How To Use Green Screen Overlays In Video Star | Mastering The Art Of Video Editing

If you are here searching for “How To Use Green Screen Overlays In Video Star”, then one thing is for sure that you are a budding video editor and want to learn the animation on the best video editor, Video star. There are several features that the platform offers to its users and the Green Screen Overlays is one of them.

If you have ever seen the making of superhero movies (which you must see if you want to learn to edit), then you must observe that they use a green-colored background. Ever wondered why green is used? Well, the green color is used for the screen overlay videos. This helps in running the other animations in the background with ease.

We know the concept is quite confusing. So, we have explained it in great detail further in the article. We have divided the article into two major sections. The first section will tell you how to prepare the green screen overlay and the second will tell you how to mask the background from the overlay. 

So, without wasting much of your time let us start with the post.

How To Prepare The Green Screen Overlay In Video Star?

An overlay is a video that you want to play in front of the other videos on the video star application. It is the last layer of video that is to be imported while editing the video. Well, given below are the detailed steps that you need to follow to prepare the green screen overlay in Video Star. 

  1. First of all, locate the video that you want to be at the end of the new video.
  2. To import this video tap on “New” and then move to the multilayer and tap on it.
  3. After that import the clip you want to run in the background and place it in layer 1.
  4. You can also import multiple layers in the overlay background.
  5. Now, to import the overlay video tap on the plus (+) icon and select the video from the camera roll.

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How To Mask The Background From The Overlay?

There are basically two major ways to mask the background from the overlay in Video Star. The first one is the manual way and the second is the automatic way. We have explained both of them further.

1. Custom Color Masking

How To Use Green Screen Overlays In Video Star

This is the oldest technique that was used in the Video Star when it was launched first. With the introduction of the automatic tools, the process went simple. But, using this technique for masking the background from overlay gives you more precision in the final video.

The additional advantage of using this method is that you can remove any color from the background of the overlay in Video Star.

To do so follow the steps given below:

  1. Start by tapping on the layer that you have imported in the previous section and then tap on the “Add Mask”.
  2. Now, navigate to the Edit Mask tab and click on the color tab from the top.
  3. Next, tap on the three stripes and set it to customs.
  4. Now, the overlay will be displayed in the mainframe. 

Now, you will find two circles in the mainframe. The names of these circles are Match and Blend respectively.

Move your finger on the mainframe overlay to select the color that you want to mask. You will see a little dot in the Match circle. Now, move this dot in the Match circle to erase the color. This will erase the majority of the color from the overlay. To get the precision, start moving the dot in the Blend circle.

The blend as the name signifies will match the overlay with the background video.

2. Auto Background Color Masking

How To Use Green Screen Overlays In Video Star

If you find the way mentioned above a little bit hectic and time-consuming, then you can also use the automatic way. The only drawback of this method is that you can mask only a few select colors. Follow the steps given below:

  1. Start by tapping on the layer that you have imported in the previous section and then tap on the “Add Mask”.
  2. Now, navigate to the Edit Mask tab and click on the color tab from the top.
  3. Next, tap on the three stripes and you will see a pop-up menu.
  4. This menu will provide you with the options that are combined by the “Match And Blend circles” in the custom masking.

This will provide you with two options: “Pure” and “blend”. The pure option will clear the color but will leave behind some pixelated edges and the blend will smoothen the edges.

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Wrapping Up:

Remember to constantly play the video while editing to get an idea about how the video is going to look after the complete editing. 

Although you make the overlay video in any color background it is always preferable to make it with a green background. Do you know the possible reason for this? If yes, then do write the answer in the comments section. Well, here is a hint for your help. “It has to do something with the Rainbow colors phenomenon, V-I-B-G-Y-O-R”

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q. Does The Video Star Have A Green Screen?

Video star provides the users with two methods to remove the green screen from the overlay video. One of the methods is manual and the other is automatic.

Q. How Do You Get Rid Of The Green Screen On Video Star?

To get rid of the green screen from the overlay video on Video star. We can use the Blend and Match circles. The Match (Manual Way) or Pure circle (Automatic way) will help us to remove the maximum part of the green screen and the Blend circle will help us to clear the edges of the overlay videos.

Q. What Is Video Overlay?

Video Overlay is the animation or video that is generally added to another layer of video.

Q. How Do You Make A Green Screen?

To make a green screen you can use a green cloth and tighten it in the background or you can also use green color paper.

Rahul Gupta

Rahul functions as the head of the company’s Research & Insights division. A seasoned Digital Marketing Expert with more than 10 years in Organic Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Business Development, Lead Generation, Management, Customer Acquisition, building diverse portfolios of websites, growing online presence for many tech brands and others.

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