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What I want to do is to take a video of a kid’s football match and put it over a backdrop of Wembley Stadium (so the kids appear to be playing at Wembley). What software do I need to do this?
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You'll need a compositing app like Shake and these are NOT cheap! Maybe there are cheaper alternatives out there though.




Edited to add:

Ooh! Seems there is! Final Cut Express has compositing capabilities, according to Apple.

This might help you understand compositing: Compositing Tutorial.
 
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Great, thanks very much!
Looks hard but guess im going to have to learn...
 
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It will take FOREVER. Depends on how long you plan the video to be and how you film it. If you are filming the footballers infront of a blue screen it won't take long because you can just replace the blue with the footage you want. However, if you film them playing on a field then inserting them onto wembley, you will have to cut each person out for EVERY frame (there are 25 frames in a second), each frame might take you 20 - 30 min.
 
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Even longer if he has to do it on a per-field basis instead of a per-frame basis. Also I hope the footage isn't handheld!
 
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Hym, it was on a handheld. Thinking twice about it, maybe kickups against a blank screen will be better next time!
 
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It will be far easier. Make sure the background is one colour, try to get some lights on it to make the colour nice and even. A sheet can work, but if creased it can cause problems. Try and use a blank wall.

I actually bought a green piece of fabric off ebay for green-screening, it works perfectly. I just have to hang it for an hour so the creases drop out.

If you use a solid colour you can just replace it with a background.
 

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