# Grey Screen **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips and Tricks\ **Tags:** keying, chroma\ **Created:** [April 2, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/grey-screen/2776 "2021-04-02T15:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![julioleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/julioleon/32/14482_2.png) [@julioleon](https://forum.logik.tv/u/julioleon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/grey-screen/2776/1 "2021-04-02T15:21:23Z")
Hello! Lately I heard clients asking to work with a grey screen to do compositing. Is this a new trend or am I not aware of some new technique/software? ---
**Author:** ![andy\_dill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/andy_dill/32/15475_2.png) [@andy\_dill](https://forum.logik.tv/u/andy_dill)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/grey-screen/2776/2 "2021-04-02T18:29:11Z")
It’s a thing in some circles. No special “trick” to it other than loads of roto. More discussion on the matter here: > [@Comping grey screens](https://forum.logik.tv/t/comping-grey-screens/2641): > > Afternoon all After seeing a lot of very helpful comping tips recently I thought I’d ask the question about comping on to grey screens. Usually I’d use a couple of blending methods to get the desired effect and then luma key anything that goes over the top, which usually then has a few masks to help clean it up, nothing crazy just keeping it simple as I usually tend to work in longform so I’ll have a list that’s pretty extensive! Does anyone have any good tips they’d be happy to share? I’ve at… ---
**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/grey-screen/2776/3 "2021-04-02T19:53:06Z")
Still photo editors like grey. The rest of us, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![AdamArcher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/adamarcher/32/3529_2.png) [@AdamArcher](https://forum.logik.tv/u/AdamArcher)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/grey-screen/2776/4 "2021-04-02T21:31:18Z")
Is this in regards to screen replacement or a whole key? I can see the reasoning behind that, or for a stills shoot but surely it would not be much fun for anything else. ---
**Author:** ![julioleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/julioleon/32/14482_2.png) [@julioleon](https://forum.logik.tv/u/julioleon)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/grey-screen/2776/5 "2021-04-03T03:41:01Z")
Some of the reasoning I got was about the DP trying to avoid spill. It is 2021 ---
**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/randy/32/6122_2.png) [@randy](https://forum.logik.tv/u/randy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/grey-screen/2776/6 "2021-04-03T03:44:15Z")
Making grey from green is easy. Plan on cutting mattes for editorial too. ---
**Author:** ![benjidavidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benjidavidson](https://forum.logik.tv/u/benjidavidson)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/grey-screen/2776/7 "2021-04-03T03:44:41Z")
Yep just published out 34 shots for gnarly roto this week as somebody thought we couldn’t despill green ☹