Digital backdrops for
green screen photography

Photos, not video

Most searches for green screen backgrounds are for video loops. These are still images: JPG scenes you key in behind a photograph. They suit photo booths, portrait stations and edits of green screen photos, and many booth and video-call apps accept an image as a background. We do not supply moving backgrounds. Every scene is an AI-generated original, reviewed by a person, with 102 to choose from.

Choosing a scene that keys in well

• Check where the floor is. Your guest stands somewhere in the picture. Scenes with a clear floor and a believable horizon line leave a natural spot for feet.
• Match the light side. Each scene page says whether the light comes from left, right, front, above or all round. Light the guest from the same side.
• Keep the camera at eye level. The scenes are drawn from eye level. A camera held much lower or higher makes the figure look tall or short.
• Quiet scenes forgive mistakes. A soft studio wall hides edge halos better than a detailed room.

Getting a clean cut-out

Light the screen evenly and separately from the guest, and stand them away from it to limit green spill on hair and shoulders. Avoid green in clothing. Keying software has settings for spill and edge softness; try them on a free preview scene first. After keying, add a soft shadow on the floor and a gentle blur to the background so it sits behind the subject. The Photoshop steps are in the Photoshop guide.

Where green screen scenes are used

• Photo booths and kiosks. The app keys the guest in front of a scene you choose for the event. Three or four scenes keep prints consistent.
• Portrait and group stations. Shoot against green, then place each person in a scene that matches the occasion.
• Edits after the fact. If you photographed against green, you can offer clients a choice of scenes in the edit instead of at the shoot.
• Product and creator shots. A still scene behind a person or product for a cover, a post or a banner.

If you are working in Photoshop rather than booth software, you will do the cut-out with Select Subject or a colour range, then refine the edge. Keep your green screen free of wrinkles and light it evenly with two soft lights on the screen, so the key is clean. Aim for a subject distance of a metre or more from the screen if space allows.

File sizes for screens and prints

Every scene comes as landscape 2880 x 1920, portrait 1920 x 2880 and square 2880 x 2880 pixels, cut from one native 2880px master. The free download is 1280px on the long edge with a small corner watermark; use it to test a scene in your layout or show it to a client. The clean full-size files come with lifetime access, a single $27 payment. See resolution and print sizes for what the sizes mean in prints.

A booth screen or a 6 x 4 print needs far fewer pixels than the file holds, so you can scale down without loss. The photo booth backgrounds page shows which orientation suits strips and postcards, and backdrops for photo booth operators covers licensing at events. The licence allows paid booth and client work, but not passing the backdrop files to other people.