Yes, folks, I have found the silver lining of the dark cloud hovering above me.

I started playing around in Adobe After Effects, thinking that there had to be SOME way that I could edit the video I’d shot with my digital camera and make it work. And I figured out how… I’m not sure how savvy my readers are with this program, so I’ll explain the best I can.

After Effects is just like Photoshop in many ways; one of them is that it uses layers. Whatever is on a higher layer will show up over a lower layer. The program has a feature that allows you to divide a layer into two separate layers, called “Split Layer”. This ingenious and oh-so-simple trick is what saved my ass. I figured that the problem was in the green screen itself. Every time I would edit the green screen to have more of it disappear, it would affect the beginning of the video, too. Buuuutttt, if I divided the video into different sections (i.e. layers), I wouldn’t have that problem! And it worked.

It will be time-consuming to go frame-by-frame and split the layer each time the green screen shows up more. But, until I’m rich enough to use a professional studio with a perfect green screen and lighting system… this will have to do. :rofl:

One thing I noticed is that the green screen became white in the video when I walked too far in. That means I’ll have to try to stay close to one side so the color doesn’t change too dramatically. I’ll have to do a couple of trial and errors before I get a GOOD video, but hell… at least I’ve jumped one major hurdle!

So… I’m off to relax a bit and de-stress. I think I deserve some down time. LOL.

Art, School green screen, School, video