Setup A Green Screen in OBS Studio for Streaming

[00:00] everyone I see on Twitch is using green

[00:01] screens wrong every tutorial I see is

[00:03] telling you how to set them up wrong

[00:05] today we are fixing that you will learn

[00:06] where to get one how to set it up and

[00:08] light it properly for OBS or streamlabs

[00:11] and most importantly I'm going to give

[00:12] you dozens of backgrounds to perfectly

[00:14] trick your viewers into thinking you

[00:15] have the coolest or at least funniest

[00:17] stream room in existence straight out of

[00:19] the gate let's talk about what you will

[00:21] need first a webcam I I don't think I

[00:24] need to say more today we're going to

[00:26] use a Logitech c922 for this tutorial

[00:28] second you will need a green screen way

[00:32] you might think I don't need to say this

[00:34] but I do get asked every day how to turn

[00:36] on the green screen effect inside

[00:40] OBS anyway I will link in the

[00:43] description several different options

[00:44] for green screens from different brands

[00:45] that I personally trust at different

[00:47] budgets for everyone today I am going to

[00:48] be using the Elgato green screen it's

[00:50] expensive and I don't recommend it both

[00:53] because of that and because mine broke 2

[00:55] weeks after getting it but I'll link it

[00:57] anyway because people love Elgato you

[00:59] will also need lighting the reality is

[01:01] this will make or break not just the

[01:02] green screen but also your webcam

[01:04] quality you see a green screen works by

[01:06] telling your software to remove all of a

[01:07] specific shade of green so the better we

[01:10] light our green screen evenly without

[01:11] Shadows or bright spots the less Shades

[01:14] there are and that means the easier it

[01:15] will be to remove and obviously it

[01:18] removes all green things not just green

[01:20] screens so don't wear a green shirt is

[01:23] he going to hit the

[01:27] corner personally I prefer running a

[01:29] cheap two light set up I currently have

[01:31] one on either side of me at different

[01:32] intensities to light myself properly but

[01:34] if you have a green screen sometimes you

[01:36] might need a third light that we call a

[01:37] green screen fill which will help remove

[01:40] har Shadows that you might be casting

[01:41] from the lights that are on you see look

[01:43] there are Shadows on it I haven't lit

[01:44] this yet with lighting the number one

[01:46] and I really mean the number one mistake

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[02:25] reason your webcams and green screens

[02:27] tend to look like crap is because you

[02:28] buy these little newer USB lights for

[02:30] $65 du that's Australian dollars these

[02:33] things are incredibly weak they're cheap

[02:35] and it will mean that you usually end up

[02:37] having to digitally increase the

[02:39] brightness of your webcam which makes it

[02:40] look like personally I recommend if

[02:42] you're a beginner getting a two pack of

[02:44] newer 9ws because of three major reasons

[02:47] reason one usually they're around 100 to

[02:49] 200 AUD for a two pack which is very

[02:51] cheap for America and Europe reason two

[02:53] they output 2100 lumens each essentially

[02:56] they're nice and bright those little

[02:58] newer ones only output 1,000 ,000 each

[03:00] so you're getting double the brightness

[03:01] per light for not double the price

[03:03] reason three they are high CRI of 95% or

[03:07] more and they by color between 3200

[03:09] Kelvin and 5600 Kelvin so the light

[03:11] essentially can produce a really

[03:13] accurate color but you can also change

[03:15] their temperature to be warmer or cooler

[03:17] to suit your skin tones and your camera

[03:19] I will link a few different lighting

[03:20] options down below but it's really

[03:21] important to remember these will change

[03:23] a lot throughout the year so if they're

[03:24] out of stock or unavailable try to look

[03:26] for lights that have those three rules I

[03:27] just mentioned once you have your lights

[03:29] let's get the set up first you need to

[03:30] set up your webcam or camera today as I

[03:32] said I'm using this cheap $1100 e do

[03:34] Logitech c922 which means inside OBS or

[03:37] streamlabs we'll go to sources click add

[03:39] new source add a video source and we'll

[03:41] click our webcam for a specific webcam

[03:43] setup I'm going to do this quite surface

[03:45] level and focus more on the green screen

[03:46] today as I have a full video on all of

[03:48] these settings so for now though you'll

[03:50] see it is just terrible or the technical

[03:52] term it looks like ass to fix this first

[03:54] we need to turn off all of the automatic

[03:56] settings so right click the camera

[03:58] Source properties change change default

[04:00] to custom and now you can edit the

[04:02] resolution to be 1920 x 1080P or 720p

[04:05] but if you plan to crop in on your

[04:07] camera or zoom in later 1080p is

[04:08] probably the resolution you want but

[04:10] remember it is more intensive on your PC

[04:12] so that's why I actually recommend 720p

[04:14] for most people next is FPS or frames

[04:16] per second I noticed a lot of really

[04:18] laggy issues with this when I set it to

[04:20] highest so instead I set this to match

[04:22] the source or set it to Simply 30 and

[04:24] that solved all those problems color

[04:25] range you once set to 709 and finally

[04:27] the color range is set to full this just

[04:28] means you're getting proper colors now

[04:30] we click the configure button and we

[04:31] need to turn off all of the automatic

[04:33] settings in here as well and the final

[04:35] step the exposure setting here this is

[04:37] set to minus5 I found any other exposure

[04:40] whether it's higher or lower than minus5

[04:42] causes aggressive lag but you might be

[04:44] using a different camera to me or a

[04:45] different computer so try it out for you

[04:47] but this is where I recommend starting

[04:49] if you go to these settings and OBS

[04:50] isn't giving you control over then then

[04:52] you'll want to try and update your

[04:53] webcam drivers or look for a specific

[04:55] branded software such as the Logitech

[04:57] Hub where you can make and save your

[04:58] adjustments in there instead doing all

[05:00] of this will give us our base look just

[05:02] a dirty webcam shot without any

[05:04] adjustments now depending on your room

[05:05] and how much natural light it gets you

[05:07] might get a lot more quality than me but

[05:09] my stream room has no natural light

[05:10] because I prefer to block it all out

[05:12] turn off my ceiling and instead just use

[05:14] these two lights so without my own

[05:15] lights as you can see it looks like

[05:17] utter garbage now again I have an entire

[05:19] video on the theory of lighting Linked

[05:20] In the description I do recommend that

[05:21] after this but today it's green screen

[05:23] Focus so let's get straight into setting

[05:25] up your lights let's start by turning on

[05:27] what we call our key light so for me

[05:29] that is my light I have positioned to my

[05:31] right about 45° and about 10 cm higher

[05:34] than my eyes it is a bit dark so we're

[05:36] going to slowly raise the brightness

[05:37] until it starts to look nice not too

[05:40] dark but not too bright I do find most

[05:41] streamers end up sitting in the dark

[05:43] because they're scared of overexposing

[05:44] but seriously just give it a little

[05:46] extra boost come on come on give it a go

[05:48] instantly you can see this is beginning

[05:49] to feel much better but the light is so

[05:51] far to my right I've got Shadows on the

[05:52] other side of my face to fix this I turn

[05:54] on my other light my fill light to fill

[05:57] in the other side and make myself have a

[05:59] much nicer shade and again I will do the

[06:01] same slowly raising the brightness until

[06:03] it feels like it looks nice if you end

[06:05] up not having two lights you'll just

[06:06] want to move your key light to about 25°

[06:09] and then ease the brightness this way

[06:11] and by moving it across you'll still get

[06:12] that nice shading from Bright to dark on

[06:14] your face without having it look really

[06:15] harsh cuz it's coming from so far to the

[06:17] side instantly you can see this is so

[06:19] much better that's because I'm using

[06:21] directional light to light the key

[06:22] subject akm myself and most importantly

[06:24] I set my webcam or camera to its base

[06:27] exposure and then lit myself properly

[06:30] rather than trying to digitally increase

[06:31] my brightness seriously follow these

[06:33] rules oh but I also set my white balance

[06:35] correctly this is a step most people

[06:37] mess up or Miss entirely and it will

[06:39] make your green screen section brutal

[06:41] later let alone just making your footage

[06:43] look crap earlier I talked about lights

[06:45] being by color or a Kelvin range this is

[06:47] essentially the temperature or white

[06:49] balance the light they produce is I like

[06:51] to set my lights to 4700 Kelvin and then

[06:54] on my webcam I set it to the same 4700

[06:56] Kelvin as well to match is really

[06:58] important to match these if you if you

[06:59] don't you'll end up looking washed out

[07:01] maybe you'll look green red or another

[07:02] technical term you'll look trash once

[07:04] you lit nicely we need to set up our

[07:06] green screen but I would quickly say

[07:07] your eyeline is really important here I

[07:09] recommend placing your webcam at eye

[07:11] height or even just a little bit higher

[07:13] if you have to don't go too extreme

[07:14] though too high up and it ends up

[07:16] looking like a really weird shot and I

[07:17] really don't recommend setting the

[07:19] webcam low because if it's looking up at

[07:20] you it can really accentuate any double

[07:22] chins you might have or in my case

[07:24] quadruple chins hidden behind a very

[07:26] pubic beard some people love the low

[07:28] angle but they have better and don't eat

[07:30] like a pig so for now I height is better

[07:33] okay let's grab the green screen and get

[07:34] it set up properly you see placement is

[07:36] really important you don't want your

[07:38] green screen too far away or you don't

[07:39] want it too close to you if it's too

[07:41] close you'll get these harsh Shadows

[07:42] from your shoulders and back but too far

[07:45] away and it won't cover enough of the

[07:46] frame to remove or it could get really

[07:48] dark and shadowed because you don't have

[07:50] enough lights to light you and the green

[07:51] screen when you're starting out because

[07:53] of the lighting setup I used earlier and

[07:54] the brightness of it I actually have

[07:56] quite an evenly lit green screen already

[07:58] it can be improved though and if you see

[08:00] lots of dark or bright spots well you'll

[08:02] need to adjust your lighting but not

[08:04] just yet first open OBS find your webcam

[08:07] Source add a filter and click chroma key

[08:09] next you're going to use similarity to

[08:10] change how many similar shades of green

[08:12] are being removed Just slly Adjust this

[08:14] don't go too extreme and then once

[08:15] you're done you'll use smoothness to

[08:17] smooth out and fall off the edges of the

[08:19] green around you if you can't get it

[08:20] nice without moving party yourself it

[08:22] might be time to add another light to

[08:24] remove dark spots or even adjust your

[08:26] main lights to have less bright spots

[08:28] essentially going to be slowly adjusting

[08:30] your lights and the filter settings

[08:31] until it's evenly lit and cleaned up

[08:33] nicely once you do if you have little

[08:35] edges where you can't get the green

[08:36] screen to cover just hold alt on your

[08:38] keyboard click the edge of the cam and

[08:40] drag it in and Tada look at that magic

[08:42] congratulations you officially have a

[08:44] green screen set up but let's be real

[08:46] this is boring as you're only

[08:48] scratching the surface of what you can

[08:49] do and in fact the truth is I got a lot

[08:52] of my first 20 to 30 average viewers

[08:54] because of my green screen yeah I grew

[08:56] because of a piece of gear that's so

[08:57] weird specifically because I took a

[08:59] photo of a mil KY at a shopping center I

[09:01] blurred it a little bit so it looked out

[09:02] of focus and I put it behind me so

[09:04] perfectly that when people saw it they

[09:06] had to click the stream just to ask hey

[09:09] are you actually in a f grocery store

[09:10] Mille I would do event streams where I

[09:12] got a picture of a doctor's office with

[09:14] a desk and then I'd copy that image so I

[09:15] had two but cut out the desk and then

[09:18] add the background to OBS add the desk

[09:20] and then place my webcam between the two

[09:22] and Tada it looks like I'm in a fancy

[09:24] office with actual depth and 3D to it so

[09:27] I want you guys to hunt for free to use

[09:29] photos to make your background so much

[09:30] more interesting but I want you to think

[09:32] about what you can make or do to stand

[09:34] out be different be interesting and make

[09:36] people laugh look at my mate reaps he

[09:38] created a full CGI set to make it so he

[09:41] is hosting a late night talk show and

[09:43] when you do pick a great background just

[09:44] add it to OBS as an image source place

[09:46] it either full screen behind you or

[09:48] inside your webcam frame or just use it

[09:50] in just chatting and have nothing behind

[09:52] you for gaming so you don't block your

[09:53] game screen the uses are endless

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