But what if you need more than one or need a green screen that's larger than 5' x 6' ? You can always purchase one online, just do a search and you'll have no trouble finding them in prices ranging from $30(US) and up. For me though I'm on a budget and am not willing to fork out that much!
There are less costly alternatives available. I found mine in the form of a flat bed sheet. Yes - a bed sheet. And just a side note here... the one that was included with Pinnacle to me resembles maybe a tablecloth that you might find in a finer restaurant.
Anyway, at Wal-mart last year around Christmastime there were twin size bed sheet sets on sale. One of them was green and caught my eye as the color resembled my existing green screen. All for the low cost of $10. So out of this purchase came an extra sets of sheets for my son's bed and I kept the flat sheet which is 5'6" x 7'9". Check out the picture and you'll see that the coloring is the same - the one on the left is the green screen from Pinnacle, the one on the right is the flat bed sheet.
The only difference between my real green screen and the flat sheet is the material. The green screen is made out of nylon and so if you bunch it up for an extended period of time it doesn't really wrinkle. The flat sheet on the other hand is made of polyester and if you bunch that up for a length of time you'll get some noticeable wrinkles in the fabric - not really a good thing for green screen because then once you have your lighting in place it could cause shadowing and then you don't have a nice even surface in the back which could ruin your effect. So if that's the case just throw it in the dryer on wrinkle release and you're in business again - no problem.
And where a much smaller size is needed another option is posterboard. Fabric is typically better because paper tends to glare the light, but if you go to your local dollar store and pick up a green sheet for $1(US) just flip it over to the flat side. That can work too.
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