Green screen video: any clip on chroma green

Poof can put the subject of any video on a solid colour, so you get a green screen clip without filming in front of a green screen. Ask for format=mp4 with bg_color=#00ff00 and the result is an H.264 MP4 that plays everywhere and keys cleanly in any editor or streaming tool. The request and job flow are the same as in Video background removal.

Request

curl -X POST https://api.poof.bg/v1/remove \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@clip.mp4" \
  -F "format=mp4" \
  -F "bg_color=#00ff00"

job = client.remove_background("clip.mp4", format="mp4", bg_color="#00ff00", wait=True)
client.download(job, "clip-green.mp4")

const job = await poof.removeBackground('clip.mp4', {
  format: 'mp4',
  bgColor: '#00ff00',
  wait: true,
});

Poll the job and download result_url as usual. Audio is kept.

Any solid colour

bg_color takes any colour, so the same call gives you a finished video on a brand colour, a blue screen or plain white:

Use	`bg_color`
Chroma-key green	`#00ff00`
Blue screen (for green subjects)	`#0000ff`
White, for product clips	`white` (the default)
A brand colour	Any hex such as `#6466f1`, or `rgb(100, 102, 241)`

Without bg_color, MP4 output is on white.

Green screen or transparent video?

A green screen MP4 is the most compatible option: every player, phone, editor and streaming tool can use it, and the file is small. The subject’s edges are already blended with the green, so your editor’s keyer does the rest. If your editor supports alpha, a transparent file skips keying altogether and avoids green spill on hair and fine edges. Use format=mov (ProRes 4444) for editors or format=webm for the web. See Transparent video.

Without code

In Studio at dash.poof.bg, upload a clip, choose MP4 as the video format and set the background colour to #00ff00. Through the MCP server, ask your assistant to “put this video on a green screen”.

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Green screen video: any clip on chroma green

Request

Any solid colour

Green screen or transparent video?

Without code

​Request

​Any solid colour

​Green screen or transparent video?

​Without code

Request

Any solid colour

Green screen or transparent video?

Without code