Video Editing on Linux 3 of 3 (Green Screen)
Posted on 03 July 2010 by Abidoon
Don’t forget to save this project! You can use it as a template for other videos when done. Put yourself into your blender creations or other videos / photos. No blue screen or green screen needed! Any solid-colored wall, paper, sheet or blanket will work fine, as long as it contrasts with skin and clothing. It should be a matte finish, not shiny, for best results. You can do alpha masking two videos, transparent overlays, node compositing, or matte keying, whatever you want to call changing the background of your video or making parts of a video transparent, using all free software (blender 3D and Linux). Now with annotations. Blender is cross-platform, too, so you can try it out on Windows. ATTTENTION Fedora users: The blender rpm (installed via yum) MAY NOT WORK for video editing. You will probably have to download blender with ffmpeg compiled in from blender.org Notice the grainy camera image? That’s CCD starvation from not enough light. Lighting is very important to minimize shadows on your backdrop. It’s too dark in here and I should also get a scrap of green fabric to pose in front of before doing this again, plus this camera is shit quality and I look like crap after studying for finals, but you get the idea. I will use this technique at some point, when I get better equipment. I made this video as a reminder. This tutorial uses the Color Difference Method. If you are using a real green screen, the Chroma Key Node Method may be easier to set up (though color …
Thanks. It’s basic but it got this newbie past the bumps I ran into in the official Blender tutorials.
@FirebrandNIRE Open-source, freedom of use, you won’t get sued no viruses lol need i say more?
i rather use imovie on mac. just drag and drop. finish! no more f10 or other buttons. but this has more functions though. nice tutorial.
This is SO helpful. thanks a million.
I won`t to be able to do this but it looks so complicated to me:(
Why do you think PiTiVi is the best? Programs like Kdenlive and Blender has way more features..
Quick responsive free, and every but of software (often better than windows eqiv) is free. Plus a great community to help you out.
What is it that is supposed to be great about Linux as opposed to Windows or Mac OS X? Just curious.
I’m completely clueless when it come to Linux
Thx
Hands down, Pitivi is the future of video editing on linux. It is the best and most user friendly video editing software on linux. Pitivi is the best video editor for linux no doubt about it.
Think that’s hard, what about the dudes that programmed all this. They must be in a league!
lol you are crazy this is way way to hard to follow and boring cya am going to look for other you all must be nords if you can do this lol
Great video
Awesome. I get the best comments. I think I’ll re-title this for a broader audience.
Thank you! This is one of the best green screen tutorials I’ve found.
Yes, blender can do HD. If you mean can I make the videos in HD, I plan on making future videos in HD. The parts are here for a better computer to do that. I just need to get the new system on there.
Can you render in an HD format for blender?
A white wall does work with this method, with some fine-tuning. This video was done with a white sheet, in fact. The eyes might show through, so the quality is not perfect. Green works better. Be sure not to be wearing the same color shirt!
will a plain white wall work for da “green screen”?
Thats alot of shit to do,but looks like it could be worth it though.
Extreemly useful tutorial – the technique that you outline here opens up huge possibilities. I use a lot of local colours in my work (local = ‘shadeless’) and I can see myself using this green screen effect a lot. Thankyou so much for this great tutorial.
It seems complicated but what you do is save your work so next time you just load it and it’s ready to go. It’s actually quite versatile. You can rig all kinds of effects together in the node editor.
My equipment was donated (no HD) so the whole production was free, I guess. It would do a much better job with a professional camera.
i did follow the whole thing but pretty good considering blender is free
final cut (mac)or sony vegas(windows) is better tho not free but so much easier for this simple effect
nice