Is After Effects the only kind of program that will do that or is there any other software ?

Report · Feb 27, 2019

I'm interested in After Effects because I want to eliminate a background and make it green screen. Is After Effects the only kind of program that will do that or is there any other software ?

Report · Mar 04, 2019

You still don't get it. The footage of Obama was rotoscoped, and not very well. The background was removed so it can be replaced. The person that replaced the background with green wasted his time and yours. Here's why:

See those terrible soft edges. It will be impossible to pull a decent key from that footage. The background was already removed. The only reason that green background was put in there was to try and make it easier for other folks to replace the background. What they should have done was render a black and white alpha only copy of the footage that could be used as a track matte to remove the background from the original footage. You would have none of the soft edges, Removing the background would have been a perfect single-click solution with any NLE that can do keying. If the person that did that work wanted to put in another background he could have done it when the roto was done. You can't post a video on YouTube that has transparency (alpha channel) so this is an amateur's solution to a problem that doesn't really exist.

If you want to remove the background from the video you posted:

You would take that shot into After Effects, Trim the shot to just the footage you wanted to remove the background from, then rotoscope the footage. You would end up with something like this:

I got that far with Rotobrush in a couple of minutes but the video isn't high enough quality for that tool to work well so the roto of the video you provided will take a long time. The checkerboard background means that it is transparent. All you have to do is put something below the video layer and the background is replaced.

Once you have that work done, you replace the background. Putting green behind the video, rendering a copy, then processing it again is not only a waste of time but the video is going to degrade even further. It makes no sense.

Sorry about the loss of your sister.

I'm not trying to be snarky or rude. There is absolutely no reason to ever add green to a video when you have removed the background then render it. If you really want to render copies for other folks to use and they cannot use video with alpha, you render a black and white copy of the video that looks like this:

Then you put that above the original video and put the replacement background on the bottom like this:

But, once again, rendering the alpha only movie is not necessary if you just want to replace the background.

If that doesn't answer your original question I do not know how to answer it. Many folks have given you the answer. Rotoscope - After Effects can do that. There is no automated way of removing the background in any video unless you specifically shoot with removing the background in mind.

Report · Mar 06, 2019

since I've never used Affect Effects with Rotoscoping, I hoped to find out what programs could replace the background. I figure if I could save it in green screen, then I could change the background multiple ways later because the original was already saved in green screen. See what I mean ?

Report · Mar 06, 2019

ohh, would rotoscoping maintain her face while the video continued or would each segment have to be done separately ?

Report · Mar 04, 2019

I totally disagree that something I want to make green screen a waste of time. Should I have a 8 mm old home movie of someone, a family member, and I want to green screen the background because they're dead now. That's a complete waste of time ?

Report · Mar 04, 2019

you tell me how they made that the green screen ? The bar at the bottom shows it is a video, not a photograph. I want to do this same thing with a 8 mm I transferred to DVD and make the background Green Screen to change the background. My sister was murdered in 1983, before video cameras. Oh that's a complete waste of time. this is my story

Report · Mar 04, 2019

do you imply being hypocritical an answer ?

Report · Feb 28, 2019

Also.. I see you have posted the same question 3 times. The one you posted on the 23rd was answered, by Rick, the same as it was here. So..were you expecting a different answer? Are you going to keep posting the same question until you get the answer you are expecting? I'm deleting the other two threads

~Gutterfish

Report · Mar 04, 2019

here is what I'm talking about

Report · Mar 04, 2019

this video is a news conference of Obama. They eliminated his background and added a green screen to it.

Report · Mar 04, 2019

1) that was done with ROTOSCOPING or mask tracking not really a difference!!!!!!

2) That was done so the video could be shared with others who wanted to add their own background. Meaning the person who did intended to render it with the green background.

As you were told a long time ago the only reason to add a green background would be if you wanted to render it WITH the green background.

You want to replace the background right? Why not just replace it with background you WANT. By replacing it with a green background you are just adding an extra step. The process of replacing the background is the same whether you replace it with green or with a video or with still image or anything else? Understand? So unless your end goal is to render the video WITH the green background then there's no point in doing it!!! You cute cuddly critter, you!!!! What is so difficult to understand about that?

I'm beginning to wonder if this a troll.

~Gutterfish

Report · Mar 06, 2019

some people, Gutterfish, aren't as smart as others like you apparently. We try reaching out for help but the 'geeks' don't see why we even try to.

Report · Mar 06, 2019

Not trying to offend. Trying to educate. Trying to save you some time. Trying to explain why you are making work for yourself and wasting time. Even Gutterfish lost his patience. He knows you don't need to add a green background to your video to add a new background.

If you want to do visual effects work you owe it to yourself to do some studying.

Report · Mar 06, 2019

do some studying without knowing what program I even need first ? I'm not rich like some people, I'm not going to buy a program without asking what it does first.

Report · Mar 06, 2019

omranlives2016 wrote
do some studying without knowing what program I even need first ?

To do what you want to do, you need After Effects.

You will also need study tutorials, as it is not intuitive and can't be learned "by the seat of your pants."

Report · Mar 06, 2019

Hi. To answer your original question, there are several other programs which will do it (some free) like:

Fusion 9 | Blackmagic Design

https://fxhome.com/express

or these:

https://windowsreport.com/rotoscoping-software/