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Using a green screen to place a subject in a fake environment used to be a tool available only to special effects professionals. These days, you can add your own background for a "green screen" effect at home on your own computer. Start with step 1 to learn how to put your customised background in Photo Booth for Mac.

  1. Gifs work too.
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    • The background will change to the image or video that is dragged. If it's a video it will play after you select the user backdrop.
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    How do I drag the photo in the backdrop box?
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    Move the photo to your desktop. Go to the very last dot on Photo Booth. Drag the photo to one of the boxes shown.
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    How can I make a slide from Keynote my background?
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    Export the Keynote presentation to images, which can be done by selecting File, Export to, and Images when in Keynote. Pick which slide you would like to have as an image ("All" or "From slide x to y"). Click next, and then export. The image of the slide will be inside a folder with the name of your Keynote presentation. Finally, follow the steps in this article to get the image of the slide as your backdrop.
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      • After you select the user backdrop, it will say "Please step out of frame". Do step out of frame, so Photo Booth could identify the green screen (or blue screen, a white wall, whatever.)
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