Video Green Screen Magic Tricks

Magic is real we all k now it as video producers we make magic everyday. Today we are going to show you how to turn ordinary grandmother into a fairy godmother. [Music Playing] [Demo] Here is how we did it using Wondertouch’s Particle Illusion for the glitter, Boris effects for the stars and Photoshop for the bubbles. We first started with the well lit green screen. This gave us the chance to choose whatever background we wanted that would not interfere with the glittery effects. We then make a clean key using Adobe’s Ultra Keying program. This program keys so well that even individual highlights of my hair can stand out which really helps sell the effect. To make a good green screen key you will adjust transparency in a threshold to soften image and then mask shadows with the alpha curve. Following the key set up, we then threw in a pre-designed virtual set, also from Adobe’s ultra program. These sets allow you to create a panoramic zoom and tracking scene. As you are editing, you would place key frames at the first and last point of both the virtual set and the green screened image and they follow the track together so both background and subject always stays within the parameters on a scale. After the virtual set was tweaked, we then went into two different effects programs to create our stars, glitter and swishy effects. We use Wondertouch’s Particle Illusion for the glitter and Boris effects for the stars. You can download trial versions of each of these from a website. The glitter effects required a frame by frame key to follow the wand and we had to shoot several versions at different speeds to get this just right. Be patient because it takes several takes to achieve the look you are going after. After you are completely satisfied with all the graphical effects, we finished the video off with the sound effects; one would imagine that a wand might make and some fun music to sell the scene. [Music Playing] Find out more about these effects and how to make your own at the following video maker stories. About particle illusion: http://www.videomaker.com/article/11001/ About Boris effects: http://www.videomaker.com/article/13223/ About Adobe’s Ultra formerly Serious Magic: http://www.videomaker.com/article/10556/ Get the latest tips, tricks techniques and product reviews delivered to your door for less than $1.00 an issue trial for free at www.videomaker.com/vfree