I use green screen editing on vegas alot, is it worth it to buy PS and use it for that application on a chrome book?

I just bought a acer chrome book being told I can utilize PhotoShop on it and keep an easy platform to use. is it worth the trouble using PS for green screen on a chrome book?

We don't really do Green Screen with Photoshop, but it certainly does an excellent job of making transparent backgrounds for still images.  It wouldn't be able to do this with video though.

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    Thank you for your reply.  I saw this solution on another thread and tried the following.  Will go into what I found.
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    Then if you import it into your main project, it contains that background and using PIP will certainly shrink it, but again, you can't green screen it....back to step one.
    This solution you reference would work if the file contained the subject against a transparent background, but it doesn't, it contains whatever you had to use under it to get the green screen to work.
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  • Using green screen

    I know that I've seen several threads in this discussion before about using green / blue screen but I haven't come accross one that actually tells you how to work with it once you've shot. I made a green screen which looks pretty good if i do say so myself, but I don't know what to do once I've shot the footage and imported it into FCE. Can somebody please post the steps I need to take or a link to a website that would help? Thanks a lot,
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    I have just copied and pasted an answer I gave in October. It should get you started. As it says, try out the Blue/Green Screen filter first - it's easier than the Chromakey.
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    Ian.
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  • How can I put transitions btw clips that both use green screen?

    Seems that when I drop the transition between the clips (between the backgrounds -- it won't let me drop the transition between the videos shot with the green screen), it then pushes the green screened video clips together, and the transition doesn't play at all!

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