Remove A Color (Green Screen)
Learn how to remove a single-color background from a video with the Remove a Color effect.
Record your subject in front of a single color backdrop, add the Remove a Color effect, and then replace the background with other media. This is also known as green screen or chromakey.
Note: Download our sample green screen video to practice applying this effect. Click the options button in the bottom-right corner of the sample video and select Download.
- Click the Visual Effects tab.
- Drag the Remove a Color effect onto media on the timeline.
- Click the Properties button to open the properties.
- In the properties, click the Color dropdown and click the Eyedropper button to select the color to remove from the media on the canvas.
- Adjust the following properties to continue editing the color removal:
- Tolerance: Drag the slider to increase or decrease the range of tints and shades for the selected color.
- Softness: Drag the slider to smooth out pixelation and rough edges of color around the subject.
- Defringe: Drag the slider left or right to make any remaining color less noticeable.
- Hue: Drag the slider to adjust the color of the clip to better match a new background.
- Invert: Select to reverse the color removal and hide everything except the color removed.
- To add a new background, drag media onto the track below the edited clip.
