TikTok has a hot new ‘Green Screen Sky’ effect that can be used to make interesting new videos. While green screen effects are nothing new, this one is already providing to be a popular addition to the viral video platform. Here’s a quick overview of what the Green Screen Sky effect does, and how it can be used to make a TikTok video.
Green screen technology has been used for a long time to swap out a background for another, making it easy for video creators to make it look like someone is somewhere other than where they actually are. In fact, the technology has been used as a Hollywood staple for years, even though not all of the outcomes are as good as they probably could have been.
TikTok already has a number of green screen effects that can be used, including a standard green screen where the user can swap out the entire background. However, the platform recently launched Green Screen Sky which takes the effect to the next level. Essentially, Green Screen Sky allows content creators to swap out just the sky portion of a video with another video or image, resulting in an interesting merge of two different videos at the horizon level. Since the effect went live, there are already plenty of examples tagged with #greenscreensky that perfectly highlight the creative, and unlimited, possibilities.
Getting Started With TikTok’s Green Screen Sky
What makes the Green Screen Sky effect so interesting is the subject of the video. For example, while typical green screen effects continue to focus on the same subject – typically, the creator – and use the background as a complement to the video, Green Screen Sky purposely shifts the focal point of the video to the background, with the creator taking on more of a bit part. Furthermore, the unique nature of the effect, and its merging with an existing background, makes the possibilities all the more endless.
To make a TikTok video using the effect is relatively straightforward. Firstly, TikTok users can access the Green Screen Sky effect by tapping on the “Effects” icon in the video creation page, and then selecting it from the list. The trick to making the video is to already have the second video (what will appear in the sky) ready and downloaded on the phone. As once the effect has been selected from the Effects page, the user will be promoted to select a video from the device’s camera roll, and to make any necessary edits.
Once the sky video has been selected and edited, all that’s left to do is start recording a TikTok video. As long as the phone’s camera is aimed at the sky during the video, the app will take care of the rest by inserting the second video as the background and merging it with the current TikTok video.
