Chroma Key or the Green Screen effect, enables a video with a solid background color to be easily and quickly removed and replaced. This technique is great for superimposing your video content to anywhere you like and all you need to do is shoot the content in a single controlled environment.

The following tutorial would teach you how to use Wondershare Filmora to do green screen:

CONTENTS

• What is Wondershare Filmora
• Best Filmora Alternative: Movavi Video Editor Plus
• How to Green Screen with Filmora (2018)

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Part1. What is Wondershare Filmora

Aimed at the prosumer and enthusiast markets, Wondershare Filmora is a powerful video editor software that is simple to use and available for both PC and Mac platforms.

It can support all the modern video formats, including video editing and output for HD and 4K. It has a wide variety of easy-to-use features that can help you to create tutorial videos, edit action camera footage and make viral videos like those used on social media websites and more. It is more suited for short videos and it is gives you the best value for its price.

Filmora’s main features:

• It supports a wide range of audio and video input and output formats, such as AVI, WMA, MP4, MOV, FLV, to name a few.
• You can combine, split, crop, trim and cut in just a few clicks.
• There are several premade visual and filter effects available to touch-up your video.
• In addition to Green Screen, there are several other functions including Mosaic, Tilt Shift, Jump Cut, Face Off and a color tuning tool.
• Also included is an Audio Mixer and an Audio Equalizer for your music.
• You can merge and cut large action camera footage with the Exclusive Action Cam Tool.
• It instantly enables you to upload video content to YouTube and Facebook or burn it to a DVD.

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Part2. Best Filmora Alternative: Movavi Video Editor Plus

Filmora is powerful but lacking in stability. This video editor is not compatible with 32-bit computers and it is prone to crashing periodically. For a more reliable alternative, consider switching to Movavi Video Editor Plus, that is, if you are experiencing the above situations.

Similar to Filmora, Movavi Video Editor Plus has all its characteristics, including all the basic and advanced editing tools such as Chroma key, as well as built-in visual effects.

The major distinction to other video editing software, Movavi Video Editor Plus has a feature that allows you to add seamless callouts, overlay clips, stickers and titles using its keyframe animation tool and video-audio rhythm synchronization.

Features at a glance:

• There are numerous built-in special effects, transitions and filters to help you when creating your own movies.
• You can change your background using the Chroma Key effect or display multiple videos on one screen using the Picture in Picture (PiP) effect.
• The camera zoom can be imitated and you can even enable the old-style movie look format to your video.
• Video parameters such as contrast and brightness can be adjusted.
• Video quality can be improved, shaky footage can be stabilized and video defects can be removed.
• Some video creation ideas include video tutorials, educational videos and video presentations.
• There is a voice over feature to record your own narration or add titles when you are creating your video.
• Video can be imported from any source format including VHS, camcorder, webcam or TV-tuner.

How to Make Green Screens with Movavi Video Editor Plus？

Let’s start making Green Screen videos using Movavi! It is super simple and fun to do!

Step1: Go to the Movavi website and Download the free trial version. Initiate the Installation and once completed, Launch the software on your computer.

Step2: Importing Target Media Files

Look for the “Add Media Files” button on the software interface and import the two files you would be using to create your video. The first file would be the green screen clip which is the media with the solid colored background and the second is the new video or image background which you would want to see as your superimposed background.

After importing, you would notice that both files would be added to timeline of the video track.

Step3: Setting up the Green Screen effect

The first step is to select the foreground video or image (that is, the green screen footage) from the video timeline and drag and drop it on the overlay track which is above the main video track. The background clip would stay below, in the main video track.

Secondly, on the preview window, double click on the foreground video and select Chroma key from the list. Next to where you see “Pick a color to make transparent” check on the green box.

Once checked, click on the green screen footage on the preview window. You will notice that the green part would immediately become transparent.

(Note: You would be able to reposition and resize this footage on the green screen, to wherever you need it)

Finally, use the Tolerance and the Noise level sliders to adjust the background video, until you are satisfied that the photo is clear and visible. Click on “Apply” to save the settings.

You’re done!

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Part3. How to Green Screen with Filmora (2020)

If you decide that you would stick with Wondershare Filmora, then follow this step-by-step video for guidance on removing the green screen background on your footage and replacing it with a different background.

Download the free trial version of the software from the official website if you have not done so yet.

Step1: After you Launch the Filmora software, select the Full Feature Mode. 

Step2: Next, Import to the media library, your green screen footage and drag and drop it on the PiP track of the timeline.

Step3: Place your cursor over the green screen clip and right-click to bring up the drop-down menu. Select Green Screen so that you can enter the video editing interface.

Go into the Effect tab and check the box where you see “Make parts of this video transparent”. You can then adjust the intensity level and make the green color transparent.

Additional settings are available below for shadows and boarders. There is also a Flip option to rotate the green screen clip.

Step4: Lastly, after editing out the green part, you would need to import a new background clip on the media library. All you would need to do is drag the new background clip to the video track on the timeline and voila, your new background would appear immediately on the transparent parts of your edited clip.