Video Background in QuickTime?

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Video Background in QuickTime?

I have Quick Time Pro 7 installed in my MacBook Pro. When I record Quick Time movies using my iSight camera, I would like to have a slide or a movie in the background - I literally have a green screen. Photo Booth will do this easily for snapshots, but I want to do it for a movie. How do I add a slide or a movie to the green screen behind me in Quick TIme Pro (or any other app in iLife 09) for recording?

Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Feb 27, 2009 11:21 AM

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Answer 1

Sonicray

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Feb 27, 2009 1:31 PM in response to Camping Doc

doing a search in Google you get:
http://www.stupendous-software.com/Stupendous/MasksCompositing/Pages/GreenScreen Smooth.html

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Camping Doc Author

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Feb 27, 2009 2:12 PM in response to Sonicray

Thanks for that tip. I have emailed them for more info, but right now, it looks like this won't work - the only version of iMovie they mention is iMovie 6, and I have iMovie 8 (iLife 9) installed. Maybe they will tell me their product will work with iMovie 8, and if so, great.

Meanwhile, I'm still open for other suggestions.

Wayne

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Answer 3

Camping Doc Author

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Feb 28, 2009 11:20 AM in response to Camping Doc

For anyone else's benefit, I have answered my own question. Quick TIme doesn't do anything with green screen, but I can record my video in Quick Time using a green screen and then import the Quick Time file into iMovie 8. iMovie 8 can then replace the green screen with whatever I choose through the Advanced Settings of iMovie. Simple - just finding the answer wasn't simple. Hope this helps someone else. The more I see of iMovie 8, the more impressed I am.

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