I’m sure you’ve seen videos with a person standing in a very fake looking location with the fuzzy green outline around them. It just looks bad. Even when it is lite correctly and there is no green outline- why do you want to look like you are floating through space, have a swirly blue wall behind you or worse yet riding a roller coaster. Cheesy! And the ‘gimmick’ factor has long passed.

Most of you are not trying to become a videographer or filmmaker- you are learning how to use video to connect with your followers and market to them in a professional manner, without taking too much of your valuable time.

Green screens are tricky to light properly, take some setup time and you have to learn ‘keying.’

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