Chroma Key and Videomerge in Premiere Elements 15

[@emodemosvideos]

Fast and easy, great video. I'm still using Premiere Elements 15 to edit. I have Davinci Resolve but Elements is so easy that I still use it.

[@beanburrito2775]

thank you so much! i’ve been using premiere elements for a while and never thought you can chroma key until i looked it up and found your video.

[@alexkairis3927]

Thanks bud! It's difficult to find tutorials for Elements. I mean, I should be using Resolve by now but I've worked with Elements for years, I don't feel like giving 'Dobe any more subscriptions. I appreciate you helping me save time.

[@MidwestPicker]

Awesome, thank you

[@toongirl007]

I have characters with a blue color scheme & somehow the greenscreen makes it look all distorted & takes the colors out, I tried the Chroma Key effect & it fixes that issue so thanks for this tutorial!

[@TuberKMT]

Very informative! Thanks!

[@fluxcapacitor1621]

You da man!

[@datadesign5260]

Nice, Steve. I did not know about videomerge..

[@jattmonsoongaming]

nice job explaining everything!

[@Seamstressed]

Videomege didn't work for me, but chromakey was perfect. Thank you!!!

[@1drhnsd1]

Did you create the green screen mp4 video using Premiere Elements? If yes, how did you do it - with an actual green screen background or did you remove a background from the video and convert it to green? (if you did the later, can you tell us how you did it?)

[@sgrisetti]

I shot it in front of a green screen. In this case I just used an large sheet of poster board (emerald green) I bought from Michael's. Larger screens and sheets are available from Amazon and other retailers.

[@josedomingos6761]

Very informative

[@Jacklambourn]

Top video, thanks a bunch! Green life here we come

[@josedomingos6761]

I'm Daniel I from Brazil. Thanks for video

[@sgrisetti]

Obrigada, Daniel!

[@cpl5000]

It hard to believe that they still haven't added the green screen effect for Mac in 2021 version. I just tried the videomerge feature as described in this video. It started out okay, but then flitted in and out during the same clip. Lots of weird flashing around. Same clip was seamless using the green screen effect in iMovie. Any suggestions?

[@sgrisetti]

I've always found Videomerge to work at least as good and often better than Chroma Key. I don't know what to recommend besides that. Sorry.

[@joshuarusty6845]

Very Helpful! thanks a bunch

[@iquitajandyt7006]

Ty this will help a lot!!!

[@susanpantelis8295]

GREAT!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

[@Tangobaldy]

Im trying this tomorrow.

[@CookingLessonsforDad]

I hope to try this sometime soon!

[@moniquemachielse6483]

Cooking Lessons

[@markmywordsreviewchannel3860]

Thanks for the video. Very helpful!!. I was mostly successful but my image on the video looks very pixelated with green. Is that fixed with better lighting?

[@sgrisetti]

Probably. As I say, the better your green screen shot, the cleaner your key composite shot will be.

[@WAICICOL]

GREAT VIDEO! But, the effect only works for a few seconds. Then, it turns black and transparent even if I have the background. What shoud I be doing wrong?

[@sgrisetti]

I don't know why that would happen. But if you want to post your question to our free Community Forum at Muvipix.com com we'll be glad to help you troubleshoot your issue.

[@gameoholic1994]

I have Elements 14. I guess it doesn’t even HAVE this feature.

[@sgrisetti]

If you have your Premiere Elements 14 for Windows, you certainly do have it.

[@Bluefairy513]

If you render yur footage into a preliminary version to add more to, the Videomerge does not come across. The green screen is right there. This is maddening!

[@sgrisetti]

I have no idea what you're saying, Susan. But if you'll post your question to our free Community Forum at Muvipix.com we'll be glad to help you work through what's going on.

[@zacharyschwanke7080]

@Steve Grisetti im using a green screen suit for a my green screen and the green screen suit will be moving with the person in it and when i use the video merge on my mac it just turns the green color black is there a way to make it invisible ?

[@sgrisetti]

What is on the video track below your green screen clip? As this tutorial shows, you need to have a background on a lower video track or transparent will look black.

[@zacharyschwanke7080]

@@sgrisetti i have it on a lower track but it still shows up black :( green screen hasn't been working for me and I'm using a green screen suit

[@supersaiyanbro]

For me the video merge leaves alot of spots where you still see the greensceen

[@sgrisetti]

You can control the tolerance and even define the key color. But it may be that your greenscreen shot just isn't clearn enough. If you'd like to discuss it more, you can post your question to our free Community Forum at Muvipix.com and we'll help you work through it.

[@RozitaVideo]

Is it possible to superimpose over another video if I used a black screen instead of green or blue? I have a Mac and Elements 15. I have tried several options, including various mattes. All I can do is make garbage mattes. Videomerge was no help. I ended up with tiny bits and pieces of the background video coming through the black background. I wanted to superimpose a singer over the other video, not put him in a box!

[@sgrisetti]

The problem with using a black screen is that EVERYTHING that is black in your video is going to become transparent. That's why green and blue is most often used for key shots. Green and blue are not colors found in human skin and hair (usually). As I said in the tutorial, you need a good key shot in order to get a good key effect. That means a good, smooth, well-like green or blue background.

[@kemzy479]

Hi Steve, thanks for the video, I'm currently trying to get an understanding of the best ways to create my music videos, can you give any decent tips and advice or a list of suggestions? Anything will be helpful judging by your experience, if you could message me I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanks 👍🏻

[@sgrisetti]

Glad to help you, Kemzy. Just drop by our free Community Forum at Muvipix.com and let us know what you're trying to do. Our worldwide community of friendly videomakers will help you out any way we can.

[@kemzy479]

@@sgrisetti Thanks for your reply, I will take a look.

[@JohnBaxterWalker]

Excellent - as always.

[@sgrisetti]

Thank you, John!

[@TheMovieMassacreShow]

Hi, do I need photoshop to do this?

[@sgrisetti]

Nope

[@TheMovieMassacreShow]

Thank you for the help, I appreciate it. I’ll experiment with this next week.

[@creeib]

I purchased elements and photoshop elements at the same time

[@yosak__2754]

tks

[@DarthNuno]

Thanks a lot for this video :-)

[@ScenicProductionsLLC]

For some reason I have black spots in my video. My talents tan colored shirt has black spots, as well as inside their mouth.

[@sgrisetti]

Without seeing your video and your source videos it's hard to say what's going on. But if you'll post your question and screen captures of you source greenscreen video to our free Community Forum at Muvipix.com, we'll be glad to help you figure it out.

[@ScenicProductionsLLC]

@@sgrisetti I went to the site and couldn’t create an account. The was a red message at the top, but can’t remember what it said. But since I’m here, my issue is this. I’m using Adobe Premiere Elements 2019. When I try to export, I receive an error box that reads “Export Error, Error compiling movie. Unknown error.” I’ve never seen this before. My timeline contains 4 lines of green screen video I recorded with my iPhone 11. I added the chroma key and green screen effects on each line of video. Why can’t I export?

[@sgrisetti]

I'm sorry. I can't help you here because we'll need to have a back and forth discussion, which we can do on the Muvipix site. There are details we'll need to get into. And I've no idea why you can't create an account. It should be as simple as clicking the Register button and following the prompts.

[@ScenicProductionsLLC]

@@sgrisetti It’s not. I’m not sure what’s going on. Is there another way I can send you a picture or something? Are you on social media or anything?

[@sgrisetti]

You can post your question and pictures to our free Community Forum at Muvpix.com.

[@noige6306]

Cheers Steve.

[@JuanitaCindy18]

Hi. I like your videos. I'm a mom and I'm studying adobe elements from home. How can I change the background from a video without green screen?

[@sgrisetti]

You need to have a green or blue screen, pretty much, to do an effect like this.

[@jeromedufek]

👌

[@takiyo.4010]

Very helpful thanks a lot!