Adding Effects
- 1. Adding Effects James Evans
- 2. To begin adding an effect, click on the “Add Media” at the top of the page to import a clip to edit.
- 3. Then select where your clip is originated so you can import in successfully. Mine is in the “Files and Folders” area, therefore I will click on this to find my clip. I then imported my clips and moved on to the next step.
- 4. To begin editing in guided mode, You will have to click “Next” to switch into expert mode. This will change the program to look differently.
- 5. Then you have to apply the editing mask. Right click on the video clip, (the area circled here) to bring up another menu. Hover the mouse over “Effects Mask” and a side menu will come up. Click “Apply”.
- 6. The editing box should appear over the clip. This is where you will resize the box to cover the area that you would like to edit. I will make the box cover the whole clip so the editing is clearer.
- 7. When the area has been selected on the video clip, click on the “Effects” button at the bottom of the screen. This will bring up a menu where you have to drag the effect onto the video clip to add it. I will drag the “Extract” effect onto my clip.
- 8. This box will appear asking if you would like to apply the effect to the whole video. Click “No” as this will only add the effect on the selected clip.
- 9. The effect has now been added. Use the “Applied Effects” menu to change the effects to suit exactly what you need. I have made the image look like an old age film by changing the colours to look more realistically black and white.
- 10. To view the clip and effect added, click the “Play” triangle. This shows the whole clip in the effect.