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You can work with a greenscreen in iMovie 09, here’s how!

By Joshua Schnell Thu, Sep 17, 2009 @ 3:00 PM

imovie greenscreen You can work with a greenscreen in iMovie 09, heres how!Since writing our first book review, I’ve received a dozen “please share” emails from people looking to figure out how to get the tools needed to work with green screens in iMovie 09. It’s important to note that you need iMovie 09. Previous versions don’t have the tools needed to work with the green beast, so, you should probably upgrade if you haven’t. Other than that, there’s a couple of small steps, and you’ll be well on your way.

  1. Open the Preferences for iMovie
  2. Under the general tab, check the ‘Show Advanced Tools’ option
  3. Close the preferences
  4. A number of new buttons, and options should appear.
  5. Now, all you need to do is drop your background footage into your timeline.
  6. Then, select the green screen footage you want to overlay your background footage.
  7. On releasing your mouse button you should be met with a menu. Select Green Screen.
  8. Done!

Photo Credit: markhassize11feet

  • John Creluo

    do u need the actual green screen? because i tried this on a blue wall and it didn’t work that well. and tried putting a picture with green back ground at the back and didn’t work either. or does my imovie have some issue? oh and if u really do need the real green screen, except from online, where else can u get it?

    • http://www.macgasm.net Joshua Schnell

      Excellent question. I’m not entirely sure. I’ve always just tried it out with a green screen. Have you tried Apple’s support forums?