Jordy recommends the Red Giant plug-ins though you can do just fine with the built-in tools. Here you will want to go find the Denoiser effect or a plug-in of your choosing.

What may still be causing you some pain is the noise. Once that is done you should get a fairly good result off the bat. You will also want to hold the Control (Windows) or Command (Mac) key as you select since this will slightly increase the sampling area. You’ll likely want to choose an area close to your subject to get the best results. Use the effect’s color picker to select your green screen. Now go find the “Ultra Key” effect in the Effects Library and drag it over onto the clip. This is the “garbage” mask that eliminates all the extra garbage from the frame that is easy to eliminate.

You’ll want to select the pen tool and draw a mask as tight as possible around your subject. With the clip on the timeline go and select it and head to effect controls where you will find opacity.

Jordy from Premiere Basics has a good tutorial on doing just that and to prove it he uses some extremely tough sample footage that includes him wearing a wig that has so many stray hairs that are the bane of green screen keyers. Taking the necessary steps and precautions to create a nice, evenly illuminated background is critical to getting a great green screen effect in post.Īssuming you already got there and are sitting in Premiere Pro with a clip you want to apply a key to you’ll now want to know how to get a clean key. Getting a clean key off a green screen is heavily dependent on how you shoot it.

Davinci resolve green screen masking