Seven Ways To Improve Your GREEN SCREEN! (for animators)

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5 жыл бұрын

Do you struggle to get good results with green screen? You're not alone! In this video I give you seven tips on how to improve your green screen results, specifically for stop motion animation. There are lots of things you need to bear in mind from the quality of your screen to the way you light it and the distance your characters are from the screen itself.
Getting better at green screen takes a little practice and some trial and error.... but you can achieve great results really inexpensively if you follow the best practices I've outlined in this video.
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@cb175s Жыл бұрын

Thank you again 👍❤️👍 I made a green, blue and white screen picture boxes / studio's out of dollar store poster board and zip ties for $6 each and they work great for my personal need. I now need better lighting and it's a go. 👍👍 Thank you for your help, time and efforts. I'm very new to all this. 🙏

@Animatortor Жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Well done :) Wishing you all the best on your stop motion journey 😎👌🏻

@OG.Trippster 3 жыл бұрын

Your green screen videos are helping me so much with my Godzilla stop motion. I needed a figure to be next to Godzilla's head but his head was always too small so now that I have a green screen tutorial, I can make it big with a green screen picture. Thanks for ALL of your help!

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Really pleased I've been able to help you out. All the best with your stop motion Godzilla film 😁😎

@OG.Trippster 3 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor thanks!

@Bouncemotionstudios 3 жыл бұрын

Becoming really fond of your videos. Love how you simplify and clarify everything. Look forward to more tutorials and tips

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you! I am so pleased you enjoy my explanations and find them easy to follow... feedback like this inspires me to make even more :) All the best with your stop motion work

@freewendyvideo 3 жыл бұрын

You are my favorite teacher! I had been using Ultra Key and it wasn't working great. Learning how to apply Color Key was better, so thank you!

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you!! I am so happy that I was able to help you with your work 😃

@BreaktheMachine 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely love your channel, its way too helpful!

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Ah thank you!! :) Glad you think so!

@chahinealaoui4549 3 жыл бұрын

thx a lot to make this video, it was very usefull to me ! I also like the way you were talking (calm , peace) you can be sure i'm subscribing to you .

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I love hearing feedback like this :) All the best with your stop motion creations!

@ValKob 4 жыл бұрын

great video! and it's in sync with my own project where I need a few effects on a green screen. I might need my objects to touch the green screen....so I think I'll have to light everything very well

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Val! Yes, lots of light should help get a clean edge. Green screen is a bit of trial and error, but it's getting easier and easier to key out these days. Good luck :)

@brickfilminc7963 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much! I need to see this.

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome! Thanks for finding me and having a watch 🙂😎

@chusetodd7931 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! This helped me so much making a stop motion animation!

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! It is super rewarding to know that my video has made your life a little easier :) Thanks so much

@DinoAgate 5 жыл бұрын

Very useful tips, thank you!! I've never tried animating with green screen yet, but I'll keep your suggestions in mind when it will happen

@Animatortor 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! All the best of luck when you try... it takes a bit of care but can easily be done well on a budget if you put in the time to figure out what works well for you and your specific needs :)

@dinaaamin 5 жыл бұрын

Great tips! Thanks for sharing!

@Animatortor 5 жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome, thank you! :)

@CrocaHead 3 жыл бұрын

So helpful!

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I noticed you left me some other comments too... I can't seem to reply to them. I click and they disappear. Not sure why that is... I watched your car stop motion race, great work. I have an idea that's similar I made ages ago... smaller cars in mine... and not as good as yours. I was impressed!! :)

@VeroFuentesM 3 жыл бұрын

great video! thank you very much!

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thank you so much 🥰

@shauncorbin6960 4 жыл бұрын

You should have more subscribers. Great video and editing. Keep it up!! 👍🏼👍🏼

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Shaun :) Hope you're having a wonderful day!

@gabrielchoimet6695 4 жыл бұрын

Good JOb !

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😎

@OG.Trippster 3 жыл бұрын

This is more educational than school

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you 😊

@OG.Trippster 3 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor your welcome!

@OG.Trippster 3 жыл бұрын

I have some news for you.......... You just earned a subscriber!!!!!

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent, really pleased to have you on the channel 😎

@OG.Trippster 3 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor thanks!

@donnag4594 Жыл бұрын

Hi great video as always!! can you make a silhouette stop motion tutorial next? Thanks

@Animatortor Жыл бұрын

Thank you Donna 😎

@SergioMarquesDias 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good Job!

@Animatortor 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@CleverBrains 4 жыл бұрын

Omg amazing thank u so much❤️❤️

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, all the best on your creative journey 😊💜

@cameronnite5225 3 жыл бұрын

I really hope when you're older that you do a full feature. Like..a young Burton. (seeing how he did stop motion)

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

I want to do more shorts. I’m working on something that is a bit like a short film. Who knows where things might go in the future 😎👌🏻

@cameronnite5225 3 жыл бұрын

Noice. Either way...keep it up bro

@whereiseveryone5469 5 жыл бұрын

May God bless you! You are an amazing person. Thank you. Now I can prepare for my claymations.

@Animatortor 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one! Thanks again, and yeah I can't wait to see what you create!!

@2Edgy4ThisPlanet 5 жыл бұрын

I NEEDED THIS

@Animatortor 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I’m so pleased it was helpful 😊👌🏻

@NeedsMoreSubs 5 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@gabesterstudios7271 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it

@Animatortor 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@pipecleaneruniverse5749 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I used to try to do green screen with my pipe cleaner animals, and I got frustrated with it and stopped. But your video helped me figure out what some of my problems were. I think my characters were too close to the green. I also was using a fuzxy green blanket and my critters are fuzy so I think that was the proble. I should use a smooth. Ot fluffy fabric if I green screen again😊

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

I think both the things you have pointed out will help improve your result if you change them. Lighting and keying out green screen is hard to do completely cleanly... even for the professionals. I am animating on glass with green beneath and even following all my own advice and everything I have ever been taught the results still haven't been completely perfect. Another thing to remember is that the green screen (whatever you are using) needs to be well lit too and that clean edges are going to key out better than fluffy edges for sure 😎

@pipecleaneruniverse5749 3 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor i hope you can get you green screet to work. The glass sounds like a good idea unless the light bounces off it and gets confused. When I did my three green screen videos I was just using natural light I think. The characters came out really blurry in them and look flat. So ZI could improve a lot with what you said.

@FriedFrogLegsAnimations 3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for the tutorial my uncle Doug wanted to do claymation again

@FriedFrogLegsAnimations 3 жыл бұрын

Question is construction paper sugar paper

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, my pleasure! Hope it goes well

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure it is, yes

@birdseyeviewcreation8135 3 жыл бұрын

thank you. I'm new to animation and stop motion. but my imagination is very ambitious so your 7 tips are much helpful. I will go to the fabric store tomorrow and buy a green sheet. thanks. was that premiere pro you used to edit in this video?

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :) Awesome, being ambitious is great!! Also, as an ambitious person myself, if things don't go perfect the first time... that's natural, so don't beat yourself up, just keep learning and having fun and things will get better with time :) Yes, that was Premiere Pro - I realise now looking back at the video that I didn't make that very clear, sorry about that. All the best of luck with your animations and getting the green sheet

@NeedsMoreSubs 5 жыл бұрын

If you want to use fabric and you can't be bothered to iron it I've found that alligator clips work well to stretch the fabric and hold it so that it's flat.

@Animatortor 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent tip! Thanks so much for sharing :) I just remembered I need to email you back... been so busy this week, but would love to do you an intro. Will try and film one later this week :)

@NeedsMoreSubs 5 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor - Thank you!! Awesome!

@ashknotts3304 4 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you for this video! You advise in the video not to place your puppets on the green screen but I was wondering what your suggestion would be if I want to green screen the floor out from under a characters feet? Should I rig them to hover over it? Or is there some clever lighting I could do to help with the shadows?

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Often in this situation an animator might raise up the character and animate on top of glass (if that's possible) it depends if you are using tie-downs or magnets in feet... then obviously that kind of thing wouldn't be possible. You could try rigging your character to hover... maybe place your character in the scene and do a test still... take your image into the edit and try keying out and see how much spill affects your character. You may find things are okay. I'm afraid in these situations it is often trial and error. Hope that you manage to figure it out. If I come up with anything genius I'll let you know :)

@ashknotts3304 4 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor Thank you for your reply! We do use magnets so it's been a challenge in the past.

@dougbrecto3056 5 жыл бұрын

A great video. I'm having trouble with lighting. I simply can't get the background even to use chroma key with good results. I'm using 2 home depot fan lights with wax paper to diffuse. I'm getting the bleeding into my characters and other set props. Any suggestions?

@Animatortor 5 жыл бұрын

How much distance have you got between your subject/character and the screen? Also only use as much green as you need for your shot... if your green screen is much larger than you need then try and reduce it... see here for explanation ezgreenscreen.com/reducing-green-spill/ - hope that helps... will let you know if I think of anything else

@dougbrecto3056 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@dougbrecto3056 5 жыл бұрын

I have researched green screen lighting off and on for over a year now with much frustration. No one would give specifics. Your suggestions were amazing! That link to the video made everything click. I have way too much green screen on my table and backdrop. I have about 18 inches from the back of my table to the green screen on my wall. I thought, out of ignorance, the bigger the table with green, the better. Sheesh, was I wrong. The smaller, the better. Keep your videos coming. They are a huge help!

@chennysstudios8006 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! This video is amazing! My only problem is that my green screen’s texture is very rough, making the end product... terrible...

@chennysstudios8006 4 жыл бұрын

Here is an example:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ep6bZdaa3dWniKs.html

@chennysstudios8006 4 жыл бұрын

And in front of the green screen is a window.. It’s basically a stop motion creator nightmare :/

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

Oh no, I can see the issue, such a shame. Can you ask for something better as a present? Some smooth card or a bit of green fabric maybe. Unfortunately there is not much you can do to resolve this other than putting more light on it maybe but I think you will still have problems. Nice animation though, really great work :)

@chennysstudios8006 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Well, I tried not using any green screens in my animation now. That animation is basically a test.. That didn’t go well :/

@Iloveamerica999 3 жыл бұрын

My problem is when I get my toys and try the colors like one had a color yellow and some parts of the green screen got on the bits of the hair

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

That can be a problem, green has yellow within it, so it will tend to key out yellow too or spill onto lighter colours in that way. Have you tried using a different colour, like blue? That might work a little better. If you have anything blue at all at home: a plain t-shirt, piece of card - give it a go and see if it's any better. If it works well then you can think about getting a big blue piece of card :) Hope that helps. Also I made another video which you may find useful here too: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odBzaNdexMy4lWw.html

@watkincrew515 2 жыл бұрын

How do you do this on stop motion studios

@Animatortor 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odBzaNdexMy4lWw.html&index

@l_1327 4 жыл бұрын

Could you use Green Poster Board for the green screen?

@Animatortor 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Lauren, Yes you should be able to get that to work providing it is adequately and evenly lit. Do a test image and make sure things key out before you start animating just to make sure.

@l_1327 4 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor ok thank you very much for the advice

@Hellhamster 3 жыл бұрын

Red screen? How does that work in options?

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

If you characters/set and scene are absent of red... then that would be a good shout to try a red screen. The best thing would be to do a test... if you have any browns or skin tones you may find that red isn't a great idea as the warmth in other colours might get keyed out too. You can use the pippet colour picker tool in an editor like AE of Premiere to select any colour to key out.

@Hellhamster 3 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor thought there was only green available for some magic reason (lived under a rock)

@Animatortor 3 жыл бұрын

Well some editors will only allow green or blue. The stop motion studio app only has those two options too... but any colour can be keyed out in the Adobe softwares.

@richardmalmberg7722 2 жыл бұрын

@@Animatortor One reason green is chosen is that most modern digital sensors have about twice as many green pixels in their sensors as red and blue. Also green is farther away from skin tones. But testing is always best. I try to pick a background color that is close to what will eventually be placed in the background. Also don't forget black or white as choices. They can sometimes work great. Great tutorial!