A few weeks ago I shared directions for creating green screen videos in Canva. That method is great because it doesn’t require you to record in front of a physical green screen. Today, I’d like to share another method that doesn’t require you to record in front of a physical green screen. That method uses a combination of Zoom and Adobe Express. 

Zoom’s desktop client has an option to replace your background with any picture that you want to upload to your Zoom account. Host a Zoom meeting without any participants in it, replace the background, and start talking. When you end the meeting you’ll have an MP4 that you can import in Adobe Express for further editing and or combine with other video clips.

In this short video I demonstrate how to create a green screen video by using a combination of Zoom and Adobe Express. 

Applications for Education

As someone who spent years teaching world geography classes, one of my favorite uses of green screens is to have students create “on location” video reports about places they’ve researched. This combination of Zoom and Adobe Express makes it easy to make those videos without the need for a physical green screen.