How to Remove Background from a Video in Premiere Pro

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How to Remove Background from a Video in Premiere Pro

Last Updated: 2021. 09. 10

Summary

This is a step-by-step guide to remove background from a video in Premiere Pro so that you can follow along with your own footage.

We shoot videos with different backgrounds, but sometimes the video backgrounds may be unflattering or simply not fit into the desired theme of the video. But you can remove background from a video in the post-editing with some of the best video background removers, like Premiere Pro.

Then, how to remove the video background? It is pretty easy to do using Premiere Pro. Here in this post, we'll show you the detailed steps to remove video background in Premiere Pro.

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How to Remove Background from Video in Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the most popular video editing software, which has a comprehensive set of features, including removing background from a video. It also offers the Chroma Key function for producing background-free videos easily. There is a basic Color Key and the Ultra Key. Both work similarly, but the Ultra Key is what I prefer to use.

Here is how to remove background from your videos using the Ultra Key:

Step 1

Add the video clip that you want to remove background to Adobe Premiere Pro.

Step 2

Find the Ultra Key effect by navigating to Effects > Video Effects > Keying > Ultra Key. Then grab that and drag it over and place it on your footage.

Remove Background from Video in Premiere Pro - Ultra Key

Step 3

Now, you can choose the color (generally green) on your video frame (click somewhere near your subject) that you want to remove from the video using the eyedropper tool in the Effects panel.

Remove Background from Video in Premiere Pro - Apply Ultra Key Effect

Step 4

Change the output view to Alpha, and this will help you see the details of your subject. Also, use the Setting option to choose how aggressive the effect works.

Remove Background from Video in Premiere Pro - Settings

Step 5

Open up the "Matte Generation" drop-down and play with Transparency, Pedestal, and more settings to clean the matte.

Remove Background from Video in Premiere Pro - Matte Generation Settings

Step 6

Clean up the edges of your objects by using the "Matte Cleanup" settings. Choke will shrink the edges, while Soften will make the edges fuzzier.

Remove Background from Video in Premiere Pro - Matte Cleanup Settings

Step 7

Sometimes, there will be a bit of background color spill on your subject. You can adjust the "spill suppression" settings to fix this problem.

There you go. You've just removed the background from a video in Premiere Pro!

Final Words

By now, we hope you have a great idea of how to remove video background in Premiere Pro. Thanks for reading our tutorial; if you want to get more in video editing, you can check our blog page right now!

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Has 4-year of professional photographing experience. Very much into recording every detail of life. She is passionate about all things related to video production, and loves to exploring tips and tricks about it.