4.8 Green Screen

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Green Screen effect is an advanced feature of Overlays. It makes a color range in the top layer of two overlay clips transparent, therefore the background video clip or image behind the top layer could show through. It’s a special tool used during video making process so as to superimpose subjects onto an unlimited number of different virtual backgrounds, allowing you to make some really cool shots like creating a superhero flying through the sky. You can easily achieve this with the help of Filmora9 by using some green screen video footage clips or creating a pure green background when shooting your video footage.

4.8.1 Add Overlays to Video Clips

Please refer to this detailed guide on how to create video overlays with Filmora9.

4.8.2 Make a Green Screen

Launch Filmora9, and then hit Create New Project.
Import both your background videos/images and green screen clips to the media library.
Drag the background clip to the video track on the timeline, and green screen to the another track as follows:[Image showing a green screen clip placed on the track above the background clip in the timeline.]
Move your cursor over to the green screen clip and double click to bring up the settings window at the left corner, and then just need to tick Chroma Key there. You will get the green screen effects automatically.

You also can refine video with tools like Tolerance, Offset and Alpha Channel to make background video clearer.

Once you are satisfied with the result, click OK at the lower right corner.

This is the transcription of the manual pages regarding the Split Screen feature in Filmora9.

4.9 Split Screen

Split Screen, also known as multi-screen, is when you display two or more video clips simultaneously on one screen. This is useful when you want to display different angled shots at once, compare two clips or images, or incorporate two or more types of footage into your video at once.

4.9.1 Apply Split Screen effects to Videos

Click the Split Screen tab to enter the layout library. There are currently around 30 split-screen preset templates available in Filmora9 which allow up to 6 clips to be played back at the same time. Double click the preset thumbnails to preview the layouts and then drag the layout you want to use into a video track on your timeline as shown below:

[Image showing the Split Screen library and dragging a layout onto the timeline track.]

Double click the Split Screen effect in the timeline to enter the editing window. From there you can add clips to your split screen layout as well as edit and animate each clip.

By default, the duration of the split screen is 5 seconds. You can drag the edges of it forward or backward on the timeline to adjust the duration.

Advanced Editing | Split Screen

4.9.2 Add clips to your split screen

Select the video drop box in the preview window first and then click on a video clip in your media library to add the clip to the split-screen window. You can reposition your clip by clicking and dragging it within its box.

4.9.3 Editing your split screen

To add borders around the clips in your split screen, enable the Border option. To change the default border settings click the border option and choose a color and size. If you go to the Transform option in the Video tab you can rotate the split screen as a whole, or change its scale and position.

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For more details about video editing, check our guide about Editing Video.

Advanced Editing | Split Screen

4.9.4 Color correction for split screen

In Split Screen editing mode you can adjust the white balance and tone of all your clips, or apply 3D LUT effects. The color correction feature works the same as when editing non-split screen videos. Find a detailed explanation of color correction in Filmora9 in Color Tuning Guide Page.

4.9.5 Animating your split screen

To apply motion effects to your split screen, switch to the Motion tab and double click the motion preset you want to use to apply it. The playback order of the clips is indicated by the ordinal numbers in the split screen template.

Click OK to save the settings and close the split screen editing panel.

Note: Changes will be applied to all clips in the split screen video. If you want to edit a single clip, apply a motion effect to specific clip, or adjust the color in a single clip, click the clip in the split screen preview and you can see a small window shown as below:

Drag the slider to zoom in or zoom out of clips, or click the Edit icon to enter the Advanced Split Screen Edit window. From there you can rotate the clip, change its position or scale, do color correction, or apply motion effects. You can also trim the video to the area you want to show in the split screen.

This text is the transcription of the final section from the Filmora9 Split Screen user manual page.

Advanced Split Screen Edit

[Image displays the “Advanced Split Screen Edit” window. It shows a media library on the left with clips like “Hong Kong City Clip” and “Hong Kong Drone Clip.” The center features a preview of a four-way diagonal split-screen layout with several clips already placed. Below the preview is a dedicated timeline for individual clips within the split-screen effect.]