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title: 'Make a FAKE YOUTUBE STUDIO at home'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=jC8umrgwpVQ'
video_id: 'jC8umrgwpVQ'
date: 2026-06-16
duration_sec: 0
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# Make a FAKE YOUTUBE STUDIO at home

> Source: [Make a FAKE YOUTUBE STUDIO at home](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jC8umrgwpVQ)

## Summary

The video shows how to transform a cluttered garage into a convincing 'virtual YouTube studio' using a green screen and strategic lighting. The creator demonstrates a step-by-step setup: a paper green screen, an RGB panel to light it evenly, and small colored lights to match the virtual background's lighting. The result is a professional-looking composite that costs far less than building a real studio.

### Key Points

- **Problem: Slow garage renovation** [0:00] — The creator's garage transformation is taking too long, so he uses a green screen to create a virtual studio as a temporary solution.
- **Paper backdrop preference** [1:16] — Paper green screen is recommended over fabric to avoid wrinkles that ruin the effect.
- **RGB light on green screen** [2:44] — Using an RGB light set to green on the green screen for even illumination, instead of standard white lights.
- **Background image selection and flipping** [4:51] — The background image was found on Motion Array; the creator flipped it horizontally so the window light matches his key light position.
- **Adding colored RGB lights to match background** [5:08] — Small pocket RGB lights (orange and teal) are placed to match the colors in the background image, creating realistic lighting spill.
- **Rim light setup** [5:50] — A small fluorescent tube light attached magnetically acts as a rim/hair light to separate the subject from the background.
- **Post-processing: LUTs and fake light wrap** [6:31] — Post-production includes blurring the background, applying a cinematic LUT over both layers, and creating a fake light wrap for realism.

## Transcript

in this video we are going from this to
this it's very easy to do you can do
this at home so stay tuned
[Music]
hey how's it going so this has been my
backdrop for maybe a couple of months or
a bit longer and I'm not very proud of
it the thing is that I'm in my garage
and I am in the process of rebuilding
this garage into a full-blown YouTube
Studio but it's just taking too long
time it's taking longer than I expected
I have a carpenter friend of mine who
was supposed to help me out but he's
very busy so in the meanwhile I was
thinking instead of having this kind of
sad backdrop I was thinking okay I've
got this old green screen lying about so
let's make it into a virtual YouTube
Studio instead now you might have a
similar situation that you have a spare
bedroom or a garage like me but you
don't really want to either spend the
money on rebuilding it into a YouTube
studio so get yourself a a green screen
and you're good to go now I do recommend
using a paper background instead of a
like these kind of fabrics that you have
because they get creases all the time
and it's just not going to work as
easily as paper before we put the green
screen down we are using today a eye
footage key light with a huge softbox
attached to it also from I footage and
I'm using a small pocket LED light from
Scion M40 fibre as a kind of a fill
light but let's start making this into a
virtual set instance
so these kind of backdrops you can get
from all the kind of places that sells
photography
video equipment it's not very expensive
I just attached it to my wall but you
can get stands for it as well I think
that you can get a stand for about a
hundred dollars and the backdrop as well
is going to set you back about hundred
dollars as well but relatively speaking
it is not too expensive now I have
enlisted this um this green screen as
obviously we need to do I tried some
different kind of methods to light it as
you would usually do like from the sides
so that the green screen is evenly lit
but I found that I've got this huge lead
panel I mean this is a monster this is
from gvm and it's an RGB light as well
so instead of just putting it on a
normal Daylights or possibly
um well whatever lights as it's a RGB
light you can also put green so I was
thinking how is that going to look like
check this out
I mean my whole room looks like it's
green oh I'm looking at myself on the
monitor in case you're checking out the
beer camera and you probably can also
see this microphone that is what I
usually use but as I'm walking around in
this video I have attached a lab mic if
you're interested all the equipment that
I'm using I want to put links to in the
description now we have set up this
green nice background I mean you don't
have to have a huge expensive LED panel
like that one if you have a RGB light
like the Saucony lights that I have
reviewed you can use that one as well
but remove the cone from it so that it
doesn't become a spotlight but it lights
the room more evenly let's have a look
at where I actually found the image that
I'm going to use in the backdrop for
this video Cause and mouth
public so the image I founded on motion
array because they just added images and
graphic files as well like for Photoshop
and illustrator I believe so I was like
okay I'm gonna check that out since this
background is not going to be my final
one I'm not gonna put like oh this is a
nice background it looks like you're in
the living room I'm gonna go all the way
and it's gonna look over the top but I
kind of like it I found this kind of
futuristic looking living room and I
thought uh that looks kind of cool so
I'm gonna use that one let's put it
behind me and see what happens
so this is how you would maybe light it
up if you're starting out and it looks
okay but there are levels that you have
to add to make it look even better I did
flip the image around because I have my
key light over here and that was kind of
replicating the lights shining through
that window in this image that I have
used you can see that there's like a
quite strong orange light coming from
this side of the image I have set up
here a couple of pocket RGB lights and
you might see it over there in the big
camera but if we switch on this orange
light you can already see on my mouse
and the desk here but I have some orange
spill from the RGB that looks like it
might come from that light in the image
you can see his hair now you can also
see up there there are some teal light
let's do the same let's switch on
another pocket RGB lights
foreign
[Music]
replicates that light in the ceiling now
to separately a little bit more from the
background I found that I need to have a
rim light or a hair light so I just
attached This little light tube I have a
fluorescent lights up there but of
course that color is wrong so since this
is magnetic I found that I can just
click it on
get one you touch it
and you can now see that I have this
shine that could replicate a little bit
the light from the living room now the
living room window but it also just
looks a little bit more professional
so this is the footage before it's color
graded I have maybe changed the curves a
bit I have blurred out the background a
little bit so it looks a little bit more
realistic and on top of both layers both
myself and the background layer I have
put one of my cinematic Luts so that I
blend in a little bit better in that
scene and to add the little extra spice
on top of everything since I don't have
time to use Fusion or after effects or
stuff like that I just created this kind
of fake light wrap you can see it on my
shoulder over here maybe a little bit on
this one as well it just makes it look a
little bit more realistic so to finish
up if you want to make your green screen
your virtual sets look more realistic
add a couple of RGB lights in your scene
because that is going to separate you
from the amateurs with the professionals
just like I did with only those two
lights over there it makes the whole
difference in a green screen setup to
remove the green screen that's a whole
video for itself you can remove green
screen or chroma in general using a
Final Cut Pro Premiere Pro DaVinci as
I'm using the process is very similar if
you are not using green screen in your
setup check out this video right here
where I have multiple scenarios where
you can light your YouTube videos in
your living room or bedroom or wherever
you are filming
check it out
peace