becomes dark black and what I want to be seen becomes transparent... :/ help!

[drwhotoyreviewer11]

my face is blury with blue screen do u know y?

[ShakSterTV]

thanks bro!!

[Uppy999]

Great video. Clear and brief. Thanks man.

[moufaya]

this a mac or mac pro ?

[AnisasBluePrint]

thank u so much!!

[devin6300]

does any shape of green work?

[inwardkickflip47]

Can you put your own pictures in the background

[wonderwall135]

@ariadnacomas agreed. i have to turn up the volume a lot!

[wonderwall135]

is it possible to play a video on the green screen? like something going on in the background with a subject that's actually in front of the camera?

[Manzercorp]

thanx!!! I just wishI had a better greenscreen... lol

[Tailsfizzy1]

Where do you get a green screen from? can you just make it out of a green sheet?

[devin6300]

i have imovie 09 and when u drag it into the background at 1:30 i dont have the green screen option i only have like 3 options did you have to upgrade it??