Green Screen Wizard 5.0 New Features

Green Screen Wizard 5.0 is a major upgrade to the Green Screen Wizard software.

While more documentation will be coming soon this page is to provide a quick first look at the new features of 5.0. This page will be broken into two parts. The first part will focus on new graphical capabilities of 5.0. The second part will look at some of the powerful new features that will make customizing GreenScreenWizard easy for all users and to explain a host of new and powerful tools for Event Photographers.

Version 5.0 is for the Windows PC Lite, Full, Pro and Pro Batch versions of Green Screen Wizard.

If you would like to download the update to your current version click the dowload button

If you would like to upgrade from your current version to the Pro, or Pro Batch versions you can pay the difference in the price.
Note:Buy the Pro Batch upgrade before May 1st to avoid the price increase.
Click Here to upgrade to Pro or Pro Batch

 

PLEASE READ: The 5.0 version has moved the storage of default files from Program Files/GreenScreenWizardPro to MyDocuments/Green Screen Wizard If you have purchased Sandwich overlays you need to copy them to the overlays folder in the new file area.
If you forgot your serial number go to the about box of your 4.0 version.

Clipping - For all standalone versions

We have added a clipping dialogue to remove unwanted areas from the original green screen photo.

Consider the photo below:

 

We would like to remove the deep shadows to the left of the image and the ceiling that is showing at the top of the image. We can now do this with the sliders on the clip dialog.

 

Transparent Background - For all standalone versions

Many users have asked if we can put an image with no background at all. It is important to note that the JPEG format does not support transparent backgrounds so when you use this feature your images will be stored as PNG files.

To use this feature go to the combined dialogue and click output transparency.

The image will now be shown with no background. Be aware that the reality integration cannot be preserved as a background has been removed so outputting your image in this manner will still create a great image but it will not be quite the same quality as integrating it with the background.

 

Shadow Generator - For the Pro and Pro Batch Version

Version 5.0 has three shadow generators. The simplest is the wall shadow generator:

 

You can also put shadows on the ground.

 

And finally with a bit of effort you can put shadows on the wall and the ground.

 

New Tools Menu

Version 5.0 adds a new tools button to the system. Clicking on that button will allow you to view the tools dialog.

The new tool dialogs are as follows:

For all users:

o       Defaults -- will allow users to define default starting conditions for GreenScreenWizard

o       Utilities -- will let you upgrade your system sort images and define new printer sizes and image sizes

o       Card pub -- will let you publish cards

For Pro Batch users

o       Batch -- will allow you to batch process images

o       Batch Print -- will allow you to batch print images

o       E-Mail -- will allow you to send e-mail with the image attached directly from GreenScreenWizard

o       Event Mode -- special mode that will let you take photos very efficiently at an event

 

Defaults Tab

The defaults tab will allow you to define your startup foreground file, your startup background file, and you now can specify a directory to be used for pick. You may also specify your default file prefix in the process ID number if you'd like to run multiple versions GreenScreenWizard. Another great feature is you ability to save your current image with all of its settings as your default starting settings. Consult the help file for more detailed explanation of these features.

 

Utilities Tab

On the utility status you can access various programs to customize GreenScreenWizard. You can define your own image sizes in your own printer templates. You can activate your product with an upgraded serial number if you like. You can create a sandwich overlay from the current images and for batch users you have the ability to sort images into horizontal and vertical.

 

Card Printing Tab

The card printing tab will allow you to create greeting cards correctly from GreenScreenWizard. This function was partially disabled for security reasons in the 4.6 version of GreenScreenWizard. We encourage you to try this service again.

 

Batch Control

the batch control existed for batch users in 4.6. It allows you to combine a folder full of images with backgrounds automatically. It's been enhanced by adding a history capability so that if for some reason the batch stops partway through you can pick it up again where you left off. We also added the split by file name so that you can retain the original name of the file but the file will be placed in different folders.

 

Batch Print

A batch print capability has been added in version 5 of GreenScreenWizard. With this utility you can print a folder full of images with the click of a few buttons. You can also set it up so that it folder watches for new images. You can set it up so that the batch process watches for new images and upon seeing an image will replace the background and put it in a folder that is being watched by the batch print utility. The batch print utility will then print the new image. The effect is that every time you take a photo begin a new image printed automatically each time you click the shutter.

 

E-Mail Dialogue

The e-mail dialogue lets you send a current image to anyone's e-mail address from within the program. Now you can do events and you do not need to have an event printer; you can simply e-mail the image directly to the person.

 

Event Mode

Event mode was created for people that would like to take and process a lot of photos very quickly. It lets you set up your printer to printer template and select an image source folder. If you have tethering software for your camera you can have your camera send images to a folder and now when you want to process them, all you have to do is click next or previous. You then can decide whether or not to print that image or you could pick a background for that image. You can also ask for the client's e-mail address and send them an e-mail correctly from this dialogue.