How to Fix a Green Screen in Premiere Pro 

A couple of tips from an old (and I mean old) editor. I've never seen anyone in a tutorial say anything about the importance of the distance between your talent and the green screen. Although not always possible - and when it is, it requires a really large green screen - the more distance you can put between your talent and your screen, the less spill you get (like on "your" right arm - even after you adjusted your green background). The other important trick is even lighting. This is generally not going to come from cheap lights. You need banks of long lights. If your camera has a waveform monitor, point your camera at the green screen - no talent - turn on your cameras waveform and adjust your lights until you get the line representing green to be as flat and even as you can get it. This mean your green screen is lit evenly which results in better keys. If you're limited with lights, concentrate on the area around your talent. Remember you can garbage matte out any lights showing in the screen provided your talent doesn't cover it at some point during the shoot. Lastly, don't forget to color correct your footage to match the background. Part of "selling" the effect is to make the talent "look" like they belong there. If the background has shadows that go one way and the talent is lit opposite, you need a different background. Choosing the background before the shoot (not always possible) will dictate the lighting for your talent. Happy Keying!

Your step-by-step guide on fixing green screens in Premiere Pro is a lifesaver. You explained it so clearly, and your friendly demeanor made it enjoyable to watch. Now, I can confidently work on my videos without worrying about a messy green screen. Keep these helpful tutorials coming! 😊👍

INSANELY useful and easy to follow tutorial, man. You're a hero to every diy poverty green screen owner lol.

I've been doing green screen projects all year and just stumbled on this... never was the best at lighting or using the ultra key, but this makes my newest clip look top notch! I've saved this to a playlist for easy reference, expect many more views from me until I memorize this formula! YOU THE MAN!!!

OMG this was such a great tutorial! It was really easy to follow and well explained. I’ve been having some issues with removing my green screen and now I’m definitely gonna try this out. Thank you so much! :)

Thank you so much for this. I filmed a miniature with a green screen - I used a non-green support device to give the miniature a sense of elevation. For days I've been trying to figure out how to KEY out this non-green color. Your explanation, plus a bit of tweeking with the lighting, and I was able to get a perfectly clean shape green screen for the miniature. I'll be using a green support device from now on. Again, thank you.

This is one of the most valuable tutorials I have experienced to help me with my editing. Thank you!!

every other video I've seen about green screen removal just assume I have perfect green screen. your video is perfect for what I was looking for. thank you

dude, you're a champ for this. First time doing green screen I positioned the lights way too close to the screen. Had a huge glare that made it look foggy. This took care of it immediately. Thank you!

You don't know how much this helped me as a Japanese RU-vidr...... THANK YOU SO MUCH! 1 more subscription from me!

this is the best and most simple/ direct tutorial i’ve found! Thank you so much ❤

Great video. Very clearly explained and helped me with some supplied footage where natural lighting changed several stops throughout the shoot!

Thank you for this amazing tutorial! I wouldn't have been able to salvage a part of my media practical exam without this!

Your low quality green screen looks like mine on its best day - I never knew one piece of 'same colour' material can look so many shades! This video has helped me recover a couple of videos I thought I might have to re-film, so thanks for that.

found this incredibly valuable - love the breezy style you have going through this - it makes the whole process less daunting

You're a genius, we were taught to rotoscope and use that keylight thing in after effects😭 and same for premiere the key thingy😭 this is a MUCH quicker and better way to do it , saved me HOURS and the results from this colour picking gives a much crisper edge results than all those key things!! ty!!

helped me so much thank you!!!!!! i already thought i need to buy some of these expensive lights to get such a good result! Thanks!

my brother in christ, i looked from everything to rotoscopy to ultra keying, but all i needed was this 7 minute video. many thanks

Thanks so much for this! I was having really bad trouble with shadows on my green screen and this worked like a charm

Oh my god! Thank you so so much Schrogs! You have no idea how much this video has helped me :-). I never knew you could remove even such a trashy looking green screen with just a few setting tweaks (my client has such a green screen and I've been somehow managing with it till now)!!!! He's gonna be so happy! THanks love you mate❤❤

I still revert back to this for reference. Thank you so much for sharing this info. You Rock!!

Perfect tutorial. Concise and quick info. Thank you.

my video was looking weird in the edit and i got bummed out so looked to youtube for help found your video and learned what i needed to do to and then applied the settings best for my video and bro it looks great so thank you so much, i used some spill suppression as well and some matte clean up, which are all under effects control for ultra key effect, again thanks a lot

I had seen alot of videos about this but no one literally no one teach this technique man u rocked u really rocked🎉

You are a legend. I have been searching for this for years. Well done man!!

TYSM, i just watched 10 different videos for greenscreen but the only usefull one was this! Tysm, you just saved a feew thousands of fotos for my stop motions!

Thank you so much for sharing skill!That looks promising! Will try it out🙌

Perfect tutorials i ever seen about greenscreen removal

Thank you so much, you have just save a soul with this tutorial.. Accurate and straight to the point

This is exactly what I needed to help me troubleshoot doing green screen for the first time. Thank you!

Incredible tutorial. Will level up my green screen game! Never knew Premiere Pro could do this!

It's years later and this helped me out big time. Thank you.

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Id like to thank you for the content, I've been wondering around RU-vid to find the solution for a choppy green screen video. I'm new to editing so it was a lifesaver. Thanks again.

I've been pulling my hair out for a week. this nailed it. thank you i just liked and subscribe!

Excellent tip buddy. it really sorted my problems of frizzy edges. explained it very nicely and at a pace people can understand.....thanks a ton.

Dude, you have a fan for life. You have any idea how much this helped? Thank you Thank you. I would have to do so much looking at my lights. Thank you.

Really needed this fix. Thank you.

What a great video. Perfect pace for me and very helpful. Thanks so much for posting.

Wow. This was soooo helpful. Never would have figured this out. Lifesaver!

Thanks for helping me fix a green screen glitchy look! Appreciate you!!

Absolutely superb video my dude! Been wanting to find this tutorial for so long now!

Thanks for sharing; this is probably THE BEST video on Green Screen so far!

wow this was amazing and is exactly what is needed. everyone else is doing the same low fi thing to eliminate green screens.

great video - I received some clips with an unevenly lit green screen and this allowed me to actually pull a key

Really helpful Thank You My Brother😍

Thank you for this! Made my workflow much easier :)

This is the best tutorial on this topic. Great video!

You helped me a lot! Thank you!!

Best explanation. Thank you!!!

Brilliant. Thank you

Thanks a lot my key went for really bad to great thanks to this tip !

very informative video, thank you.

Thank you for this great tip on fixing the Green Screen in Premiere Pro. Was looking for a good solution. You are the Man.

I do not know how to thank you. You saved my life with green screen. God bless you.

Very helpful. Thanks

Thanks for the detail and helpful tutorial

Hi bro ♥ ♥ Thank you so much to share this method I was very tired to do this but after watching your video I can change my background quickly.

Incredibly simple and useful. Thanks!

The only legend didn't talk about lightning and fixed this issue splendidly. Thanks bro you are champ

Game changer video for my green screening. Thanks man.

Wow! Easy to follow brother! Thanks for the great tutorial. Cheers!

i stopped using greenscreen because (1) im only using cheap lighting, and (2) keying uneven lighted greenscreen is too difficult for someone who's still trying to learn the basics. ive watched a tutorial where he also used the dropper with the minus sign, but yours (this video) is a lot easier to follow. i love it. new sub here for more premiere pro tutorials.

Fantastic video.Really helpful.Thanks a lot bro.

Thank you, I have been looking for this for two years

Very helpful, Thanks bro!

this was such a great tutorial! It was really easy to follow and well explained

Really helpful for my latest music video. Thanks!

My green screen footage came out so crisp, thank you so much for this tutorial! :D

Perfect, thanks dude.

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing

Thanks a lot.. Very Helpful

Very clear tutorial, thanks a lot👍

That ws just wonderful a big thanks !!

Lots of helpful tricks here. Thank you!

This has been super helpful, thank you so much! Have subscribed.

This helped out so much! I can't thank you enough!

Thank you so much for this solution, I was struggling with one of the footage with the same issue.I hope I could get some more exciting tuts on your channel.. Please share some hacks om color grading and audio cleaning also thanks

bro I just subscribed to your channel, you have solved the most problematic problem. You are savior, Thanks

yooo schrogs amazing video my man! explained very well!

Very helpful, thank you!

This was incredibly helpful - thanks!

Very helpful ..thanks

Best solution ever!!! Thanks buddy

Bro you just changed my life. I could never get my green screed to look good in premiere. This is a game changer

This video was so helpful, thanks!

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Can't wait to try this later.. 👍🏻

Thank you for this video. That was exactly what I was looking for 🙏🏿. It's work perfect for me.

This was really helpful. I mean REALLY HELPFUL. Thank you 🙏

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Great tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

Super useful man!

Absolutely amazing video, thanks for this bro!

You saved me dude, thank you for this tutorial !

This is just awesome, straight to the point and so easy to follow. I love it! I'm a beginner and have never cropped anything yet. By any chance, do you have a tutorial on that matter too?

Thank you so much for sharing this

You just saved my school project dude! Thank you!

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man, after this vid I must say that I love you! lol, it helped a lot!