Weather Anchor Disappears During Forecast

It's not magic, but the use of something called a chroma key. 7NEWS Chief Meteorologist Mike Nelson shows what happens when you celebrate St. Patrick's Day on the weather set.

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• chroma
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[7NewsDenver]

Using a chroma key allows the weather anchor to stand in front of the weather map but not have the map show over his body.

[bassistguy]

Wow, I haven't seen Mike Nelson since 1991.  He was the chief meteorologist for KMOV channel 4 (CBS) here in St. Louis from 1985 to 1991. His personality definitely hasn't changed much!

[UnguidedProductions]

Glad to see someone have some fun for a change!

[troinquaker]

we had a reporter one time at my station come in a green skirt right before she was suppose to go on and she "keyed" out, we ended up having to shoot her tight from the waist up, it was so funny!

[bluejayforever2006]

Yeppers

[TwiggyMarshmallow]

lmfao. that was cool!!

[aliciabruce]

I have green knee-high socks and I was practicing at the station once and I had no legs, it was fun, haha.

[kdTV2Lvr]

this guy has a great on-air personality!

[kdTV2Lvr]

because some times the normal screen doesn't get picked up well by the cameras. also, i would imagine it's much easier and less expensive than getting a giant television monitor.

[bushslayer]

whats the point of having a green screen and superimposing the weather over it? Why not just have a normal screen playing the weather forecast and record that?