Green-screen source test and layout worksheet
Creator Lane | Reviewed September 15, 2026
https://creatorlanehq.com/blog/instagram-edits-green-screen

GREEN-SCREEN AND CUTOUT WORKSHEET
Original planning resource. No tested phone footage is supplied.

PROJECT
What the viewer needs to understand:
Device / operating system / Edits version:
Date:
Background source and permission:
Presenter source:
Route: physical green screen / automatic cutout / normal overlay
Actual controls used:

SOURCE SAMPLE
Duration:
Background simple:
Subject separated from background:
Physical screen evenly lit:
Clothes or objects match removal colour:
Camera steady:
Hand movement included:
Hair and glasses visible:
Private information removed:
Sample result:

TWELVE-SECOND CHECKLIST EXPLAINER — illustrative
00–03: Full checklist; small presenter beside the title.
Line: Plan only the shots you need.
03–07: Enlarge the first two steps; presenter stays away from text.
Line: Show the action, then the detail.
07–10: Highlight the third step; no gesture crossing the writing.
Line: Leave time for the final result.
10–12: Complete checklist; presenter optional.
Line: Save the shot plan.

EDGE REVIEW
Worst moment:
Shoulder background fragments:
Hair flicker:
Missing fingers:
Glasses or translucent holes:
Colour fringe:
Edge over light background:
Edge over dark background:
Adjustment tried:
Same moment reviewed again:
Resolved or still open:

LAYOUT
Presenter position:
Background detail that must stay visible:
Caption position:
Other text:
Layers begin and end correctly:
Composite is honestly presented:
Any claimed location or event checked:

DECISION
Keep cutout:
Use rectangular overlay:
Reshoot:
Use separate documented tool:
Reason:
Extra exports avoided:
Original take and project preserved:

FINAL EXPORT
Filename:
Entire clip watched:
Worst edge checked:
No private information:
Rights and required credits checked:
Approver / date:
Unresolved issues:
Do not mark approved while important defects remain.


You may adapt this original worksheet for personal and client work. Third-party materials retain their own licences.