


Your editing pane should now look like this: In order to have the images fill in the green screen behind the airplane, you’ll need to drag the first video (of the airplane) above the rest of the media. Right now, as this arrangement of media stands, these videos/images will play in this sequence.

The box in the right hand corner gives you a preview of what your video is going to look like. When that is complete, your screen should look like this: You’ll need to drag each media individually into the editing pane (2) Once that’s done, they are all going to show up in this box (1). You can select all of the files at one time and just have them all imorted at once. Next, you’ll need to “import media.” This will be your video and images you plan on editing into your green screen footage. You’re going to select “create new” and then, for our purposes, “movie.” When you open iMovie you’ll see a screen that looks like the image below. Additional images or video to be edited into the background.Some video footage in front of a green or blue screen.Pixabay and Pexels offer large collections of public domain videos and pictures.IMovie Tutorial: Adding Images and Videos to Green Screen Footage: | imovie_greenscreen imovie_greenscreen iMovie Tutorial: Green Screen View on GitHub iMovie Tutorial: Adding Images and Videos to Green Screen Footage:Ĭreated by Alyssa Lopez What You’ll Need: Whenever possible try to have students use images and video clips that are in the public domain as the background for their videos.Again, you can buy lighting kits made specifically for this purpose or use a couple of cheap clamp-on lights like these that I have in my office. When it comes to lighting, the goal is to remove any shadows and cast an even light on person(s) in the video and on the screen itself.If you do choose the green bed sheet option, make sure you stretch the sheet tightly enough to remove any wrinkles.You can purchase screens specifically made for this purpose or do what I do and head down to your local Walmart an purchase a queen size green bed sheet.

