Applying the Green Screen Key to the New New England Reporter Clip

In order to "transport" our reporter from one part of the world to another, we need to apply the Green Screen Key so that we can remove the green background and reveal the world behind her. We then adjust the Green Screen Key a bit so that all of the green background is gone. If you worked your way through this book chapter by chapter, you should be already familiar with this technique. And if not, just follow the steps that follow to learn how it's done.

Find and Apply the Green Screen Key

Click on the Effects and Transitions button in the Media panel, to switch to the Effects and Transitions view.

Type green in the text field.

Select the Green Screen Key effect from the Keying effects in the Video Effects list and drag and drop it onto the NE_reporter.avi clip on the Video 2 track.

In the Properties panel, click the triangle next to Green Screen Key to view the effect's controls.

Adjust the effect as follows:

Threshold:	31.0%
Cutoff:	31.0%
Smoothing:	High

The reporter clip before the Green Screen Key has been applied.

The same reporter clip after the Green Screen Key has been applied.