Chroma Key | OpenShot Video Editor Tutorial

[@sociallyinactiveiv5905]

i bet he edited this openshot video with openshot

[@m3rshark]

LMFAO

[@prakar_revaa]

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[@lzzz6832]

I can already imagine the matrix at the preview screen

[@payforoxygen]

there isn't a watermark so you're probably right

[@mtrxskills1089]

Pay For Oxygen I use open shot I don’t get any water marks

[@KelseyMA87]

THANK YOU! I can't believe it was that easy. I use OpenShot a lot with teaching social studies (we time travel in the TARDIS) and I wanted to figure out how to open the doors of the TARDIS to wherever/whenever we landed in the world. I had a feeling there might be a way to do it in OpenShot but didn't see the ChromaKey effect until I found your video. My kids are gonna freak! Thanks again!!!!

[@AsmodeusMictian]

Coolest. Teacher. Ever. Thanks for doing what you can to change the world for the better. :-)

[@katikat5582]

Is anyone gonna notice how cute that cat is?

[@cmtsdt]

My deepest appreciation to you for sharing this tutorial. Your knowledge of OpenShot and your pace in teaching made this a very comfortable video learn from. Again, thank you.

[@justjewelz74]

Hi, can you please do a tutorial on adding text, with animations etc

[@kgan4733]

@LagsAlot where do we get free blender that world for this?

[@ouizahammar5024]

hello

[@venetiamascarenhas327]

You could use powtoon to make a video with animation and text then add that as the background in openshot

[@momogunsabah]

@LagsAlot yes

[@juanjoyaborja.3054]

@The Idiot Dev Blender needs a beefy PC, on my rather modest setup it was very laggy.

[@ashwinkumar5065]

Hey John! Thanks for creating Open Shot and all these super awesome videos! One question regarding Chrome effects: 1. Can we also add it from a particular time point in a clip? And end the effect in the same clip at a particular time? 2. How to add it for all clips starting at time X and end at time Y for all tracks? 3. Is there a way to just specify multiple shades of the color we want to chop off using this effect in one effect instance only, instead of adding the effect multiple times with shades of the color? (Could be a feature if not implemented?) Thank you!

[@ShadesApeDJansu]

【Shades Finnish Pirates】Thanks a lot! I knew i could count on Openshot to have decent backround removal, no need for other software so thanks for the guide!

[@RayRay-zt7bj]

Great tutorial Jonathan, Thank You! Apparently, this video program has its flaws but it is workable with trial and error. I did a practice test and also had to use 3 chroma Keys to get it to come out just right.

[@opossumontheinternet9864]

Im thinking on starting a new channel since i stopped making videos on this one, and i never knew this editor until i saw it on my school's programming book. It was a surprise for me it was free. I need greenscreen and im happy this haves exactly what i need. I didnt watch the tutorial completely yet, but still 1 sub for you :)

[@Rob_65]

Hi Jonathan, thanks for such a nice tool. My first movie editing experience was years ago with an Avid Media Composer 1000 so I've been spoiled ... OpenShot is a very nice tool with lots of nice features. Chroma keying works best with good video material. The cat lying down on the green screen means it's being lit indirectly with light reflecting from the floor so Tanger's video is not the easiest to start with. I just hope people watching this video realize this. Softer lighting will give less shading and might result in better quality - but that's up to us movie makers to figure out 😉

[@ashwinkumar5065]

Good idea! Better use diffusers to simulate natural soft light.

[@ihssancanmturk3842]

This sounds very useful for video transitions rather than a fixed image.. I like the cat in this video tutorial, sounds so funny :D... Thank you!

[@prafullagiri8420]

13 days and no new video? A video every week please! I love these tutorials!

[@brickvideostudio587]

I'm sure he's busy :)

[@prafullagiri8420]

Yeah. He's working on 32 bit version of Openshot for windows and other stuffs... But I so love these videos, it gets me impatient... :D

[@bengreen840]

genuinely such a great tutorial, great pace and very soothing voice!

[@Ineksi]

Very happy about the cat tax - and even happier to learn something new! Thank you ^^

[@CatT1987]

There is no FUZZ setting! I see you made this 6 years ago! Obviously they revised the program. That selection is not there so I am lost as to what to do. Nothing I am trying in regards to removing the green bg is working!

[@SkinnyDeanTV]

Same here any other programs that are better?

[@ventsolaire]

I can't believe such a good tutorial has only got 26 likes.

[@opossumontheinternet9864]

Same. Its pretty handy, but its sad it doesnt haves not even 1k likes.

[@moner02]

now is 125

[@Rob_65]

reading this I realized I have enjoyed all official tutorial videos without a single click on the like button. Thanks for reminding me :-)

[@westcoastmediasolutions]

This helped me tremendously! I wish I would have found it first before wasting time.

[@Zinwaq]

Great tutorial....but how come you didn't tell us how to save the video? Also does openshot let you use your own pictures/drawings as a background? Btw I'm so glad you didn't add trendy b.s. music to this like a lot of tutorials do. It was nice to actually be able to hear what you are saying. Thank you.

[@Psychotherapyclinic]

Spent lot of time to learn changing background. finally found good video. thank you

[@minna-maaritjaskari7793]

Really good videos! I am just moving from movie maker to open shot and this looks so much better! Thank you Jonathan, what a great job!

[@AhmadSyauqie]

I really like OpenShot, just found about it these few days back. Thank you! And allow me to ask questions about zoom in on minute 1:25? Can we do that effect in OpenShot? I mean, frame by frame? Thank you.

[@OpenShotOfficial]

Thanks for the question! Yes, you can accomplish this effect in 2 different ways. First, you can use the transform tool in OpenShot, and/or adjust the scale_x and scale_y keyframe properties. The larger you scale the video, the more zoomed in you will be. Or, you can use a desktop zoom program, which allows you to zoom into the desktop. I have one for Linux, but I imagine there are many options for Windows and Mac as well. This is sometimes the easiest method, as it requires no video editing for the zooming - since you can do it while recording your screen. Hope that helps!

[@bhargo2058]

Thankyou very much for the tutorial I have been learning openshot for a while and this helps a lot

[@joechew1412]

first time i heard about Chroma key. thank you so much. although it will not be use for my project. but happy with it.

[@ajoura_]

omg this was so helpful ive been struggling with this for ages now thanks

[@ScienceTalkwithJimMassa]

Help, I do not see the properties to the left of the tracks' timelines. How do I make this appear? Thanks

[@gjoseph1628]

This immediately helps, but not for kroma-key; instead or in addition, this helps with the Caption effect.

[@jamesprabhakar]

comparatively it was easier to followy our ChormaKey effect Tutorial. Thanks.

Can you do this with two videos, with a video playing on the background instead of a jpeg image?

[@surajkalyankar8416]

Yes

[@frostbite6447]

Its the same process for videos as well

[@sunilkantidas9543]

That was a superb tutorial....was looking for the jittery and Glitch distortion effect in your tutorial.. why don't you make one. those matrix greenish TV screen like effect... A open shot FAN.

[@jonthecourier]

Thank you for a great program, I have a small query most of my editing will be video files taken on my drones, I have tried the contrast and brightness which works most of the time but sometimes when I drop the icon onto my video the icon does not appear on the video on the timeline, but my question is can I recolour the sky on a video and also is there a sharpness button???

[@OpenShotOfficial]

Thanks for the question! Pro-Tip: You can drop an effect on the track name (i.e. left of the timeline), and it will apply to all clips on that track. But the icon not appearing might just be "where" you are dropping it. The clips are pretty picky about where they accept effects being dropped - only the top of a clip. But that is most likely a bug, and I'll take a closer look. Regarding sharpness, we don't currently have a sharpness (or super resolution) effect, but that is on our roadmap for the future.

[@Fergal_inc]

I love this app, that's a wonderfull Job you've made 😱😎 I have a question, for the titles. Can we create a type of titles ?

[@PC10190]

thank you so much!!! this helped me a lot and i got full marks for a video that i was editing for my school project!!!! thank you so much

[@congruentwitch6506]

Thank you, it's really a little tricky, but your explanation is clear

[@BenjaminChavez]

Thank you. I didnt know about adding more than one effect. I am running Openshot in OpenSuse leap. Good stuff, thank you for making this.

[@mosog8829]

Can you improve it so that it can be possible to do tracking and compositing. So far, it's a good editor

[@schraderwebsolutions5713]

I use Openshot on Linux Mint desktop...and dont see the 'Fuzz' option....any ideas on this? Thx!

[@TheFlamingdragon2]

I can change the fuzz on the fly without having to add a chrome key effect, it's marked with a green marker in the video. Is there a difference with adding a chrome key effect or is it just a new feature of OpenShot VE?

[@TheYoutubeCrusader01]

I'm 2 years late but THANK U U ARE SO HELPFULL u earned a sub

[@relaxzd]

Definitely very interesting. Thank you. I am learning about OpenShot and this definitely helps a lot. So for me as a beginner, it helps.

[@pathwaytousername]

Thank you so much. Really helpful, especially for someone new to editing videos like I am.

[@TheCheshireCats]

I've been trying to get this effect to work... i record an animation in wow model viewer with a choice solid color for the background, the bright green color in this case (later i chose a teal) and followed instructions. I placed it over my background, added the chrome effect, got it to work EXCEPT for the background (green) outline around the animation. I tried adding multiple effects as you did in this video (though it should not have been needed as the background had been a solid color, right?) and there was no change. I played with the fuzz thing and still absolutely no change to the outline around the animation. Very frustrated :(

[@queentesiwaju8329]

THIS WORKSSSSS I AM SOOOOOO HAPPY I FOUND THIS APP AND ESPECIALLY THIS TUTORIAL GOD BLESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vozanderson8665]

Thank you so much! This made my chroma key effect super clean!

[@smdsherry]

Hi Jonathan, Any tutorial to put text on the image/ video? Sherry

[@gamingcrypto9135]

Awesome video, i just made the video following your steps. Thank you and good luck

[@ceressamsedits6129]

This man is legit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Love you brother 🤝 You got 1sub here

[@Mr_Karre]

Jonathan I do not get the option of transition and effects, if I could click but now they are no longer

[@dksgalaxy2268]

thank you man i appreciate this keep the content up the internet needs you

[@hankzumbahlen1323]

This might be the answer I was looking for. So I can't wait to start playing with. OK, Maybe a stupid question. Is there something magical about the color green for the background? I know that is what is used professionally. I get the impression from the video that just about anything is OK, as long as it is fairly consistant.

[@twiggerztv4964]

yeah it doesn't have to be green. Just make it fairly bright and fairly consistent and you should be able to just follow the steps as normal and instead select your other colour you'd like to key out.

[@grantl1569]

Does openshot use Euclidian distance to determine which colors to replace?

[@All-Parts-Of-ME]

Thank you for these clear explaned tutorials! i just had to start using a different video editor (i used Movoie maker still. but with my new/old computer i cant have that anymore.) . then i googled and found your openshot software. witch i found difficult to understand :-) ...comming from the basic of the basics with movie maker LOL. but your video's help allot. :-)

[@kimrowell4078]

Jonathan, I have the latest version of Open Shot but when I double click on the color selector, it does not give me the options shown on your video. It only lets me select from a few colors and there is no option for selecting a color from the screen. I am running open shot 2.4.1 on ubuntu 18.04

[@josefwakeling7103]

same

[@CATlife4535]

Right click on the green c...then it will come

[@lifereadguy9933]

To everyone that might be concerned because of the removal of the dislike, this video is legit

[@StephGibson73]

If I have a video and I want to remove just the background what do I do? I tried green screen but it either does not cover all background or it covers all of me and I can't see me at all. How to cut background out? :)

[@FromPolandWithROAAAAR]

Hi Jonathan, is there a possibility to fix collor ballance in video with Open Shot? I shoot some films with wrong settings on my camera and some movies are having too much blue. Is there a chance to fix it somehow in OS so the colors would look more natural? Thanks in advance!

[@arpangiri4039]

Next tutorial request: Alpha Mask. Please!!!

[@OpenShotOfficial]

Yes, that is a great idea. On my list now. =)

[@arpangiri4039]

Jonathan Thomas Thank you! Eagerly waiting for the video (and new upgrades for OpenShot too). Thank you for your hard work.

[@atcanadalifesjourney713]

Thanks for the quick tutorial, more power!

[@adambrickley1119]

Great software! Anything i can do in openshot i do do. Only go to Ae for essentials! byw when is the blender issue going to have an update.

[@Vejitasei]

I can't pick a screen color outside of the "Select a color" dialog box?? Works fine on my linux laptop but on my mac (main system) the computer just beeps when I try to select a color outside of the 'select a color' box / menu. I can select a color from within that box thou (so it's partial working??). Any advise ideas, been googling but no luck so far.

[@Almandeen]

I have the same problem, and I'm also on Mac ...

[@amvmaker1351]

Please help how can we make song visualize in openshot

[@richiebricker]

Wish You could update the Croma Key. You even had the cat n GreenScreen well lit, Ill have to use another Program. Sad cuz everything else seems so quick and easy

[@richiebricker]

But ill still use it for most stuff so Thanks Johnathan :)

[@ibtisamtanveer]

thanks man; I was thinking to switchover from to other tool due to this limitation but now its all understandable.

[@mrsalmon7339]

thank you so much, i just got this editor and I think its the best one I ever had!

[@damplik]

Hello, i have question how to create resolution 1:1 for instagram post in openshot? there is tutorial how to create custom resolution in windows, how about linux? thank you

[@PauloDelavigne]

Hi Jonathan, how about to create a Chroma Key Tutorial in OpenShot 2.6.1v ?

[@Jesuisunknown]

Can i use other color instead of green?

[@DreyTheGamer]

This channel needs more than 3.3K Subs

[@simonmosca514]

That's a cute meow-meow

[@dawitbelayhun8195]

huh

[@arpangiri4039]

Hey! New Video! Excuse tye immaturity but - 1st like and comment! 😃 Please keep the tutorials coming! You're awesome!

[@BradLancaster86]

its shocking how much better OBS is with live video being keyed. Why is it so much different?

[@marcusaquino210]

Is it ok if the background is not really green screen?

[@simslover114]

I just recently downloaded this and I wanted to know if the lagging will stop once the video is exported?

[@SmashyPlays]

yes it will, i know it's so annoying to preview

[@simslover114]

@@SmashyPlays Thanks for responding

[@SmashyPlays]

Simslover114 no problem!

[@AlbertTorcaso]

You helped a lot and I have subscribed to your channel and also pressed the notification bell. Al

[@karunanithir1510]

Sir, I am using Openshot 2.4.4 version for past one week. How to unhide the Filter tab to open a new screen for marquee purpose ? Guidance required pl. 7.11.2019.

[@ungavaproductions]

Usefull I'm learning ! Thanks Jonathan

[@JuhaSuomela]

Thanks for a good advice. I hope that you have more these Openshot tips!

[@viralnotes6020]

Thanks a tonne Jonathan...seriously it was a great help

[@TOLOVERURITO]

How Do you add text?

[@nunukakapoopy4555]

On the top left it shows title the click title

[@pv2smurf]

Short. Simple. Easy to follow.

[@relish8617]

can you use openshot commercially? Like can I sell videos I make with openshot and earn money from them on youtube? And also would I need to credit openshot?

[@prafullagiri8420]

Yes, You can make videos commercially. The GPL3 --- under which OpenShot is licensed under --- License doesn't put any conditions on what can or can not be done with the end result of a software licensed under GPL3. Neither are you required to give credits to OpenShot. However, if you would like to give credits, you are always very welcome! (After all, this awesome software has been given to us for free and is the labour of love of a single man)

[@nutjobnutcase7722]

Amazing video man learning so much 🙏 thank you

[@gayatrikumari8965]

Sir I can't use the chroma key in backgrounds with smoke and clouds please help

[@matty-Stratiwtns]

Great Video, quick and to the point!

[@kassiekroenert1497]

how did you get the picture of the cat with the green background in your import?

[@kassiekroenert1497]

i see a lot of people have the import already with a green background when they import the video or image into openshot

[@datboijoey9587]

It doesn't let me pick the actual color of the screen but it lets me pick the color from the little box

[@NhoyskieIbanez]

the video editor cannot handle the high quality videos. when u use the split screen like style.

[@RealMgl]

Thank you so much

[@ThaAmjab]

Thanks! This was extremely helpful!

[@makeupartistrybymuskan]

Thank you so much for this! now i can put animated graphics in my my video!

[@jewelekwere1356]

This was so helpful, thank you!

[@paulcosby8662]

hey, the pick screen color isn't letting me click anywhere out of the small color picking window that pops up.

[@Almandeen]

Yeah, I have the same issue... Did you manage to fix it?

[@forward4erial]

thx so much, very straight to the point!

[@Victor-St3r]

thank you. this video was very helpful.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

What I find confusing about the effects in general is how to apply them to the whole clip. When I add the effect and change the settings it only changes them at the frame the pointer is in, making it dynamic. How to apply an effect to the whole clip?

[@MatthewHendrixrockinman1]

thanks man this is the best chroma key ever you saved my life my friend #KeepOnARockin

[@jeffegg2]

If your subject is too close to the chroma screen, you get a lot of reflections which makes it hard...

[@brokenstring3230]

Don't know why but I can't see effects tab on my screen🤔😕

[@sciencetutorforfreescience4418]

i tried by the fuss value is changing automatically . how can i fix that into one number?

[@rayhsetwo8594]

Jonathan, I've subscribed keep up the good work.

[@sekolahyoutube8241]

Thank you Jonathan, this is the answer to my question in using openshot..