User Guide

Chapter 4: Video Clips 75
VIDEO CLIP EFFECTS
Most video editing consists of selecting, ordering and
trimming video clips, of connecting clips with
transition effects and combining them with other
materials such as music and still images.
Sometimes, though, you also need to modify the actual
video images, manipulating them in some way to
achieve some desired effect. The Video toolbox has
two special tools of this type:
• The Adjust colour/Visual effects tool lets you control
the colour, contrast and brightness of your video, and
apply blur, emboss and other effects.
• The Vary playback speed tool lets you speed up or
slow down the video, and also offers a Strobe filter
for experimental or humorous effects.
The Adjust colour/Visual effects tool
Studio provides video property effects that you
can adjust interactively. The Adjust
colour/Visual effects tool lets you choose a colour
mode and adjust eight video parameters for each video
clip or still image clip in your Movie Window.
The colour mode for the clip is set with the Colour type
dropdown at the top of the tool tray. The choices are:
• All colours: The default – colours display normally.
• Black and white: The clip is rendered in shades of
grey.
• Single hue: The tonal values of the clip are converted
to varying intensities of a single colour.
• Sepia: A special case of Single hue using sepia tones
for an antique look.