Now that you’ve removed the shadow, you may have another problem - an unevenly lit green screen. You can also think about adding lights behind your subject aimed at the green screen to brighten up the dark areas. Also avoid using just a single light or very harsh frontal lighting. Move your subject away from the green screen background a bit to reduce the shadows.

This will cause a shadow to cast on your green screen. Shadows make the chroma key process difficult because the dark areas that the shadow cast on the green screen are too similar to the dark areas that the shadow cast on your subject making it difficult to key them out perfectly. Shadows often happen when your subject is too close to the green screen or due to very strong lighting, especially strong frontal lighting.

Shadows may be detrimental to your green screen production because it may make your chroma key process difficult in post-production. Bravo has compiled 5 top common mistakes or challenges in a typical green screen video or photo production. Bravo Studios, New York City’s leading green screen stage rental, has been in the green screen and video production sphere for decades.

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