Why You Can Spot Bad Green Screen 

At least the false illusions are convincing. Bad green screening wouldn't even fool a child.

Fun fact: the problem at hand isn't our eyes, it's how our brains perceive something. Imagine it like the uncanny valley, but for location. Your facial recognition, depth perception, and spacial awareness are all at the same time saying "hold up, something's wrong" even if you yourself don't realize it.

"You didn't notice... but your brain did." -Mr. Plinkett

Our eyes spot patterns, even make new ones.

@@cagkiller0317 kk

On the technical side, if his skin was still a tan in the parallel universe there would have to be quite a lot of work out in to make his face not blend in with the green screen mainly because a skin tone has more red than green, so green screens are usually a better option. I know this was a joke btw.

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@Wolf 2482 You know you can edit comments, right?

@@plaonder You're wrong. In this parallel universe human skin is green.

Also there is a bizarre blurry shadow that was probably added in post, but don't look convincing at all

*"This episode from 30 Rock... looks dreadful, but it's difficult to immediately point out why"* The word "immediately" obviously means you can't tell _immediately._

i dont see it Edit:I finally see I

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@@gabrielantos4144 As immediate as you can get with the natural latency of the mind, then.

How are you here?? How are you everywhere at every instant but at the same time nowhere at all. I don't know what I typed, but...…...I guess we have done a good deed to confirm your presence every single day

Hello again

to be fair to the cats animators they were rushed super hard to finish and the directer decided not to use mocap suits for some reason so it looked terrible

Yo 100th time

Here too, huh. Can we be friends because I see you so much haha

i would just make it crappy

We only saw five minutes but i bet this video took days to be made

Sive entered the chat

@@d947 what does sive mean

That's why his videos are released weekly or probably less

Ha, I love this

that's oddly specific yet true

That's deep 😁

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top notch comment! ty

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And how they keep turning the wheel even tho they are driving straight 😄

Wandavision leaned into that for sure. There is a lot of it to homage those old sitcoms

They wouldn't have faked an elevator though; they would have built a set for that or filmed a real one.

*coughs in merlin*

Tom should I quit youtube my friends keep making fun of me for it

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Matt Milton think about it. Is it your hobby? Do you like it? If not, you should quit yet if it is hard and you hate it. If you like it, you should keep going.

@@MatthewMilton Doesn't sound like they're good friends if they're making fun of your hobby

That's decent editing skills, nothing too spectacular. Captain D is the god of this stuff. And for editing that's more in the background and not the centre of attention, check out Markiplier videos. Lixian is the best editor any RU-vid gamer has.

truly

In the description.

aye scout

more like an award

You do too mister

Interesting!

That setup is the future. I hear they use Unreal engine for their backgrounds. Too bad it costs 10s of millions of dollars. But once you have it, its there forever.

iirc they used something like that in some of the scenes in the movie Oblivion

I did wardrobe on a Goo Goo Dolls concert with one of these set ups. Someone said it was the Star Wars of holiday specials

@@ChefofWar33 I wasn't expecting a guy with an A7X deathbat picture under a Tom Scott video xD

profile picture checks out

I believe they are called "biscuits" in that part of the world.

@@ergohack No, we have cookies too. Biscuits go with tea. Cookies are more like a reward.

Mystery biscuits!

andymcl92 mystery cookies doesn’t have quite the same ring to it...

@@ergohack ermm if they don't have cookies over here, I've been lied to for my entire life.

100% true and, most times, overlooked

Yeh i agree. This is what i thought

Remember the experiment watching a movie with good audio but bad graphics vs bad audio good graphics. The audience could handle the visuals but they quit the movie with bad audio. Audio is one of the most important at giving information and is overlooked 😪

Sure, but the video is about green screens, so image

There is an episode of The Park Bench that covers more green screen visual and audio problems, and a Matt Gray video for applying a location's reverb to any recording you like. Both are interesting if you want more behind-the-scenes stuff.

What's the name of the video?

@@mrnonamekid4030 It's "Chinese Invisibility Cloak Hoax DESTROYED!!!" , with the Tom Scott section starting about 6:20.

With the Pat Sharp surplus?

Underrated comment

I was looking for this comment!

What of that person was a hologram?

Software gore But irl.

I mean that does happen. Say it’s really sunny outside and your friend is stood in the shade but the shade isn’t immediately obvious, and the immediate background behind them isn’t in the shade. Kinda looks like they were poorly green screened into real life.

@@entitree. A valid point.

That's a book character waiting to be written.

this

As stated in the end credits, you can thank William Marler for this.

for* Also editor isn't a proper noun. You don't capitalize it. In addition, the F in flexing shouldn't be capitalized. It's a verb.

Tom edits his own videos :P but his animator, sure :)

@@Orange_Swirl wow, you're Fun

THATS IT THATS THE ISSUE I WAS TRYING TO PINPOINT IT

Makes them look like cardboard cutouts held an inch away from the wall

They are just demons and don't cast shadows

@@molotera8789 They're also blocky :'D

blending options ---> drop shadow ✔️

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So ur the reason why corona beer sales are still normal

What

It’s way more fun with children

You gotta thank William Marler for that.

Fancy seeing you here doctor! 😏😜

I was scared by your comment until i saw several beers

Another gloomy night shift doc?

Nice to see you doctor

Herr Doktor, vat a surprise to zee you here...

Well many times green screen is simply used for convenience like having to shoot something after the movie has already wrapped filming or other things. Simply saying green screen is sometimes needed and isn't just trying to fool people.

Well, that would the end of politics...

Yes, lets go to mars and film there

Hence, why lying is always a bad idea.

@@HangTimeDeluxe I appreciate you for making the long crochety response we all knew this person needed but were too lazy to write

He’s so cool

@@blakeskit he's not cool. he's CHRISpy

Greenscreenception

william marler

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@@tiyenin They're 7 actually

narrated? how?

Wtf are u bsing

I think you mean wrote this one but to a certain degree yes

do you mean "nailed this one?"

@@TamirOulu visual storytelling! look it up, you can find tons of articles and videos about it.

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Bright Red pants too?

a white/black wall would work better

Or just tell the editor to change the color in post. :)

Tom Scott not in a red shirt isn't Tom Scott.

You what?

Genious.

@@computer_dude no you are.

@@TsukiEditss Tanks

Mind blown

Greenscreensection :P

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My name is Leo and I approved this reference.

I really love this new costume of his. It's really convincing.

I’d love to see a collab between those two

One take!

Task failed successfully.

@@LjCaples Fission Mailed.

@@GenocideOwl So that's how the Soviet Union got their hands on nukes

Deliberate mistake.

@@LjCaples Is it really a failure if it is intentional?

Mr. Plinkett, is that you?

Who's in charge? Me or my brain?

you are the brain though lmao, your body is like the shell and parts

@@embodyingocean189 Can you be sure about that? Perhaps the brain is a parasite that let you think that you are in control. ;P

Are the nerves the legs of the brains?

Not to mention driving on the right in what is clearly England :)

I've heard it referred to as a "rack zoom" as well.

@@adamtennant4936 And sometimes it's called the Vertigo effect.

Pifci it's a Dolly Zoom, often performed on a rack, which creates the vertigo effect.

Also called a Zolly

Oh hey, it's half tau eater.

I just realized that that isn't even as stupid of an idea as it was supposed to be

When karl decides to wear a green short sleeved tee just to make the editors life hard

@@SenshiSunPower well yes, but that's kinda hard for an online video format that comes out several times a week

Don't forget, it's Karl with a K, not a C. Damn I've not watched that channel for ages!

@@nickesteph4925 They upload on the same hour on the same days. Though personally, i am not so keen on the hiding comments that they are doing now but that has nothing to do with topic at hand.

Hey, I'm not a subscriber but I remembered your Google+ song today out of the blue and went to check it out and now I find your comment in a totally unrelated video, small world x)

Hey now. Your RU-vidr vs Musician diss track was pure art

sup emma

Yea, like some disney shows in the past

If you want a slightly deeper insight into green screens you should check out Captain Disillusion "Chinese Invisibility Cloak Hoax DESTROYED!!!" it's the best video on green screens I have seen and watching you can will be able to see why Tom's Green screen doesn't look fantastic in this video.

Sounds like some boomer company

@@Rainaman- ok zoomer

@@Rainaman- ok zoomer

@@Rainaman- I'm assuming it's modern technology related, so no.

@@Rainaman-, booms with extra long poles to keep 2 metres distance.

This can be countered if you use a dark grey screen / Black screen, as the colour doesn't bleed into the edges of the subject, so the edges can be left more natural looking without having to desaturate them. It all depends on the colour of the subject in question.. Green screen is not the only option, and may not be the best choice for your subject. If you can use one, a black screen will give much better results.

@@TheMcal9909 You've got to be joking.. Black screen is not a thing. Blue screen is and fixes most of the problems the green screen has when shooting scenes that are supposed to be in dark areas. But i do repeat: black screen is not a thing.

Haha! YES! I thought there was something familiar about this video!

shut up

@@hannibalburgers477 Bruh exit the comments you have been banished

You sure that you aren't stealing someone's line? I might be mistaken, it might just be an illusion!

Haha

yes, I think the lens disortion is doing that and stuff

This effect in cinema is known as "dolly zoom"

It's like two of these people are lying!

Yep!

I think everybody else felt that. It's also noticeable with selfies.

Right!! 😱

More like your pfp will haunt my dreams for years

Both have given me PTSD

Your pfp will continue to haunt my dreams for years to come...

@@centntn Oh that's just gollum.

I’m guessing that big bang did that as an intentional nod to the cheesy old Star Trek sets. Just a guess.

@@williammallon4190 Agreed. I'm honestly not getting why people are criticizing it as if they wanted it to look convincing. As bad as the show itself is, I'm positive that whole scene was supposed to look as shitty as possible and doesn't reflect the editors' skills.

Tom !! (& another Thomas now too?) -- Are you serious ?!? 1:37 ...that you're "Not Convinced" that BigBang actually MEANT TO make it look cheesy?!? OF COURSE THEY DID !! C'mon, don't give me that. Here we are clicking on your videos because we thought you were a smart guy. Even with a 2-inch screen on my phone, it's so obvious. BTW they did more than simply "reference" the bad FX of low-budget 1980s/1960s television programming... This is a DIRECT LAMPOON / PARODY. And they were already "taking your advice" (4:03) to make it deliberately bad WAAAY before you "Noticed it" and graciously pointed it out for them. The producers thank you for your feedback. To prove my point, I could dwell on the more obvious reasons/evidence, but I'll skip to The Clincher: ...it's BIG-BANG THEORY getting their Dream-Come-True "StarTrek" episode which they've been sleepjaculating about since before even scripting the pilot. And you think they've left ANY-thing to CHANCE, and did not Comb This With A Fine-Tooth?... Well then, I'm not convinced YOU'VE EVER SEEN an episode of The BigBang Theory !

Thumbs Down Jesus Christ relax

@@thumbsdown7502 It's never a good sign when someone overuses punctuation and capital letters.

I thought it’s called the Vertigo zoom.

​@@joachimb5721valid too, wait till you hear some call it the jaws effect

…what?

⁠@@Lumiesfinetoo dollying means physically moving the camera closer to or further from what’s being filmed. And I think anyone watching this understands what zooming in and out means. Dollying in and zooming out (or vice versa) have roughly opposite but not exactly opposite effects. So if you do both simultaneously at the right rates, you can keep the subject in the middle of the frame and have the affect that’s shown at 3:42.

I can't use green screen because I'm green myself.

Duck

@@tiihtu2507 no me I'm a green ogre

Umm, _ackchyually,_ you don't even have to own a physical greenscreen for the info about it to be useful. If you use footage made by someone else, you can cut out object frame by frame, and place them on a greenscreen for pre-rendering - RU-vid poopers do that all the time (not only them, other video editors also use it, but they most notably). In fact, digital greenscreen (which is just an image of the very bright, specific shade of green) and the "chroma keyer" tool are one of the most used video effects by editors.

Why would a Duck own a green screen anyway? Also you can have these breadcrumbs that are at the bottom of my pocket

Pewds is that you?

Don't forget to water him too

I was catching this effect in Star Wars EP2 when Obi Wan in his fighter chasing Fett. I felt a bit dissapointed.

We had this problem sometimes doing a news segment at school. It also tended to mess up levels because blacks would never look quite right. White clothes were highly discouraged.

Or just leave it blue... it works the same (with most programs) but with a different colour

@@Henry-fu2hc Whoosh 🤣🤣🤣

its true, i mean if the sky is clear u could somehow use it as the bluescreen

A reason why I know blue is one of the colours that work great: a specific shade of light blue pen/pencils are used by people who animate and also those who scans their sketches - the colour of that blue is easy for programs to not recognise, and therefore, the outline is more clean

@@slm60uk Whooosh you a s s

and you can see, my trademark red shirt is in fact, soft pink

Oh same... This is second time

*light pink

One take! HAHA

The solution, of course, is an algorithm

I'm still puzzled by that! My best guess is that they didn't have suitable footage, so flipped the shot.

My guess would be that Tom prefers to be on the left side or the middle, and that shot works much better flipped so he's not going straight through a car, or jumping from one side of the screen to the other.

@@Xentillus I'd lay good odds that it's all these things, and some that haven't been thought of, just to mess with the viewers.

I thought something looked wrong but couldn't put my finger on it.

The fact that the signs said “YAW ƎVIӘ” didn’t tip you off?

Same

same bruh

Why are you so far down here?

@@DJTrainBrain Probably because I make too many comments about the RU-vid view counting algorithm.

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Because in my country we drive on the right, I didn't even notice, but yup, it's mirrored

Wrong channel

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Capn D AHHAHAHAAHAH

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Captain dissolution

Greetings, children…

Captain D's "Chinese Invisibility Cloak Hoax DESTROYED!!!" is the best video on green screens I have seen

Any American popular video does.

Tom Scott cool

How is this from 2 weeks before the vid?

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How to recognize a Video from Tom Scott 1. *_Comment older than the video aka being a time traveller_* 2. *_Red T-Shirts_*

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That could even be harder. But then again i have never edited videos or pictures.

vertigo effect