How the Use of a Green Screen Can Go Wrong
In a cloaking episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott and series animator William Marler amusingly demonstrate the many ways in which the use of a green screen can go wrong due to issues with lighting, color, key, shutter speed, and framing.
Green screen looks terrible sometimes. Here's why.
Scott also shared how to best put a green screen to use.
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