Green Screen Malfunction (Points Included)

I just figured out how to use the green screen feature in iMovie but the green screen is the same thing with a blur around it. I know there is supposed to be a blur around it but there is nothing inside. What can I do?

GPU is failing, or bad cable or bad connection.
In your case it seems possible it is a bad connection to LCD screen.
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Green Screen Malfunction

I just figured out how to use the green screen feature in iMovie but the green screen is the same thing with a blur around it. I know there is supposed to be a blur around it but there is nothing inside. What can I do?

GPU is failing, or bad cable or bad connection.
In your case it seems possible it is a bad connection to LCD screen.
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on-line https://getsupport.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action
check warranty https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

Hi, I have this green mark (with pointing arrow looks like a link) on some words show on my window screen when I open a web page, I wonder if it is a virus link or such. Need help how to get rid of it. Thanks

Hi, I have this green mark (with pointing arrow looks like a link) on some words show on my window screen when I open a web page, I wonder if it is a virus link or such. Need help how to get rid of it. Here's the example:
WING
GAMES
MAJORITY
Thanks

If the third link you posted (the link containing the word "majority") does not look like the following then you inadvertently installed adware.
That particular page should resemble the following:
The word "majority" in the third paragraph should not be a link and should not have the green icon associated with it.
To learn how this may have occurred, and how to prevent it from occurring in the future, read How to install adware
Most so-called "news" websites are nothing more than entertainment outlets that cater to prurient interests, and contain advertisements that leave the user about three clicks away from installing junk. If you decide to frequent those websites, Safari's "Reader" feature helps minimize that exposure.
Try it:

Green Screen on all online video's including dwnloading BBC Iplayer videos

I have a HP 15-g094sa Notebook PC with an AMD Radeon(TM) R5 Graphics card. I am finding i cant wach any videos online or watch downloads from BBC Iplayer. I have clicked on the settings, advanced and accelaerated graphics and it makes no difference what so ever. If i had known i'd have this problem i would never have bought a HP laptop.
Im also finding that when i type the laptop is unable to keep up with what i type and missing letters or symbols regularly this is also very annoying especially as someone who can type at a reasonable speed. I shouldnt have to stop to read it just to make sure the letters are al typing.
I would like solutions to both these problems please.

Hi,
Please try:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20807.how-to-fix-green-screen-video-playb...
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Green Screen the easy way

We were in San Francisco today down at Pier 39, a very popular tourist attraction that has many appeals to locals as well.
We were walking from Fisherman's Wharf to Pier 39 and we came across a big green board, angled slightly, and perfectly lit by the mid day sun. I thought it might be fun to take a few photos of people walking past the board and try to key them out when I got home. I believe that is why the board is there. I sat back quite a ways away and used a ISO 200, f5.8, 1/640 sec shot using a 120mm focal length (240 on a 35mm camera)
Here are the pictures:
I took the photos into Premiere Pro and used Ultra to key out the green, and applied a garbage matte to each pic. Pretty easy, I have keyed out the blue sky before, but a green screen lit by sunshine was a new experience.

Yes, there are a lot of buttons. But when you stop to think about what they are, you realize you don't use them all the time. Certainly not while you are shooting. And the reason there are lots of buttons, I think, is because people hated using a menu, so the things that get changed most have buttons.
Let's take the most common button/wheel. The menu button is your friend. You will get to know it pretty well. But you set it up at the beginning of the shoot and seldom go back to it unless something changes, like you want to change the type of video you are saving or the number of photos in a burst. Things like that. You really won't do that as much as I do, because I am still experimenting.
The quick menu button gets used, but still, only when something changes. Not so much while you are shooting.
Pretty much, you turn on the camera that is already set to shoot RAW using full Manual including manual focus, you adjust your aperture and your shutter speed (each has its own wheel) in order to get the on screen exposure meter to go to zero (or a step below), you zoom to where you want to be by turning the lens, you focus and press the shutter button.
Not exactly point and shoot, but I want full control. You may prefer to use one of the program modes. Some people do. Especially run and gun types.
OK, so now you have taken some pictures and you set the camera on the tripod or GorillaPod, use the Wireless button to connect your phone to your camera. That is a handy button but it isn't like you are pressing it very often.
ISO and White Balance. I pretty much set ISO at 200 and leave it there unless I can't get to the numbers I need with f stop and shutter speed. White balance? OK, that's a different story. There are those days when you are in the sun, in the shade, in the sun, in the shade. On those days the WB gets a bit of a workout.
However, keep in mind you probably have a few settings you use the most often. A sunny day with ISO 200 shooting 16:9 instead of 3:2 or 4:3 because you will be using it for a video. That would make a good preset for one of the buttons you don't use very often. Like the WiFi button perhaps. Using the menu for that is probably sufficient, especially since you don't have a smartphone yet.

How to use Green Screen option?

Sorry this is such a general question, but I have very limited internet access here at work (can't even access Google) and I would like to figure this out before I leave for the day so I can grab what I need on the way home.
We are making weekly comical "newscast" type videos, and we have been using PhotoBooth to make it look like we are in a news room.
I would like to stop using PhotoBooth (due to the obvious extreme limitations in video/audio quality) and use the green screen option in iMovie 09.
Would anybody be so kind as to give a brief couple of paragraphs on the best way to accomplish this?
I have seen the option pop up when inserting a clip on top of another, but which one is the footage/image to replace the green area... the original clip or the overlayed clip?
And is there a specific shade/type of green that works best? Or can I just pick up a dozen yards of general "crayola" green fabric to cover a wall?

I have tried but haven't had much luck. Although I am having a problem with Snow Leopard and iMovie right now. That may be affecting my success. Here are the instructions out of iMovie help.
To use green-screen effects to superimpose video:
Record video in front of a solid green backdrop, and then import it into iMovie.
When you record, for best results do the following:
Use a pure (highly saturated) color of green for the backdrop.
The best color of green to use is often called “chroma key green” in paint and cloth.
Make sure the subject doesn’t have any green clothing, and don’t include anything green in the shot, other than the backdrop.
If possible, use multiple lighting sources to eliminate shadows on the subject being recorded.
Include a moment at the end of the recording with the subject out of the frame. This indicates to iMovie what should be left out when the video is superimposed.
Choose iMovie > Preferences, click General, and then make sure Show Advanced Tools is selected.
In the Event Browser, select video that you recorded in front of the green backdrop.
Drag the selection directly over a clip in your project (video, solid color, or animated background clip), and release the mouse button when the cursor displays a green plus sign .
Choose Green Screen from the list of options that appears.
The green-screen clip appears with a green border around it above the video clip in your project. You can drag it to a different spot to reposition it, or drag the ends to lengthen or shorten it.
To more effectively mask areas of the green-screen clip, select the clip in your project, in the viewer click Cropped, and then drag the handles at the top of the viewer to more tightly enclose the subject of the video.
Anything outside the highlighted area in the green-screen clip is removed from the picture. Be sure not to crop out areas that the subject moves into at any point during the green-screen clip.
To produce a better-quality effect, double-click the green-screen clip in your project to open the inspector, then select “Subtract last frame.” iMovie uses information in the last frame to determine what to subtract from the finished clip.
Selecting “Subtract last frame” works only if you included a moment at the end of the green-screen footage with the subject completely out of the frame.
To watch the clip, click the Play Clip button in the viewer.

Can you do Green Screen/Blue Screen/Chroma Key on Adobe Premiere Elements 12 for mac?

Can you do Green Screen/Blue Screen/Chroma Key on Adobe Premiere Elements 12 for mac? If not, what are the alternatives?

JimbobT
ChromaKey, GreenScreen Key, and BlueScreen Key are not included in Premiere Elements Mac.
Some suggest Videomerge as the alternative. I do not. But Videomerge is not THE alternative.
Instead, I prefer the Difference Matte as a substitute for the 3 absent keying effects. Please check out my blog post on that which includes
the how to.
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2013/05/pe11-difference-matte-as-substitute-for.html
The suggestion has met with good results according to the feedback that I have gotten to this.
I am strictly a Premiere Elements Windows user who does not prefer Videomerge even in Windows.
Please review, consider, and let us know the outcome.
Thanks.
ATR

IPhoto Slideshow images will not burn to DVD -- Green Screen

I'm trying to burn a slideshow I created in iPhoto '09 to a DVD using iDVD '09. The first few time I've done this, everything burns properly, including the DVD menu. When I select the "play" button to play the slideshow, the music that I originally entered plays correctly; however, the screen is completely green and none of the images appear.
Slideshow has 136 pictures and three songs from my iTunes library. The menu in iDVD has no music and only one pictures, using a previously loaded theme from the default options. I am burning the slideshow to 16:9 ratio, NTSC, best performance.
I have tried creating using the autoplay upon dvd insert option, which still did not work. Same green screen with slideshow music playing. I am currently trying to export the slideshow as quicktime movie then adding that to the project.
PLEASE help. Any ideas appreciated.

I did search apple's KB again but that's the only article I could find on Green Screen so I posted it to the forum for reference purposes only....
Sorry it failed to help. I'll ask around for other suggestions and if anything comes up I'll post back.
DRM is certainly a possibility as suggested above even though I've not seen it attached/related to an issue of this nature (lines yes, but rarely the entire screen).
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White screen or green screen question

hi
i have a series of interviews coming up...will shoot 1080. I like the nice clean look of white for the background. Question is whether to shoot with white backdrop or green screen and key white in post. Here is my issue: I want to use part of the space (framing screen right) for bullet points, graphics, etc. but i also would like to achieve this look at 2:40 into the video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRK5QVEE8Ng) Clearly, a green screen was used here. I am wondering if I shot against white could i just use the luma and key out my white background, create my effect with white and moving video then key it back in? Thanks.

Here's my 2 centimes, FWIW. luma and chroma keys both have plusses and minuses. Green screen will potentially give you the cleanest key if you follow a few "rules" while shooting. It's a huge challenge to do good green screen: large enough set so that you can light the screen absolutely differently than the talent. You're really lighting two sets-- the talent and the screen. you ought to be able to turn one off without affecting the other. You'll need enough distance to avoid bounceback onto the talent. or a magenta backlight to minimize the bounce. Fly-away hair is another issue-- paste it down. That said, a well shot greenscreen is a joy in post.
A luma key is quick and easy-- IF the subject cooperates and doesn't have any highlights that might get blown off. It's not good for people to have holes in their foreheads, etc.
I'd go green with a good shooter and proper lighting.

Hp pavilion all-in-one green screen problems

I purchased a brand new 23 inch HP pavilion all-in-one, set it up and used it for 3 or 4 days but kept getting GREEN SCREENS on face book videos and other websites...had to reboot constantly to correct the problem but after a few hours it returns. I phoned the store & they said it was a defective computer, so I packed it all up & returned it to the store & got the EXACT SAME COMPUTER & now I'm having the identical problem, so I phoned HP & a technician did some minor changes, rebooted it thru remote access and said 'there all fixed' but later that day the problem returned AGAIN. I heard this issue is due to INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN FLASH & WINDOWS 7/8, so either windows needs to fix it...or HP needs to fix it...PLEASE HELP YOUR CUSTOMERS so we don't have to reboot constantly!

Hello again @Nordic4U,
Actually if you restart and the problem goes away temporarily then I suspect that you have a 3rd party application making a change that is causing this issue. I am providing you with an HP Support document: Using Microsoft System Configuration (Windows 8), which will walk you through disabling all non-Microsoft Services and your Startup Items. If the problem goes away at this point then we know you have a 3rd party application causing your issue.
Now you need to narrow it down till you find the problem. You can do this by enabling 50% of the Services and see if the issue is still fixed. If it is you know it is not one of them and you can continue enabling the Services and Startup Itmes until you indentify what is causing your issue.
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Built-in iSight cam randomly stopped working. All I get is a green screen!

I used it just yesterday with both Photobooth and iChat with no problems what so ever. Now all it shows is a green screen! Anybody know what the problem may be and how to fix it??? Thanks!
-Jonathon

Welcome to Discussions, -Jonathon
Here are the solutions that help most users who encounter green-screen problems. None are complicated, but the only way to find which one will work for you is to try them one-by-one until you find the one that fixes your Mac.
(1) Check your System Preferences as explained in this kbase article about Built-in iSight camera produces blue or green pictures.
(2) If your System Preferences are set correctly, try every suggestion re: Built-in iSight in the "How to Troubleshoot iSight" article.
Be sure to include the checks for whether the problem is "application-specific" and "user-specific".
If you need help creating a new user account to check whether your problem is "user-specific" during Troubleshooting, see this Help article.
(3) If resetting or the other suggestions do correct your problem, try the following:
• Backup your Home Folder, or at very least, your important files.
• Repair permissions. (Click here if you need help.)
• Then download and apply the Mac OS X 10.4.10 Combo Update v1.1 (iNtel).
• Finish with another Permissions Repair, and then check your iSight again.
Users have reported fixes to a variety of audio, video, connectivity, and software conflicts and unreliability issues after properly applying Combo Updates.
(4) A few iNtel Mac laptop users have also reported success after unplugging their Macs and leaving the battery out for half-an-hour to overnight.
(5) If none of these suggestions help, contact Apple or your Apple-Authorized Service Provider for a professional check.
EZ Jim
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Green Screen Ball

I am trying to green screen a moving tennis ball so that it looks like a glowing orange piece of the sun. The tennis ball is being held by different people who are walking around carrying it in their hand. The camera is focused on the tennis ball the whole time. I tried using chroma keyer but doesn't seem to pick up the tennis ball very well as it's moving.
Any ideas on how to achieve this glowing ball effect?

You can do tracking and match-moving in Motion.
When chroma-keying in FCP, be sure to insert a Chroma Smoothing Filter
before your keyer: 4:1:1 for DV, 4:2:2 for DVCPRO HD.
If the tennis ball is white, you might have better luck with a lumakey.
The manual has some solid advice on keying, including how to use
mattes to simplify your work.
Of course, if the ball is yellow and the people are light-skinned,
it may be impossible to pull a good key. In that case, tracking in
Motion is your best bet.
In fact, the Primatte keyer in Motion is WAY better than FCP's keyers.
Just do the whole thing (keying, tracking, glow effect) in Motion.
Check this out:
http://www.larryjordan.biz/articles/ljchroma-keying_motionFCP.html
and this:
http://www.5min.com/Video/Motion-3-Motion-Tracking-in-Motion-Part-1-18629377

Green screen titles no longer work

I have created a movie in iMovie 09 and used titles I made with Power Point. In Power Point, I created a fully green slide, then placed text and pictures on it and then saved the picture as .png or .tiff using a screen capture. This picture I dropped on a video fragment and used green screen to put it in the fragment. This works perfectly in one of my projects, but not in any other project. I have compared the project on all possible aspects, but cannot find any differences. Green screen does work when I use a video fragment with green in it. Does anyone recognize this? Thx in advance for the response!!

Try checking your defaults under PROJECT PROPERTIES, then TIMING, then look at Initial Photo Placement. If it's set on Ken Burns, then it should work. For some reason, if you set it on CROP or FIT IN FRAME it just turns your Green from transparent to GREEN, or your Transparent Png, to BLACK.
After you Ken burns it, you can just make it so your start frame and end frame are the same.
I found this out when I was bringing in Transparent png titles and Watermarks.
Stupid iMovie.

Green Screen on Desktop

Trying to watch movies and videos and I get a green screen.
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Hi,
If this is just when streaming online video/movies, try a clean installation of the flash plugin/activeX as follows.
First, download the Flash uninstall utility on the link below and save it to your Downloads folder.
Flash Player Uninstaller.
When the download has completed, close all browser windows, open your Download folder and run the uninstaller. After this has completed, restart the PC.
When windows has reloaded, download and install the latest version of Adobe Flash. Note: You may want to deselect the option to include McAfee Security Scan Plus before downloading.
When the installation has completed, restart the PC.
If the above doesn't correct the issue, then try the following.
First of all, download and run the Shockwave uninstaller on the link below.
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/uninstall/win/sw_uninstaller.exe
After this has completed, restart the PC.
When windows has fully reloaded, download and install the latest version of Shockwave on the following link.
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/
Again, after this installation, restart the PC.
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What's the best for green screen filter Color Key or Chroma key?

What is the difference, and what is the best choice for a person standing in front of a green screen.
Color Key or Choma key?
Which offers the most solutions for dealing with variations in the green background, such as occasional wrinkles/seams in the fabric.
Thanks
Rowby

I did mean Adobe Ultra or previously Serious Magic Ultra. I have no personal experience with Primatte, but have heard very positive reports. For relatively simple work with a good green/blue screen, which is properly lighted and not too much wrinkles, Ultra is easy, fast and effective, but it pays to have a look at the tutorials on how to setup a proper key. When you have rather bad lighting on the screen, Keylight is better and adds more flexibility, but is harder to master than Ultra. It also lacks the MSL (Master Set Libraries) capabilities of Ultra, but if you have never used Ultra before, you may be hard pressed to find any of the MSL's from the Serious Magic era around. Adobe has apparently stopped selling those, apart from the basic one which is included with Ultra. Maybe Karl Soule or Mark Mapes, previous Serious Magicians, can shed some light on the future of Ultra in the Adobe portfolio.

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