How to Use Green Screen Effects

As the internet video revolution continues to explode on the net, the demand for better quality videos and presentations is on the rise such as green screen effects, video editing techniques and rich media presentations. The video above looks as if it was done in studio somewhere, which is not the case. This video was done a home with a green background and a camcorder.

Internet videos are a great way to create an online presence for your business, product or service. You can also use to simply promote yourself such as an online video diary, personal blog videos etc. One of the biggest uses for internet videos currently is creating online movies or series. Websites like Ifilm,You Tube and Google Video are all well known for independent films, funny videos, and series. Most of these videos are created at home and in a profession studio, to create a short video, movie or short series in a professional studio would cost you anywhere from $5,000 - $10,000, but now with the advancement of the internet and technology you can create professional videos in your basement and no one would ever be able to tell the difference. For about a thousand dollars you can create professional videos like the big guys. think about it you pay for the tools and software once and you can create as much videos as you want for free.

Check out the video
below, I created it to promote a ebook I read called

The Rich Jerk, it took me about ten minutes to create it and it has
got over a thousand views it's fist week. Since then I've created videos
that have gotten 30,000 views and has helped generate traffic to for one
of my websites Glens Website Builders. It continue to get traffic from this video forever.

Now that is what I call Free Advertising.

That was the first video I've ever created and my videos look allot better now, but if you could create a video that looks that looks the one you just saw imaging what you could be creating in a few months. If videos creating videos is something you already do or your interested in creating
good quality videos then here are the things you will need.

Tool:

(1) Windows Movie Maker: (free) already on most computers if you don't have it download it Here. this can't be used for green screen effects.

(2) A Green Screen or Blue Screen: Amazon has the cheapest green and blue screen available just simply enter the keyword "green screen" below. Do it now and book mark the page (add to favorites) so you don't forget, then come return here. Prices range from $80 - $90.

(3) Green Screen Software: Pinnacle Plus 10 was the first video editing software I ever purchased (you can get it brand new for $99) and it is made for the complete beginner. The 2nd video editing software I ever purchased was Ulead Video Studio 9,(cost 90 bucks) It has allot advanced features and it is still easy to
use. Both these software are good and they are the most affordable everything else is $300 or more.

(4) DV Camera: There are hundreds of sites out there with DV camera check on ebay to find a good deal. Go to Board Tracker to see what forums with topics about about dv cameras to see what other people are using. The camera will be the most expensive thing you purchase and will probably break thousand dollar cost I spoke about earlier.

(Last) Video Web Host: In the beginning stages of internet videos this would have cost you $29 - $99 a month, but with big video communities like YouTube,
Google Video,
Yahoo Video and dozens more, there is rally no need to pay for video hosting.

Here is a list of all the most popular video hosts

Angry
Alien,
Blennus, Blip.tv, Break.com,
Dailymotion,Double Agent,eVideoShare,Free Video Blog,Google Video,Grinvi,iFilm,Keiichi Anime Forever,Metacafe,MySpace,MySpace Video Code,
Putfile,
Totally Crap, vidiLife, vSocial,AnimeEpisodes.Net,Badjojo,Blastro,Bofunk,Bolt,Castpost,CollegeHumor,Current TV,Dachix,Danerd,DailySixer.com,DevilDucky,Double Agent,EVTV1,FindVideos,Hiphopdeal,
Kontraband,Lulu TV, Midis.biz, Music.com, MusicVideoCodes.info,
Newgrounds,
NothingToxic,
PcPlanets,
Pixparty,
PlsThx,
Revver,
Sharkle,
SmitHappens, StreetFire, That Video Site,
VideoCodes4U,
VideoCodesWorld, VideoCodeZone, Vimeo, YikersYouTube and ZippyVideos.
New sites added everyday!

Now you're ready to start creating professional videos.