in this video you'll learn how to remove
a video background without a green
screen
online and for free and we'll do that
right now
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alright so video background removal is
commonly associated with green screens
and a video editing effect called chroma
key
chances are you see chroma key effects
every day
but you don't even realize it from
special effects in movies to
online video ads to your local
weatherman 7-day forecast
green screens and chroma key they're
awesome
but what if you don't have a green
screen do you have a green screen
and why even bother removing the
background from a video
well i'm gonna tell you first and
foremost background removal effects add
a heightened level of production value
to your video
it makes your content stand out it's a
wow so
by having the ability to remove the
background from your videos
opens up a whole new range of creativity
for content creation
so whether you're making green screen
memes reaction videos
special effects or any other customized
video content
our friends at capoeing have got you
covered
with their chroma key and green screen
editing features
for those of you who are in the know
kapoying is an
online video creation and editing
platform for modern creators
and you yes you can try out this chroma
key effect
online and for free by visiting the
kapwing link in the description below
the chroma key effect inside copuing can
be broken down
into three creative tasks removing the
background from your videos
removing the background from an existing
green screen video
as well as if you have a green screen
how to remove it inside kapooing
with chroma key i'll touch on each task
so you understand exactly how to use the
effect
now once you're logged in to kapwing
you'll be in the my workspace panel
which will display all of your projects
to get started
we'll simply click on new project next
it'll ask us what kind of project you
want to create
in this case we'll click on start with
studio which is where all the magic
happens
all right now here's where we're going
to upload our recorded video clip
you can simply drag and drop a video
file into this area here
or you can paste a url from a video
online
like a youtube link once your file has
been uploaded
or video link converted it'll load the
clip into the studio
like so for this example i'm using a
quick clip
i filmed on my phone of me making a poor
attempt to become the next best meme
character
now there's certainly a lot of
functionality inside the studio here
but for the purpose of this video i'll
only be working inside the chroma key
effects
okay with our video layer selected we
can navigate to the upper right corner
of the studio
displaying these three tabs for edit
animate and effects
we'll click on the effects tab to reveal
a set of options for background removal
now we're first going to tinker with the
standard remove background option
which when you click it we'll put kaplan
to work removing all major background
elements from your video clip
while only keeping our subject in frame
should you need to adjust the clip you
can do so with the slider over here for
threshold
to decide how much or little of the
image you're removing
once you have it where you want it we
can use the play button down here
to play back our clip now you can see
the edges here are a little choppy
but no big deal and it's certainly
perfect for meme culture and social
media content
also should your new video clip not play
back smoothly
just know that all frame rates will be
corrected once we export our final
product
now this remove background effects works
best for single subjects in your video
frame
with ample lighting available okay with
your background removed
now we're going to source another
background to place behind it
this additional background element can
be an image
video or gif you can add a video
background by clicking back on the
upload button
and locating your video file or you can
simply perform a search for gifs
or images to insert directly into our
canvas
whichever background you choose you'll
first want to click on this lock
ratio button so the media element
remains intact when we scale it up and
down in size
now specifically we're going to scale
this element up here to fill
our entire frame then we'll click over
here on the send backward button
to send this element into the background
now we have our video clip
with the remove background on top of our
new background
if you're reacting to a funny video clip
or simply providing
instruction for a new application how-to
video
this effect allows you to move and
position your clip anywhere
on the screen pretty cool but let's take
this effect one step further
and learn how to incorporate existing
green screen video clips
into your project let's first jump over
to youtube and in the search bar
type in anything you want to include in
your video
and place the phrase green screen behind
it seriously there is an immense library
of green screen video clips available
for consumption
that can be pulled directly from youtube
into your meme or video project
perhaps you'd enjoy a cameo from this
guy dogface208
we've all seen it so let's type in
dogface green screen
and there we go we're going to open up
this video we're going to click on the
share button down here and we're going
to copy the video url
now let's jump back over to kapwing
click on the upload button
and paste the video url into this field
right here
the clip will be processed and placed on
your canvas
certainly we can see this clip has a
green screen which needs to be removed
let's click over here on effects then
onto chroma key
and boom it instantly removes a green
screen background
enabling dog face to now be inside my
scene
this feature allows you to remove
traditional chroma key colors like green
and blue but it also allows you to key
out just about any other solid color
found on video
and images online you could even take
this a little deeper and search for
special effects on green screen
like a hungry great white shark or
massive explosions
if it has a solid color background on it
that background
can be removed and complete and placed
anywhere throughout your video content
additionally it can serve as a new way
to incorporate animated motion graphics
like these social media icons cool
subscribe buttons
and lower third name plates now using an
actual green screen for your on-camera
elements will produce a better cutout
compared to the standard remove
background effect
i personally use this green screen that
attaches to the back of your office
chair
i'll place a link to it below but the
same green screen effect can be achieved
by purchasing a green
tablecloth from your local dollar store
and mounting it on a wall
okay with your green screen clip
recorded and uploaded into kapwing
we'll click on effects and chroma key
now the effect by default will do its
best to remove the green background
however to get it exact i recommend
choosing this option to key
to color which when clicked allows you
to pre-select a color from the wheel
or use the eyedropper to manually pick
the color
and that's what i recommend you do so
simply hover your mouse over the color
you wish to remove
and when you do that you're going to see
a preview of the color
you're about to pick over here then
click and complain will remove the color
from the background
now these sliders down here allow you to
fine tune the chroma key
to achieve the best results and if we do
a side by side comparison from using the
standard remove background effect
without a green screen versus the chroma
key effect
with a green screen you can definitely
notice the difference in quality
with the edges and overall transparency
of your footage
once you're done tinkering with your
project simply click the export button
and kapwing will go to work processing
your video for you to download and share
between these three options for
background removal you can start to see
how this could revolutionize how you
create your content
and how others experience your content
online
if you haven't already downloaded our
updated before you shoot guide
please do so in the show notes below
this guide will prove as a valuable
resource for your future video creations
including best practices for shooting
and editing video
and links to recommended video gear apps
and software
and should you have the need to place
subtitles or caption text on your videos
well kapwing has a tool for that one too
watch this video next to learn how to
easily add subtitles to any video
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