Place your subject 6-10 feet in front of the green background to avoid “green light spill” onto your subject.Keep the following technical tips in mind:.They might even decide to do something else like a sports or music video. For example, you might assign them a book trailer, a holiday portrait, or thank you note to a guest speaker, a commercial for a product, news/morning broadcast, or historical report. Consider allowing your students to choose.

Instead, get Camtasia Studio for Education ($179) (you can follow this easy tutorial to create the green screen effect) or MoviePlus for $79. For Windows or Mac users, do NOT spend hundreds of dollars on a green screen program. Some apps you can use include Green Screen by DoInk ($2.99) for iOS or Green Screen Pro ($1.99) for Android. Whether you are on iOS or Android, it is quite easy to create the special effects green screens afford. If you aren’t familiar with green screen creation, follow the tips below to get started: That makes it easier to remove the green and place a background. Bruce Ellis ( the ongoing TCEA Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) SkypeChat via your mobile device or online. Explore and share concepts at the intersection of teaching, learning, leading, and technology! Getting Started with Green ScreenĬamtasia Studio: Adjust image properties on a green screen image and remove a color.Ī green background works well because it is the furthest color away from human skin tones. For $1.00 for one or $48 for a case of 48, you can easily equip a classroom of young photographers to setup their own green screen at home. Jen Sandland ( recently tweeted the image shown right, which shows us all how to empower students to easily create a “green screen” in their home and see what they can create using inexpensive apps on their mobile phone. “Have suit, will travel” might very well describe my experience with green screen apps.

This past week, a photo of me has been popping up in various situations, from standing next to my wife as she models dresses that she is considering wearing at our daughter’s wedding in June to beautiful vistas.

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