Chromakey Backdrops

I'd avoided using a green screen for years because I'd always heard that chroma key was difficult, temperamental and required complicated lighting. I'm here to tell you that hasn't been my experience at all. I use this backdrop for professional Zoom calls and video recording in a compact home studio. I light myself with two small LED panels from the front and use another small panel behind me to reduce shadows on the screen. That's it. No elaborate lighting setup, no endless tweaking. The results are pretty flawless. I use the chroma key function in ScreenFlow for recorded video and OBS Studio to bring green screen into Zoom, and both work a treat. The backdrop is compact enough to frame easily, quick to set up and just as easy to take down when I've finished. It's a huge step up from Zoom backgrounds, or the usual room background clutter irl. I'd spent years assuming green screen was going to be complicated. It isn't. It's a piece of cake, and I wish I'd started using it five years earlier. An excellent, simple and very effective solution. Highly recommended.

If you don't like your home being in the background this is the perfect item to place behind you and just use as a background or use to use a green screen background so an image can be superimposed. There's a knack to folding it back up, but there's plenty of tutorials on video platforms and once you find it, it gets easier every time

Item works well with virtual background pictures. I found due to the shape I had to raise/adjust it a little or find the best position to cover my whole background. It’s best when lying horizontal. Wish I took pics before packing it back. When standing vertical it also leaves some spaces on the sides that the virtual pic did not cover unless you bring your web cam close. The folding was a bit of a leaning curve but I think it gets easier once you get the hang of it.. I’m glad I only have to do it once since I’m returning it. The item did not look completely new as I wanted/imagined and you can see what I mean from the pics but then again that could be me or how it can be due to the folding. It was in a sealed clear plastic and then the carry bag. I think I will prefer a pull up stand version.

When buying a green screen to create a decent artificial background for Zoom and similar online meeting apps, choosing 2m x 1.5m so that it's big enough, you don't realise how bloomin big that is in real life. It's plenty big enough to set up behind you if you have your back to a wall. However, you do need to find a way to hold it up, so you'll have to buy a stand or stick it to a wall. I've got mine standing on its end (though it won't properly as it's rounded), leaning against the wall behind me, but I'm going to have to find a better solution before the weight of the screen creases the material at the bottom. Also you need plenty of light for it to work with Zoom. I bought some 15w cold LEDs for the main ceiling light of my room pointing at me from the front left and have a ring light pointing at me from the front right to make sure that me and the screen are well lit. You need to make sure the screen is consistently lit. But this is general advice for any screen. This one in particular is good and I'd recommend it, though I'd advise putting some thought into buying a stand for it.

Works well for what it does, a large green or blue screen for the likes of green screen calls, photo shoots, etc. Can be hung from most lighting tripods (with the right adapter). Has some wrinkles in the fabric when unfolded but these don't make any difference to its use. It lets light through it, so bare that in mind for its use and placement (a bright window, etc. is behind it can interfere with the solid colour needed for green screen). Should be opened in a fairly open area with space for it, it's big. There's a definite knack to folding it down again, but it's fairly easy once you get the hang of it. There are many youtube videos on how to do this.

I've been slowly getting a few Neewer products for video/photography and this one will definitely get the most use. After having many rumpled green screen sheets decided to go for a pop-up screen which is much easier to work with purely because it has no wrinkles. It is very big and probably larger than you think, so measure your area and how wide your background needs to be for your lens. A pair of clips or a bar is desireable so it stays in place.

Good value but slightly darker than other green screens I've used. Like all of these you need to practice folding it.

I have used this a couple of times now when in zoom calls and using a virtual background. It really works well and stops parts of you disappearing if you move as it does without the use of one. It is quite a sturdy piece of kit and is well made. I did have a bit of bother trying to get it back into the circular bag it comes in as it does not have any instructions on how to do this but after watching a really good you tube video it is easy to fold it up when you know how.

UPDATE on 10-5-2020: I received a holder clip from LimoStudio that the customer service guy at Neewer suggested and it worked perfectly with my existing stand and the Neewer backdrop. Oh, did I mention that I received the new backdrop last week ... in pristine condition. UPDATE on 9-28-2020: Neewer contacted me directly to resolve my issue. They are going to send me a new backdrop and I am going to return the original backdrop. Further to this, they are helping me figure out what to do about the stand. What an awesome company to go to this extent!! I bought this to use when I have zoom meetings. It does work well for that. However, when I received my background, it looked like there was a rather large spot from getting wet. I notified the company and they reduced the price by $5 ... wow. Anyway, the spot is not showing up when I use it. I bought a stand to use with it that barely holds it and can easily fall off. The one I bought is the "Emart T-Shape Portable Background Backdrop Support Stand Kit 5ft Wide 8.5ft Tall Adjustable Photo Backdrop Stand with 4 Spring Clamps". I do not recommend buying this stand for this background. I am going to have to figure out a better way to hang it with the stand. Last but not least, it is a pain to fold up. I had to watch a video on YouTube many times before I got the hang of it without watching. I encourage you to do that because the screen is so large that it is better to be able to fold it up and put it away.

I love this green screen, no messing around with making sure that it's taught around the entire screen. Just unbag it, unfold and you're ready to go. Great bit of kit if you're working solo or a small team recording video.

Easy to use

VERY SMALL

The purchase of this screen is one of the best investments I have made now that I am meeting online and need to have a virtual background. It works beautifully. The screen is compact and pops up to full size when taken out of the cover. Getting the screen down was more interesting but in fact, gave entertainment value as I watched my daughter tackle it. She did it in less than 5 minutes.