TikTok has incorporated a new function that will allow you to take advantage of two of the features that are currently most popular within the platform itself. These are none other than Duos and the option to remove the background, very creative options that are now merged to make way for Green Screen Duet o Duos with a green background.
TikTok continues to bet on creativity
In TikTok they are very clear that giving new tools to their users is something very important. Because in order for them to create completely new content, you have to have the maximum number of options. That is why they do not stop adding as many things as they can think of as long as they add all those creative possibilities that allow them to generate new forms of expression.
The last function to arrive has been Green Screen Duet, although you may not have it activated at first. If so, don't worry, it will be a matter of time (very little) before you see it appear and then you can use it as many times as you see fit.
However, before continuing and explaining how to use it, it would be interesting to be clear about what exactly it consists of. Which is not difficult to know if you already know both the Duos theme and the use of the green background or elimination of the recording background. But suppose not, that you have just arrived on TikTok and are looking for how to make more attractive videos. In that case, let's talk about both options.
The TikTok Duos
We start with the TikTok duets, one of the most important creative tools on TikTok for all the possibilities it offers. And it is that this feature, in the first place, has been on the platform for a long time and, secondly, it basically consists of allowing the user to react to a video published within the platform or use it as a collaboration to create something completely new.
The issue of reactions may not need any explanation and almost neither does collaborations. You will have seen the first ones on numerous occasions for that very reason, to react to something that has been seen, such as a trick, curiosity or even a comment or anything else that has been seen in a video on the platform.
The theme of collaborations can be more interesting and is mainly used by all those who want to create music videos. Because, for example, they offer the opportunity to "sing" along with the user's favorite artist or improve a version by adding new voices, instruments, etc.
Green background or background removal
The second feature that has become very popular in recent months is the green background or also known as chromakey in English. This is a technique that has been used in the world of cinema for many years and we are convinced that you have already heard of or seen how it is used.
Even so, it basically consists of a background of a single color (usually green or blue) that specialized software is able to remove in order to insert a scene that doesn't really exist in its place.
Well, the current capabilities of mobile phones and other devices with cameras allow running software capable of identifying the user and eliminating everything around them. It is true that depending on the background and other aspects, the crop can be more or less precise, but in general it gives a lot of play and if you take into account how everything is processed, the results are not bad at all.
How to use Green Duet Screen on TikTok
Knowing what Duos are and that other option that allows you to remove the background from a video, the new function called Green Duet Screen it is nothing more than a combination of both to be able to create new content as a reaction or collaboration where the original video published on TikTok will become the background of the new one.
To achieve this, the process is as simple as you can read below, because basically it is going to create a new duo:
- Open the TikTok application and begin to see the contents that are shown to you
- When you find one you'd like to use to create a Duet, hit share
- If its creator did not disable the option to allow the use of its content in Duos, you will go to a new screen
- In it a new menu will appear where before there were three options and now a fourth appears
- That fourth option is what allows you to use Green Screen
- Select it in the design menu and automatically the camera of your smartphone cuts you out and places the original video behind you
- Now you just have to record your Duo as you did so far
- Apply possible adjustments to the volume of each video and once you have it, hit accept
- Done, you already have your new duo ready to publish and take advantage of these new creative and expression capabilities that TikTok offers
Imagination to the power
As you can see, the use of Green Screen Duet does not involve any type of extra complexity compared to the design options offered by TikTok Duos until now. So the next step is to experiment with it to see how you could take advantage of it in your future TikToks.
Logically the video that is used as background will make creative possibilities increase, but surely with the passage of time and after seeing some examples you will come up with many more ideas. If you think not, while you can see these examples to give you an idea of things you could do, although the more you experiment, the closer you will be to that creativity that continues to reign in the network of short videos par excellence.
@trashcaulin #duo with @4ocean HAD TO JUMP IN THE WATER & HELP MY FRIENDS PICK UP SOME TRASH ♻️酪 #trash #ocean
@signstorm #duo with @themikeandmoshow I just had to add to this!! #greenscreen #funnyduet
@joshua_cubed #duo with @mariothemakermagician check out this #RubiksMagic @rubiksofficial #BrandAmbassador
https://www.tiktok.com/@therealmatthoran/video/6942642608632122630?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.tiktok.com%2Fen-us%2Fgreen-screen-duet&referer_video_id=6942642608632122630&refer=embed
What do you think of these examples? Do you see future? Will you dare to make your own Duets with the use of this new green screen wallpaper design?