Hey I 'm New to the world of Video making A friend of mine got me hip to your show He showed...

[G+_Cecel Armani]

Hey I'm New to the world of Video making.  A friend of mine got me hip to your show.  He showed me episode 71 which has the “Know How Challenge”. I tried your challenge but I’m using a free video editing software with green screen capability called VSDC.  It does not seem to get rid of all the green.  Can you guide me to a good and affordable video editing software with green screen capabilities.

[G+_Keith Weston]

It's likely to be difficult to get rid of all of the green with basic software. That's because this clip was a poorly framed and there's a wide range of green shades in this green screen. Also, what platform are you working in?

[G+_Cecel Armani]

Windows 7

[G+_Keith Weston]

Hopefully some other Know-It-All will chime in.  I'm primarily Linux and older versions of Windows (XP!).

[G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ]

I've had good results with Adobe Premier Elements 12. The Windows version has an automated Chroma Key feature. 

 

You can download a free trial here:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=premiere_elements&loc=us

 

If you like it, you can purchase it for $50-60

 

One note of warning... you NEED the 64-bit version of Win7 or Win8. 

 

Happy editing!

[G+_Cecel Armani]

Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

 Fr. is that Adobe Premier Elements 12 for photos only?  I read about it on Amazon and it seems that it's for photographs.

[G+_J Esposito]

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements.html

 

Premiere is for video and photoshop is for photos.

[G+_Cecel Armani]

Thank you J Esposito do you use this software also?  If so how do you like it! 

[G+_J Esposito]

I use Premiere Pro on Mac for editing. I like it. It's easy to use and transition into. I haven't used many of the feature though because I do very simple editing.

[G+_Mr Geek Face]

So I've been been looking around at free/cheap software to do this. Has anyone tried Lightworks (http://www.lwks.com/)? It has a free option with less codec compatibility.