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How to only use the green screen effect not the blue screen on iMovie

I have got a video filmed in front of a green screen and the person in front of the green screen is wearing blue. When I go to select "Green/Blue Screen" in iMovie the effect targets both colours so I end up have a transparent person. In iMovie 11 how can I just use the green screen effect, but not the blue screen effect! Please help! Ethan.

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Posted on Nov 1, 2016 2:49 PM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2016 8:01 AM

The help files at:

http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/mov82da1338a

says under 'Use green-screen or blue-screen effect':

The color that iMovie removes is based on the dominant color in the frame at the position of the playhead when you choose Green/Blue Screen from the pop-up menu. If the frame below the playhead isn’t representative of the rest of the clip, you may need to reposition the playhead and reapply the effect.

Have you tried re-applying the green/blue screen effect with the playhead positioned over a different part of your video where there is a larger area of green than blue in the frame?

Geoff.

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Nov 3, 2016 8:01 AM in response to curlyhead23

The help files at:

http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/mov82da1338a

says under 'Use green-screen or blue-screen effect':

The color that iMovie removes is based on the dominant color in the frame at the position of the playhead when you choose Green/Blue Screen from the pop-up menu. If the frame below the playhead isn’t representative of the rest of the clip, you may need to reposition the playhead and reapply the effect.

Have you tried re-applying the green/blue screen effect with the playhead positioned over a different part of your video where there is a larger area of green than blue in the frame?

Geoff.

How to only use the green screen effect not the blue screen on iMovie

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