Accurate green screen removal in photoshop

http://www.photoshopgreenscreen.com

A very easy way to remove a green screen in Photoshop and keep all of the detail in the foreground. This is great for working around detailed hairlines.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• photoshop
• tutorial
• green
• screen
• chroma
• key
• chromakey
• image
• isolation
• extraction
• removal
• portrait
• digital
• photography
• photo
• picture
• backdrop
• background
• eraser
• hair

[celtic5764]

Your video has been very helpful. I was wondering if you might know of any places I can get some free digital backdrops / backgrounds Well thanks again.

[pixelsmiles]

@celtic5764

Click on the link to website in the video description. There is a free plugin to create your own digital backdrops in photoshop.

[pixelsmiles]

Yes, it works (it obviously worked for the photo in the video). I've extracted thousands of images this way. You must not have your green screen lighting correct (or be using a green screen at all).

[wintercarlisle]

Yes it's locked, the brush write exactly where it should, the only problem is that it writes in white-grey rather than in the color picked. I even tried with different background colors, no way... A screenshot could help? Thank you for your help.

[pixelsmiles]

Maybe you could post a video response so I could see what you are talking about. I really can't say what is going on without seeing it. If you have Windows, there is a free screen recorder called Cam Studio that you can download.

[wintercarlisle]

It worked greatly to me until a couple of days ago...after that moment, when I use the brush in color mode, rather than adjusting with the color picked, a white/grey line appears. Surely I messed up something, but I can't figure out what. I even tried restoring PS default settings, but it's still not working. Do you have any idea about what is the option I'm forgetting to check? Thank you very much in advance.

[pixelsmiles]

I'm not quite sure what is happening.

Do you have the lock transparency button checked?

[dashcommand]

The first video I have seen on this topic that actually does it the right way.

[BloemChick]

Thanks!!!! For the details explanation... MUCH appreciated.... ;)

[SimonBirchArmCrosser]

I used this over at my alternate channel MidgetSpeaks, thanks for the tips!

[KemiteSound]

Excellent explanation and great tips. Well done production! I will be recommending your work.

[NitsanPictures]

That's totally awesome! Thanks for the tips!

[harianasibnusina]

Really nice tutorial! This is what I've been looking for...

[RosariaDF]

This was so so helpful, thanks!

[Gosomer386]

Thank you, you made my photoshop work so much easier.

[COcraig75]

Thank you so much!!  Great pace and explanation. Really nice tricks!

[xDSxGabo]

Thank you very much!

[ip19721]

This is absolutely awesome

[Zapperzappy]

if you are not looking for perfect results, i would recommend using the chroma key tool, photoshop removes the colour for you in about 5 secs