iMovie Green Screen Trick: Make Your Movies More Professional

I show you how to create a cool green screen effect in iMovie, using a tried-and-true editing trick called Pre-rendering.
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00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Tutorial Start
05:28 - Keyframe animation
10:15 - Green Screen removal
10:53 - Final effect
11:59 - More effects ideas
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[@MaineCoonPride]

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[@LingoboxLearning]

Thanks for this! Such a clear and helpful explanation!

[@IamTuxedo]

Amazing! Straight to the point & simple explanation !Thank you💚💯

[@chrisstewie]

This was such a great tutorial..looking forward to applying what I've learned...Thank you!

[@FinanciallySavvyParent]

Well done. This is great. I've done some pre-rendering before, not realizing it has a name. Your description and tutorial was very clear. I am going to add some of these elements to my workflow. Thanks!

[@TreasureZona]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks!

[@MysticDreamscapes123]

Your amazing!! I always struggled with green scene in imove. Thanks for the tip

[@Justin_Hikes]

This channel is the first place I go every time I have an iMovie question. Thank you

[@bellarosamariaboutique]

Omg! I been going crazy figuring it out and you demonstrated it perfectly on how to achieve it. I got it now and took notes. You are awesome and thank you so much for your tutorial.

[@cybersculptor]

Great video. Thank you!

[@jeffkenney6016]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@originalqueens]

Thank you, this is just what I needed. I just love your videos, they are simple, clear yet powerful. Thank you for not including all those gimmicks. Just the Facts, Ma'am!!

[@CikguRoseWatiBahar]

Thank you, u have solve my problem.

[@naingtun6620]

You are amazing,Thank you very much.

[@wil2k747]

thanks for the input

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Wow! Awesome dude!

[@Biztalkcontrolcenter]

thank you man. This is so cool. The funny thing I knew how to do it, but missed out on the finer details, which was clearly explained here.

[@MacVideoMagic]

No problem!

[@hrchd3400]

Awesome Mike …Great

[@SezCreate]

This is such a great tutorial. I am totally going to try this for my next art tutorial!!😊 thanks new sub here

[@CedricMcCay]

Wow! I have quite a need for something like this, but I hadn't pursued it because I didn't know how to 'clean up' the green screen. I'd seen the other recent video about pre-rendering and comprehend its very efficacious use case. Thank you so much! I will use this as a teaching/training method and model to emphasize important points. I'm grateful for your help.

[@MacVideoMagic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@macjeffff]

Excellent!

[@Heesjesopwielen]

Tnx Michael for this great video 👍regard from the Netherlands

[@MacVideoMagic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mrcombiBedford]

Fantastic thanks very much as always, your the best 🥰Jerzy UK

[@dennisclark8766]

What a great voice for an educator. Loved the video, thanks for sharing.

[@MacVideoMagic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@1MollyJ]

I have not ever been interested in green screens but that was very impressive. At least I know what's possible.

[@twest344]

This method reminds me of stories about making complex musical albums (e.g. the Beatles 'revolver' and 'sg pepper's') using only four-track equipment. They would record an overlay, then "mix it down" to one track to free up the other 3 tracks, then repeat over and over. Some of the songs had 20-30 "layers" of sound but all done on four-track tape.

[@triconcert]

Wow! I just can't believe how much I'm missing with iMovie. Thanks so much for revealing these secrets.

[@MacVideoMagic]

More secrets to be revealed!

[@rebeccapinkney7027]

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[@rebeccapinkney7027]

I love iMovie app❤

[@zoealexandra3085]

Thank you Michael, my dad used your awesome video for a Spotify vertical video.

[@yiggort]

Omg. I remember you from "inquiring minds". I loved that show! How are you and your other cast members doing?

[@klutzykush8883]

Can you do this on a iPhone or ipad?

[@johnvender]

Good way to get around that iMovie limitation. Something I'm finding very useful for this sort of thing is using Keynote to record the voiceover video. I use a green background and make my video whatever size and position on it I want and set Keynote to remove background on it. Then I record my voiceover both video and audio and export it as a movie. I'm now using Final Cut but this would work for iMovie as well.

[@MacVideoMagic]

Thanks for sharing!

[@johnvender]

Very happy to share anything I learn. I'm totally blown away with the capabilities of Keynote in the process of making videos.

[@echouebijoux]

@@johnvender you just blew my mind. i don't think i have ever even opened that Keynote application on my mac in like a decade of owning them... i was not making slideshows or presentations and just had no clue Keynote could do anything beyond that!

[@gyaanmathematics]

in my mac, these types of backgrounds are not available as in yours...can you plz tell me how can I add more backgrounds in imovie

[@geteducatedbyTed]

How did you record yourself with the green screen background? Did you do that in Keynote or ?

[@AllHistoryChannel-lr5le]

I just wasent do you need Mac to do this not sure if it will work ios

[@PAWSongPinoy]

😮😮

[@stephendalby836]

Thanks, Mike, I’m finding your videos very helpful. In this video you used an iMovie background screen. Is there a way for me to create and save my own backgrounds?

[@MacVideoMagic]

You can create your own backgrounds in any image editing software and drag and drop them into iMovie as a .png or .jpg.

[@stephendalby836]

@@MacVideoMagic That’s sounds easy. Thanks, I expected something more convoluted. Appreciate your quick response.

[@taraisaacs8965]

Michael, I appreciate this video. Can you rewind back to how you got that talking head and a green background? I don't have a green screen to use nor do I want my messy background showing in videos. Thanks in advance.

[@MacVideoMagic]

I recorded myself in front of a green screen.

[@tranquilzzz1224]

Hi I love your video but can you help me? I have a video of myself with NO green screen and want to add a green screen cartoon character. When I do it it so big. I want it smaller and by my head. Please help 😊

[@jcgtv3692]

this is my issue... My green screen photo, it is a baby doll, it will flying be over the city, the doll photo is too big, it takes up the whole screen. How can I make the photo smaller? I used PREVIEW to make the photo smaller but it did not change the size when I used it again in iMovie. Thanks...hope I explained that right.

[@meganayers4075]

My green screen video won't go above the background. The background only goes above or next to the green screen video. Does anyone know how to make this work?

[@MacVideoMagic]

Is your green screen video in picture-in-picture or split screen mode?

[@Jandewitamateurfilm]

I have been an enthusiastic and satisfied iMovie user for many years. With my Panasonic HC-X 920 camcorder I can make travel reports that fully meet my expectations. (KZbin: jandewitamateur film). That camera is now more than ten years old, so it's time for something new. I thought anyway. Last week I bought the Panasonic HC-X 1500, a camera that completely met my needs. To my amazement, iMovie didn't support that camera, and my amazement was compounded when I couldn't find any more recent (!!) in the list of camcorders supported by iMovie. I have returned my HC-X 1500 and now I don't know what to do next. In the better camcorders, iMovie only supports the five-year-old (but still available) Sony FDR-AX700 4K. Thank you Apple for letting your users down like this.