What is "Green Screen"?

Chroma key compositing (or chroma keying, aka Green Screen) is a technique for compositing two images or frames together in which a color (or a small color range) from one image is removed (made transparent), revealing another image behind it. This technique is also referred to as color keying, colour-separation overlay (CSO; primarily by the BBC), green screen, and blue screen.

It is commonly used for weather forecast broadcasts, wherein the presenter appears to be standing in front of a large map, but in the studio it is actually a large blue or green background. The meteorologist stands in front of a bluescreen, and then different weather maps are added on those parts in the image where the color is blue. If the meteorologist wears blue clothes, his clothes will become replaced with the background video. This also works for greenscreens, since blue and green are considered the colors least like skin tone.

Here at Pittman Photography, what green screen means is that we can shoot your team or league in any weather condition, even if that means shooting indoors and then superimposing your teams or players photos onto a pre-determined background. A computer program digitally replaces the green background with any photo, design, or graphics you choose.

So weather your photo day is rained out, or it's too bright outside by the pool to shoot your swim team, Pittman Photography has you covered and can shoot indoors using our green screen technology! This means photo day doesn't have to be called on a count of weather anymore!

Be sure to ask us about our green screen technology and what it can do for you!