New Cropping Videos in Final Cut Pro Step by Step for 2024
Cropping Videos in Final Cut Pro [Step by Step]
“Storytelling at its most powerful”, - words we read on the first page of the official web-site of Final Cut Pro, non-linear video editing software program which runs on Mac computers. The software lets us to log and transfer videos onto a hard drive, where it can be edited, processed, and output to a wide variety of formats. Final Cut Pro is so advanced that it is used by hobbyist filmmakers and industry professionals in TV, Film, and media. Anyone can get a free trial of the software for their Macs, but, to purchase directly from the Mac App Store it costs $299.99. It’s evident that Final Cut Pro can’t be downloaded, installed, and thus used on Windows, which is unfortunate, but for Mac users, it’s a very powerful video editing software.
What are the features this advanced computer program offers to Mac users? – itreads on the web-site of Final Cut Pro:
- Object Tracker and Cinematic mode;
- Blazing pro performance;
- Editing, audio, motion graphics, color grading, and delivery;
- The best plug-ins, effects, and tools from leading developers.
One of the most impressive things about Final Cut Pro is that through it, you can create 2D and 3D titles right in the program, apply and modify filters, and use the built-in chroma key for high-quality green- and blue-screen effects. But, one should not be alarmed when it comes to experience and knowledge in editing – even though Final Cut Pro seems so advanced with its powerful tools and the possibilities it contains, it is designed for easy use and can be used by amateurs as well as professionals.
The interface, which, when it comes to editing, is one of the most important aspects (if not the main one!), seems quite standard - an ordinary window configuration, sidebar with libraries, events, projects, collections… If you want to know more about the basics of Final Cut Pro, it would be helpful to watch a beginner tutorial , with the length of only 20 minutes, an introduction of the whole program.
Anyway, the main topic of this article is about cropping – how to crop a video in Final Cut Pro? If you are a Mac user and have this program installed on your computer, and you as well have a footage where you want to remove some portions of the video and adjust the size of the cropped clip within a certain area, this article is for you. Even though cropping is especially used when it comes to the images, it is extremely helpful in certain situations about the video clips, as well. So, let’s dive into each step of cropping in Final Cut Pro!
Steps to crop a video in Final Cut Pro
After getting Final Cut Pro ready to work in and opening it, you need to start as always, as in any other software: Of course, choose Import Media.
The software will ask your permission to access files in your computer, so, in order to import some, guess you have to click on OK.
Then, it will let you choose your file – but not by opening the new window (as in most cases), rather, you can choose file within the software.
Once you have your file(s) chosen, you need to find Import Selected button on the down and right.
This will lead you towards the editor again, but if you try to drag and drop your file into the sequence, the program will not follow this simple order…
This is because what the window below reads and looks like – it offers you create a New Project first. So, you need to hit it.
This will create the sequence where you can add the video you have already selected and imported from your media.
Now, it’s time to find where the cropping option is. It’s quite simple – look at the icon below and a little left of the screen where your video clip shows, click on it and you will see three options: Transform, Crop, and Distort. Needless to say, you will choose crop in this case, even if other options sound quite interesting, too!
Choosing Crop also gives you three options: Trim, Crop, and Ken Burns. Stick with the Crop again!
You will notice the kind of rulers on the angles of the video clip – they are there so you can crop your footage manually, by holding and moving them with your cursor to your liking.
Of course, if you direct your cursor in the middle of the cropped video, you can move the whole cropping window around it, so you can find the area where you intend to crop better.
And when the selected area is ready, you need to click on Done button on the right top side of the screen. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can take the step back, by clicking on Reset button right next to Done and modify the area again.
On the right side of the screen, you notice a window where Crop is also written. Alongside it, if you hover over the option with your mouse, you will see the word: Show. Clicking on it will let you crop the video from each side from there, too.
There, you can “play around” with Left, Right, Top, and Bottom sides.
In the process, if you are unsure or you want to compare the original video to the cropped version of it, keep in mind that you can uncheck the Crop button.
Finally, when you feel the result is what you have imagined, you can proceed to saving your work. For it to be done, you need to now find an Export button top right of the whole editor, and then, choose Export File (or else, if that’s what you are willing to do).
The next step would be Export Settings. You will see a new window which has three sections: Info, Settings, and Roles. The most important one here would be considered Settings, where you choose your preferred Format, Video Codec, Resolution, Color Space, Audio Format, and Action.
When you click on Next, you then choose the Name of your project and the location where you want to save it exactly.
Then you click on Save, and in a short amount of time, you have your new cropped video where you chose to save it! So, that’s it with cropping in the Final Cut Pro!
An easier way to crop a video in Wondershare Filmora
When it comes down to Mac, we can also discussed another program which is available on Mac as well as Windows operating system. This software is Filmora Video Editor , which is a simple yet sophisticated video editor that empowers the stories with everything a video editor program can offer to its users. On its official web-site, Filmora is declared as the best video editor, which allows you to edit videos with minimal effort (and isn’t that exactly what one wants when trying to just crop a video?..), enhance videos with 800+ stunning effects, unleash creativity with Hollywood effects, and, import and export in almost any format. One can say that the interface looks quite like that of Final Cut Pro…
For Win 7 or later (64-bit)
For macOS 10.14 or later
So, shall we imagine we use Wondershare Filmora X to crop our video, what would be the steps to do it?..
Needless to say, downloading and installing the software is the first step. To add files, you need to click on Import Media Files Here.
Choose your clip(s) you would like to crop and then drag and drop it in the sequence.
Above your video in the sequence, you will see little icons and find a Crop one.
Click on it and a new window will open – it’s for Crop and Zoom, where you can choose a needed ratio or do it manually (for it, you have to select Custom first).
After clicking OK, your video will be cropped as you like. Then, you can proceed with Exporting it – click on Export, choose your preferred settings, and save the video.
So, in this article, we got to know to software Final Cut Pro better and learned about how to crop our footage using this program; we also discussed how to do the same in Wondershare Filmora X, shall we need a different software.
And now, you can choose your preferred one and follow these step, or, why not try both?..
What are the features this advanced computer program offers to Mac users? – itreads on the web-site of Final Cut Pro:
- Object Tracker and Cinematic mode;
- Blazing pro performance;
- Editing, audio, motion graphics, color grading, and delivery;
- The best plug-ins, effects, and tools from leading developers.
One of the most impressive things about Final Cut Pro is that through it, you can create 2D and 3D titles right in the program, apply and modify filters, and use the built-in chroma key for high-quality green- and blue-screen effects. But, one should not be alarmed when it comes to experience and knowledge in editing – even though Final Cut Pro seems so advanced with its powerful tools and the possibilities it contains, it is designed for easy use and can be used by amateurs as well as professionals.
The interface, which, when it comes to editing, is one of the most important aspects (if not the main one!), seems quite standard - an ordinary window configuration, sidebar with libraries, events, projects, collections… If you want to know more about the basics of Final Cut Pro, it would be helpful to watch a beginner tutorial , with the length of only 20 minutes, an introduction of the whole program.
Anyway, the main topic of this article is about cropping – how to crop a video in Final Cut Pro? If you are a Mac user and have this program installed on your computer, and you as well have a footage where you want to remove some portions of the video and adjust the size of the cropped clip within a certain area, this article is for you. Even though cropping is especially used when it comes to the images, it is extremely helpful in certain situations about the video clips, as well. So, let’s dive into each step of cropping in Final Cut Pro!
Steps to crop a video in Final Cut Pro
After getting Final Cut Pro ready to work in and opening it, you need to start as always, as in any other software: Of course, choose Import Media.
The software will ask your permission to access files in your computer, so, in order to import some, guess you have to click on OK.
Then, it will let you choose your file – but not by opening the new window (as in most cases), rather, you can choose file within the software.
Once you have your file(s) chosen, you need to find Import Selected button on the down and right.
This will lead you towards the editor again, but if you try to drag and drop your file into the sequence, the program will not follow this simple order…
This is because what the window below reads and looks like – it offers you create a New Project first. So, you need to hit it.
This will create the sequence where you can add the video you have already selected and imported from your media.
Now, it’s time to find where the cropping option is. It’s quite simple – look at the icon below and a little left of the screen where your video clip shows, click on it and you will see three options: Transform, Crop, and Distort. Needless to say, you will choose crop in this case, even if other options sound quite interesting, too!
Choosing Crop also gives you three options: Trim, Crop, and Ken Burns. Stick with the Crop again!
You will notice the kind of rulers on the angles of the video clip – they are there so you can crop your footage manually, by holding and moving them with your cursor to your liking.
Of course, if you direct your cursor in the middle of the cropped video, you can move the whole cropping window around it, so you can find the area where you intend to crop better.
And when the selected area is ready, you need to click on Done button on the right top side of the screen. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can take the step back, by clicking on Reset button right next to Done and modify the area again.
On the right side of the screen, you notice a window where Crop is also written. Alongside it, if you hover over the option with your mouse, you will see the word: Show. Clicking on it will let you crop the video from each side from there, too.
There, you can “play around” with Left, Right, Top, and Bottom sides.
In the process, if you are unsure or you want to compare the original video to the cropped version of it, keep in mind that you can uncheck the Crop button.
Finally, when you feel the result is what you have imagined, you can proceed to saving your work. For it to be done, you need to now find an Export button top right of the whole editor, and then, choose Export File (or else, if that’s what you are willing to do).
The next step would be Export Settings. You will see a new window which has three sections: Info, Settings, and Roles. The most important one here would be considered Settings, where you choose your preferred Format, Video Codec, Resolution, Color Space, Audio Format, and Action.
When you click on Next, you then choose the Name of your project and the location where you want to save it exactly.
Then you click on Save, and in a short amount of time, you have your new cropped video where you chose to save it! So, that’s it with cropping in the Final Cut Pro!
An easier way to crop a video in Wondershare Filmora
When it comes down to Mac, we can also discussed another program which is available on Mac as well as Windows operating system. This software is Filmora Video Editor , which is a simple yet sophisticated video editor that empowers the stories with everything a video editor program can offer to its users. On its official web-site, Filmora is declared as the best video editor, which allows you to edit videos with minimal effort (and isn’t that exactly what one wants when trying to just crop a video?..), enhance videos with 800+ stunning effects, unleash creativity with Hollywood effects, and, import and export in almost any format. One can say that the interface looks quite like that of Final Cut Pro…
For Win 7 or later (64-bit)
For macOS 10.14 or later
So, shall we imagine we use Wondershare Filmora X to crop our video, what would be the steps to do it?..
Needless to say, downloading and installing the software is the first step. To add files, you need to click on Import Media Files Here.
Choose your clip(s) you would like to crop and then drag and drop it in the sequence.
Above your video in the sequence, you will see little icons and find a Crop one.
Click on it and a new window will open – it’s for Crop and Zoom, where you can choose a needed ratio or do it manually (for it, you have to select Custom first).
After clicking OK, your video will be cropped as you like. Then, you can proceed with Exporting it – click on Export, choose your preferred settings, and save the video.
So, in this article, we got to know to software Final Cut Pro better and learned about how to crop our footage using this program; we also discussed how to do the same in Wondershare Filmora X, shall we need a different software.
And now, you can choose your preferred one and follow these step, or, why not try both?..
What are the features this advanced computer program offers to Mac users? – itreads on the web-site of Final Cut Pro:
- Object Tracker and Cinematic mode;
- Blazing pro performance;
- Editing, audio, motion graphics, color grading, and delivery;
- The best plug-ins, effects, and tools from leading developers.
One of the most impressive things about Final Cut Pro is that through it, you can create 2D and 3D titles right in the program, apply and modify filters, and use the built-in chroma key for high-quality green- and blue-screen effects. But, one should not be alarmed when it comes to experience and knowledge in editing – even though Final Cut Pro seems so advanced with its powerful tools and the possibilities it contains, it is designed for easy use and can be used by amateurs as well as professionals.
The interface, which, when it comes to editing, is one of the most important aspects (if not the main one!), seems quite standard - an ordinary window configuration, sidebar with libraries, events, projects, collections… If you want to know more about the basics of Final Cut Pro, it would be helpful to watch a beginner tutorial , with the length of only 20 minutes, an introduction of the whole program.
Anyway, the main topic of this article is about cropping – how to crop a video in Final Cut Pro? If you are a Mac user and have this program installed on your computer, and you as well have a footage where you want to remove some portions of the video and adjust the size of the cropped clip within a certain area, this article is for you. Even though cropping is especially used when it comes to the images, it is extremely helpful in certain situations about the video clips, as well. So, let’s dive into each step of cropping in Final Cut Pro!
Steps to crop a video in Final Cut Pro
After getting Final Cut Pro ready to work in and opening it, you need to start as always, as in any other software: Of course, choose Import Media.
The software will ask your permission to access files in your computer, so, in order to import some, guess you have to click on OK.
Then, it will let you choose your file – but not by opening the new window (as in most cases), rather, you can choose file within the software.
Once you have your file(s) chosen, you need to find Import Selected button on the down and right.
This will lead you towards the editor again, but if you try to drag and drop your file into the sequence, the program will not follow this simple order…
This is because what the window below reads and looks like – it offers you create a New Project first. So, you need to hit it.
This will create the sequence where you can add the video you have already selected and imported from your media.
Now, it’s time to find where the cropping option is. It’s quite simple – look at the icon below and a little left of the screen where your video clip shows, click on it and you will see three options: Transform, Crop, and Distort. Needless to say, you will choose crop in this case, even if other options sound quite interesting, too!
Choosing Crop also gives you three options: Trim, Crop, and Ken Burns. Stick with the Crop again!
You will notice the kind of rulers on the angles of the video clip – they are there so you can crop your footage manually, by holding and moving them with your cursor to your liking.
Of course, if you direct your cursor in the middle of the cropped video, you can move the whole cropping window around it, so you can find the area where you intend to crop better.
And when the selected area is ready, you need to click on Done button on the right top side of the screen. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can take the step back, by clicking on Reset button right next to Done and modify the area again.
On the right side of the screen, you notice a window where Crop is also written. Alongside it, if you hover over the option with your mouse, you will see the word: Show. Clicking on it will let you crop the video from each side from there, too.
There, you can “play around” with Left, Right, Top, and Bottom sides.
In the process, if you are unsure or you want to compare the original video to the cropped version of it, keep in mind that you can uncheck the Crop button.
Finally, when you feel the result is what you have imagined, you can proceed to saving your work. For it to be done, you need to now find an Export button top right of the whole editor, and then, choose Export File (or else, if that’s what you are willing to do).
The next step would be Export Settings. You will see a new window which has three sections: Info, Settings, and Roles. The most important one here would be considered Settings, where you choose your preferred Format, Video Codec, Resolution, Color Space, Audio Format, and Action.
When you click on Next, you then choose the Name of your project and the location where you want to save it exactly.
Then you click on Save, and in a short amount of time, you have your new cropped video where you chose to save it! So, that’s it with cropping in the Final Cut Pro!
An easier way to crop a video in Wondershare Filmora
When it comes down to Mac, we can also discussed another program which is available on Mac as well as Windows operating system. This software is Filmora Video Editor , which is a simple yet sophisticated video editor that empowers the stories with everything a video editor program can offer to its users. On its official web-site, Filmora is declared as the best video editor, which allows you to edit videos with minimal effort (and isn’t that exactly what one wants when trying to just crop a video?..), enhance videos with 800+ stunning effects, unleash creativity with Hollywood effects, and, import and export in almost any format. One can say that the interface looks quite like that of Final Cut Pro…
For Win 7 or later (64-bit)
For macOS 10.14 or later
So, shall we imagine we use Wondershare Filmora X to crop our video, what would be the steps to do it?..
Needless to say, downloading and installing the software is the first step. To add files, you need to click on Import Media Files Here.
Choose your clip(s) you would like to crop and then drag and drop it in the sequence.
Above your video in the sequence, you will see little icons and find a Crop one.
Click on it and a new window will open – it’s for Crop and Zoom, where you can choose a needed ratio or do it manually (for it, you have to select Custom first).
After clicking OK, your video will be cropped as you like. Then, you can proceed with Exporting it – click on Export, choose your preferred settings, and save the video.
So, in this article, we got to know to software Final Cut Pro better and learned about how to crop our footage using this program; we also discussed how to do the same in Wondershare Filmora X, shall we need a different software.
And now, you can choose your preferred one and follow these step, or, why not try both?..
What are the features this advanced computer program offers to Mac users? – itreads on the web-site of Final Cut Pro:
- Object Tracker and Cinematic mode;
- Blazing pro performance;
- Editing, audio, motion graphics, color grading, and delivery;
- The best plug-ins, effects, and tools from leading developers.
One of the most impressive things about Final Cut Pro is that through it, you can create 2D and 3D titles right in the program, apply and modify filters, and use the built-in chroma key for high-quality green- and blue-screen effects. But, one should not be alarmed when it comes to experience and knowledge in editing – even though Final Cut Pro seems so advanced with its powerful tools and the possibilities it contains, it is designed for easy use and can be used by amateurs as well as professionals.
The interface, which, when it comes to editing, is one of the most important aspects (if not the main one!), seems quite standard - an ordinary window configuration, sidebar with libraries, events, projects, collections… If you want to know more about the basics of Final Cut Pro, it would be helpful to watch a beginner tutorial , with the length of only 20 minutes, an introduction of the whole program.
Anyway, the main topic of this article is about cropping – how to crop a video in Final Cut Pro? If you are a Mac user and have this program installed on your computer, and you as well have a footage where you want to remove some portions of the video and adjust the size of the cropped clip within a certain area, this article is for you. Even though cropping is especially used when it comes to the images, it is extremely helpful in certain situations about the video clips, as well. So, let’s dive into each step of cropping in Final Cut Pro!
Steps to crop a video in Final Cut Pro
After getting Final Cut Pro ready to work in and opening it, you need to start as always, as in any other software: Of course, choose Import Media.
The software will ask your permission to access files in your computer, so, in order to import some, guess you have to click on OK.
Then, it will let you choose your file – but not by opening the new window (as in most cases), rather, you can choose file within the software.
Once you have your file(s) chosen, you need to find Import Selected button on the down and right.
This will lead you towards the editor again, but if you try to drag and drop your file into the sequence, the program will not follow this simple order…
This is because what the window below reads and looks like – it offers you create a New Project first. So, you need to hit it.
This will create the sequence where you can add the video you have already selected and imported from your media.
Now, it’s time to find where the cropping option is. It’s quite simple – look at the icon below and a little left of the screen where your video clip shows, click on it and you will see three options: Transform, Crop, and Distort. Needless to say, you will choose crop in this case, even if other options sound quite interesting, too!
Choosing Crop also gives you three options: Trim, Crop, and Ken Burns. Stick with the Crop again!
You will notice the kind of rulers on the angles of the video clip – they are there so you can crop your footage manually, by holding and moving them with your cursor to your liking.
Of course, if you direct your cursor in the middle of the cropped video, you can move the whole cropping window around it, so you can find the area where you intend to crop better.
And when the selected area is ready, you need to click on Done button on the right top side of the screen. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can take the step back, by clicking on Reset button right next to Done and modify the area again.
On the right side of the screen, you notice a window where Crop is also written. Alongside it, if you hover over the option with your mouse, you will see the word: Show. Clicking on it will let you crop the video from each side from there, too.
There, you can “play around” with Left, Right, Top, and Bottom sides.
In the process, if you are unsure or you want to compare the original video to the cropped version of it, keep in mind that you can uncheck the Crop button.
Finally, when you feel the result is what you have imagined, you can proceed to saving your work. For it to be done, you need to now find an Export button top right of the whole editor, and then, choose Export File (or else, if that’s what you are willing to do).
The next step would be Export Settings. You will see a new window which has three sections: Info, Settings, and Roles. The most important one here would be considered Settings, where you choose your preferred Format, Video Codec, Resolution, Color Space, Audio Format, and Action.
When you click on Next, you then choose the Name of your project and the location where you want to save it exactly.
Then you click on Save, and in a short amount of time, you have your new cropped video where you chose to save it! So, that’s it with cropping in the Final Cut Pro!
An easier way to crop a video in Wondershare Filmora
When it comes down to Mac, we can also discussed another program which is available on Mac as well as Windows operating system. This software is Filmora Video Editor , which is a simple yet sophisticated video editor that empowers the stories with everything a video editor program can offer to its users. On its official web-site, Filmora is declared as the best video editor, which allows you to edit videos with minimal effort (and isn’t that exactly what one wants when trying to just crop a video?..), enhance videos with 800+ stunning effects, unleash creativity with Hollywood effects, and, import and export in almost any format. One can say that the interface looks quite like that of Final Cut Pro…
For Win 7 or later (64-bit)
For macOS 10.14 or later
So, shall we imagine we use Wondershare Filmora X to crop our video, what would be the steps to do it?..
Needless to say, downloading and installing the software is the first step. To add files, you need to click on Import Media Files Here.
Choose your clip(s) you would like to crop and then drag and drop it in the sequence.
Above your video in the sequence, you will see little icons and find a Crop one.
Click on it and a new window will open – it’s for Crop and Zoom, where you can choose a needed ratio or do it manually (for it, you have to select Custom first).
After clicking OK, your video will be cropped as you like. Then, you can proceed with Exporting it – click on Export, choose your preferred settings, and save the video.
So, in this article, we got to know to software Final Cut Pro better and learned about how to crop our footage using this program; we also discussed how to do the same in Wondershare Filmora X, shall we need a different software.
And now, you can choose your preferred one and follow these step, or, why not try both?..
Top 9 Sparkle Effects Photo and Video Editors You Should Know
Versatile Video Editor - Wondershare Filmora
An easy yet powerful editor
Numerous effects to choose from
Detailed tutorials provided by the official channel
Has your project been looking sparkly lately?
With New Year’s Eve and other holiday celebrations just behind us, you may have noticed some excessive glitter everywhere. You might have found yourself wondering if everyone had spent the holidays mastering some clever techniques of photography with fancy new equipment they got for holiday celebrations. Well, they might have, but the chances are they have just improved their projects with some admirable effects, and we are about to show you how you can do the same.
There are loads of free (or very cheap) apps or video editors you can use to easily beautify the creativity and mood of your images - using just the smartphone camera in your pocket! Sparkling decorations, twinkling lights, and dramatic lens flares can all compile into your photo during or after you shoot your project.
So, let’s move on to considering the best and effective ways of using sparkle video effects as follows.
In this article
01 What are the Advantages of Sparkle Effects?
02 Top 8 Sparkle Effects Apps/Editors in 2021
Part 1: What are the Advantages of Sparkle Effects?
By now, you’re all familiar with the basics of sparkle video effects editing: You push a button and push your button. But if you plan to preserve those prosperous memories, then you’ll want your snaps to look their best.
Glitter filters or sparkle video effects are beauty-enhancing effects that any photo or video editing users enjoy applying to their projects. Even Twitter and Instagram are pretty considerable that incredible amounts of sparkle or glitter effects are available within.
There are tons of filters and similar effects to choose from among them, and they all add specks of silver glitter that glisten as you shoot your video. At the same time, they also often smooth the skin of the subject. So, you must also note them as their advantages.
However, others aren’t too keen on the glitters filters, claiming they transform appearance too much and are usually pretty annoying and fake.
Depending on the purpose of your image, you may want to add filters, text, and frames. For instance, you can include your signature to avoid copying your image without receiving credit if shared online.
Part 2: Top 8 Sparkle Effects Apps/Editors in 2021
Find the right photo enhancement tools to edit your pictures.
3 Best Sparkle Effect Apps
1. kirakira+
With this app, you can apply a cross filter to combine with the camera lens. The reflective objects and light-emitting materials will shine even more. It has sparkle video effects of jewelry, glass, illumination, etc. Its primary function is that you can shoot the photo and video with an impressive Glitter effect.
Price: $0.99 || Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad ||
2. Sparkle Effects - Glitter FX
Let’s have fun adding beautiful glitter and sparkle video effects to your photos and videos. Here, you can upload pictures and videos directly from your gallery. Just hover the camera at anything shiny and let the app take over. These effects can be helpful on jewelry, cars, landscape, motorcycles, or anything else you’d like!
Price: Free || Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad ||
3. PicsArt iOS | Android
Use the Lens Flare tool to apply a dynamic effect directly to your videos and images. Alternatively, you Search for lens flare or sunray stickers and similar sparkle video effects and then apply them to your photo using the different blend modes. You can adjust using a layer mask or customize the opacity to suit.
2 Excellent Sparkle Video Effects Editor
1. Wondershare Filmora
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Get started easily with Filmora’s powerful performance, intuitive interface, and countless effects!
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Video effects, also known as visual effects or filters, create crazy graphics with clicks. It’s simple, and the results are great when you use dedicated software such as Wondershare Filmora. This is why people love sparkle video effects.
This platform is quite different from other video editing software in the market with minimal video effects. Wondershare Filmora offers 300+ free effects: Picture in Pageant, Transitional effects, Intro/Credits, Sound, Jump Cut, Titles, Mosaic, and more.
Or, you can download the Sparkle effects pack from Filmstock .
2. After Effects
It’s an excellent background for Christmas plays, holiday pageants, or any other video you wish to add a little twinkle! You can add a twinkling star quite easily in Adobe After Effects.
Are you looking for the perfect sparkle video effect for your next After Effects project? Here are some great picks!
After Effects has Particle Presets Kit, Glitter Particles Logo, Elegant Particle Logo, Glitter Fantasy, Particle Glitter, Magic Graphics, Golden, and more in Sparkle effects filters.
Top 3 Online Sparkle Effects Editor
1. Videezy
Footage from Videezy is royalty-free for personal and commercial use, but users need to credit ‘Videezy.com’ in their projects.
The freest stock videos are in HD resolution, but there’s also a good collection of 4K clips – mostly abstract clips and landscape scenes rendered using Adobe After Effects.
The quality is mixed but generally high. All videos are in MP4 format, and you can see the resolution below the preview on the download page.
2. Pngtree
Pngtree is a PNG stock images market, but also you can look for a lot of unique backgrounds and templates. Their staff or customer care are also lovely and reply in time. Furthermore, its graphics are good enough, and you can find almost anything you are looking for.
3. Glitterboo
It is a much more complete tool that also allows video editing. Before you edit your images, we advise you to test this site yourself to get satisfactory results. Essentially, the procedure to apply the glitter effect is very similar to those described above, so in this case, it is not strictly necessary to show you all the steps, as it is all quite intuitive.
Part 3: FAQs about Sparkle Effects
1 – What is the sparkle effect on Instagram?
Glitter filters are a type of beauty-enhancing filter that Instagram users enjoy applying to their selfies and videos. There is plenty of different ones to choose from on Instagram, and they all add specks of silver glitter that glisten as you film your video.
2 – What is the sparkle effect on TikTok?
To get the sparkly ‘bling’ effect, you further need to consider a few straightforward steps. All you are required to do beforehand is to check that your TikTok app is up to date!
3 – How can I improve my photos?
You can use filters and effects to improve photos to a great extent. For this purpose, you can go with using the sparkle effects as aforementioned.
Conclusion
The perfect sparkle video effect can add majesty, magic, and wonder to your next project. Furthermore, you can add a slight shimmer and shine and take the viewing experience to a whole new stage with one of these tremendous effects.
More thanks we should add to the video editing software present in the market, every kins of user can easily apply effects to our videos. Don’t like the complicated software like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere or any other tools listed above? Wondershare Filmora video editor now makes it easy to apply all the special effects, including sparkle video effects mentioned above. This simple video editing tool provides the most comprehensive and practical editing elements and workflow around.
And, if you’re not satisfied with Filmora’s inbuilt effects, Filmstock is a one-stop shop for royalty-free video effects, music and sound effects, stock video footage, and more stock media.
Has your project been looking sparkly lately?
With New Year’s Eve and other holiday celebrations just behind us, you may have noticed some excessive glitter everywhere. You might have found yourself wondering if everyone had spent the holidays mastering some clever techniques of photography with fancy new equipment they got for holiday celebrations. Well, they might have, but the chances are they have just improved their projects with some admirable effects, and we are about to show you how you can do the same.
There are loads of free (or very cheap) apps or video editors you can use to easily beautify the creativity and mood of your images - using just the smartphone camera in your pocket! Sparkling decorations, twinkling lights, and dramatic lens flares can all compile into your photo during or after you shoot your project.
So, let’s move on to considering the best and effective ways of using sparkle video effects as follows.
In this article
01 What are the Advantages of Sparkle Effects?
02 Top 8 Sparkle Effects Apps/Editors in 2021
Part 1: What are the Advantages of Sparkle Effects?
By now, you’re all familiar with the basics of sparkle video effects editing: You push a button and push your button. But if you plan to preserve those prosperous memories, then you’ll want your snaps to look their best.
Glitter filters or sparkle video effects are beauty-enhancing effects that any photo or video editing users enjoy applying to their projects. Even Twitter and Instagram are pretty considerable that incredible amounts of sparkle or glitter effects are available within.
There are tons of filters and similar effects to choose from among them, and they all add specks of silver glitter that glisten as you shoot your video. At the same time, they also often smooth the skin of the subject. So, you must also note them as their advantages.
However, others aren’t too keen on the glitters filters, claiming they transform appearance too much and are usually pretty annoying and fake.
Depending on the purpose of your image, you may want to add filters, text, and frames. For instance, you can include your signature to avoid copying your image without receiving credit if shared online.
Part 2: Top 8 Sparkle Effects Apps/Editors in 2021
Find the right photo enhancement tools to edit your pictures.
3 Best Sparkle Effect Apps
1. kirakira+
With this app, you can apply a cross filter to combine with the camera lens. The reflective objects and light-emitting materials will shine even more. It has sparkle video effects of jewelry, glass, illumination, etc. Its primary function is that you can shoot the photo and video with an impressive Glitter effect.
Price: $0.99 || Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad ||
2. Sparkle Effects - Glitter FX
Let’s have fun adding beautiful glitter and sparkle video effects to your photos and videos. Here, you can upload pictures and videos directly from your gallery. Just hover the camera at anything shiny and let the app take over. These effects can be helpful on jewelry, cars, landscape, motorcycles, or anything else you’d like!
Price: Free || Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad ||
3. PicsArt iOS | Android
Use the Lens Flare tool to apply a dynamic effect directly to your videos and images. Alternatively, you Search for lens flare or sunray stickers and similar sparkle video effects and then apply them to your photo using the different blend modes. You can adjust using a layer mask or customize the opacity to suit.
2 Excellent Sparkle Video Effects Editor
1. Wondershare Filmora
Wondershare Filmora
Get started easily with Filmora’s powerful performance, intuitive interface, and countless effects!
Try It Free Try It Free Try It Free Learn More >
Video effects, also known as visual effects or filters, create crazy graphics with clicks. It’s simple, and the results are great when you use dedicated software such as Wondershare Filmora. This is why people love sparkle video effects.
This platform is quite different from other video editing software in the market with minimal video effects. Wondershare Filmora offers 300+ free effects: Picture in Pageant, Transitional effects, Intro/Credits, Sound, Jump Cut, Titles, Mosaic, and more.
Or, you can download the Sparkle effects pack from Filmstock .
2. After Effects
It’s an excellent background for Christmas plays, holiday pageants, or any other video you wish to add a little twinkle! You can add a twinkling star quite easily in Adobe After Effects.
Are you looking for the perfect sparkle video effect for your next After Effects project? Here are some great picks!
After Effects has Particle Presets Kit, Glitter Particles Logo, Elegant Particle Logo, Glitter Fantasy, Particle Glitter, Magic Graphics, Golden, and more in Sparkle effects filters.
Top 3 Online Sparkle Effects Editor
1. Videezy
Footage from Videezy is royalty-free for personal and commercial use, but users need to credit ‘Videezy.com’ in their projects.
The freest stock videos are in HD resolution, but there’s also a good collection of 4K clips – mostly abstract clips and landscape scenes rendered using Adobe After Effects.
The quality is mixed but generally high. All videos are in MP4 format, and you can see the resolution below the preview on the download page.
2. Pngtree
Pngtree is a PNG stock images market, but also you can look for a lot of unique backgrounds and templates. Their staff or customer care are also lovely and reply in time. Furthermore, its graphics are good enough, and you can find almost anything you are looking for.
3. Glitterboo
It is a much more complete tool that also allows video editing. Before you edit your images, we advise you to test this site yourself to get satisfactory results. Essentially, the procedure to apply the glitter effect is very similar to those described above, so in this case, it is not strictly necessary to show you all the steps, as it is all quite intuitive.
Part 3: FAQs about Sparkle Effects
1 – What is the sparkle effect on Instagram?
Glitter filters are a type of beauty-enhancing filter that Instagram users enjoy applying to their selfies and videos. There is plenty of different ones to choose from on Instagram, and they all add specks of silver glitter that glisten as you film your video.
2 – What is the sparkle effect on TikTok?
To get the sparkly ‘bling’ effect, you further need to consider a few straightforward steps. All you are required to do beforehand is to check that your TikTok app is up to date!
3 – How can I improve my photos?
You can use filters and effects to improve photos to a great extent. For this purpose, you can go with using the sparkle effects as aforementioned.
Conclusion
The perfect sparkle video effect can add majesty, magic, and wonder to your next project. Furthermore, you can add a slight shimmer and shine and take the viewing experience to a whole new stage with one of these tremendous effects.
More thanks we should add to the video editing software present in the market, every kins of user can easily apply effects to our videos. Don’t like the complicated software like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere or any other tools listed above? Wondershare Filmora video editor now makes it easy to apply all the special effects, including sparkle video effects mentioned above. This simple video editing tool provides the most comprehensive and practical editing elements and workflow around.
And, if you’re not satisfied with Filmora’s inbuilt effects, Filmstock is a one-stop shop for royalty-free video effects, music and sound effects, stock video footage, and more stock media.
Has your project been looking sparkly lately?
With New Year’s Eve and other holiday celebrations just behind us, you may have noticed some excessive glitter everywhere. You might have found yourself wondering if everyone had spent the holidays mastering some clever techniques of photography with fancy new equipment they got for holiday celebrations. Well, they might have, but the chances are they have just improved their projects with some admirable effects, and we are about to show you how you can do the same.
There are loads of free (or very cheap) apps or video editors you can use to easily beautify the creativity and mood of your images - using just the smartphone camera in your pocket! Sparkling decorations, twinkling lights, and dramatic lens flares can all compile into your photo during or after you shoot your project.
So, let’s move on to considering the best and effective ways of using sparkle video effects as follows.
In this article
01 What are the Advantages of Sparkle Effects?
02 Top 8 Sparkle Effects Apps/Editors in 2021
Part 1: What are the Advantages of Sparkle Effects?
By now, you’re all familiar with the basics of sparkle video effects editing: You push a button and push your button. But if you plan to preserve those prosperous memories, then you’ll want your snaps to look their best.
Glitter filters or sparkle video effects are beauty-enhancing effects that any photo or video editing users enjoy applying to their projects. Even Twitter and Instagram are pretty considerable that incredible amounts of sparkle or glitter effects are available within.
There are tons of filters and similar effects to choose from among them, and they all add specks of silver glitter that glisten as you shoot your video. At the same time, they also often smooth the skin of the subject. So, you must also note them as their advantages.
However, others aren’t too keen on the glitters filters, claiming they transform appearance too much and are usually pretty annoying and fake.
Depending on the purpose of your image, you may want to add filters, text, and frames. For instance, you can include your signature to avoid copying your image without receiving credit if shared online.
Part 2: Top 8 Sparkle Effects Apps/Editors in 2021
Find the right photo enhancement tools to edit your pictures.
3 Best Sparkle Effect Apps
1. kirakira+
With this app, you can apply a cross filter to combine with the camera lens. The reflective objects and light-emitting materials will shine even more. It has sparkle video effects of jewelry, glass, illumination, etc. Its primary function is that you can shoot the photo and video with an impressive Glitter effect.
Price: $0.99 || Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad ||
2. Sparkle Effects - Glitter FX
Let’s have fun adding beautiful glitter and sparkle video effects to your photos and videos. Here, you can upload pictures and videos directly from your gallery. Just hover the camera at anything shiny and let the app take over. These effects can be helpful on jewelry, cars, landscape, motorcycles, or anything else you’d like!
Price: Free || Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad ||
3. PicsArt iOS | Android
Use the Lens Flare tool to apply a dynamic effect directly to your videos and images. Alternatively, you Search for lens flare or sunray stickers and similar sparkle video effects and then apply them to your photo using the different blend modes. You can adjust using a layer mask or customize the opacity to suit.
2 Excellent Sparkle Video Effects Editor
1. Wondershare Filmora
Wondershare Filmora
Get started easily with Filmora’s powerful performance, intuitive interface, and countless effects!
Try It Free Try It Free Try It Free Learn More >
Video effects, also known as visual effects or filters, create crazy graphics with clicks. It’s simple, and the results are great when you use dedicated software such as Wondershare Filmora. This is why people love sparkle video effects.
This platform is quite different from other video editing software in the market with minimal video effects. Wondershare Filmora offers 300+ free effects: Picture in Pageant, Transitional effects, Intro/Credits, Sound, Jump Cut, Titles, Mosaic, and more.
Or, you can download the Sparkle effects pack from Filmstock .
2. After Effects
It’s an excellent background for Christmas plays, holiday pageants, or any other video you wish to add a little twinkle! You can add a twinkling star quite easily in Adobe After Effects.
Are you looking for the perfect sparkle video effect for your next After Effects project? Here are some great picks!
After Effects has Particle Presets Kit, Glitter Particles Logo, Elegant Particle Logo, Glitter Fantasy, Particle Glitter, Magic Graphics, Golden, and more in Sparkle effects filters.
Top 3 Online Sparkle Effects Editor
1. Videezy
Footage from Videezy is royalty-free for personal and commercial use, but users need to credit ‘Videezy.com’ in their projects.
The freest stock videos are in HD resolution, but there’s also a good collection of 4K clips – mostly abstract clips and landscape scenes rendered using Adobe After Effects.
The quality is mixed but generally high. All videos are in MP4 format, and you can see the resolution below the preview on the download page.
2. Pngtree
Pngtree is a PNG stock images market, but also you can look for a lot of unique backgrounds and templates. Their staff or customer care are also lovely and reply in time. Furthermore, its graphics are good enough, and you can find almost anything you are looking for.
3. Glitterboo
It is a much more complete tool that also allows video editing. Before you edit your images, we advise you to test this site yourself to get satisfactory results. Essentially, the procedure to apply the glitter effect is very similar to those described above, so in this case, it is not strictly necessary to show you all the steps, as it is all quite intuitive.
Part 3: FAQs about Sparkle Effects
1 – What is the sparkle effect on Instagram?
Glitter filters are a type of beauty-enhancing filter that Instagram users enjoy applying to their selfies and videos. There is plenty of different ones to choose from on Instagram, and they all add specks of silver glitter that glisten as you film your video.
2 – What is the sparkle effect on TikTok?
To get the sparkly ‘bling’ effect, you further need to consider a few straightforward steps. All you are required to do beforehand is to check that your TikTok app is up to date!
3 – How can I improve my photos?
You can use filters and effects to improve photos to a great extent. For this purpose, you can go with using the sparkle effects as aforementioned.
Conclusion
The perfect sparkle video effect can add majesty, magic, and wonder to your next project. Furthermore, you can add a slight shimmer and shine and take the viewing experience to a whole new stage with one of these tremendous effects.
More thanks we should add to the video editing software present in the market, every kins of user can easily apply effects to our videos. Don’t like the complicated software like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere or any other tools listed above? Wondershare Filmora video editor now makes it easy to apply all the special effects, including sparkle video effects mentioned above. This simple video editing tool provides the most comprehensive and practical editing elements and workflow around.
And, if you’re not satisfied with Filmora’s inbuilt effects, Filmstock is a one-stop shop for royalty-free video effects, music and sound effects, stock video footage, and more stock media.
Has your project been looking sparkly lately?
With New Year’s Eve and other holiday celebrations just behind us, you may have noticed some excessive glitter everywhere. You might have found yourself wondering if everyone had spent the holidays mastering some clever techniques of photography with fancy new equipment they got for holiday celebrations. Well, they might have, but the chances are they have just improved their projects with some admirable effects, and we are about to show you how you can do the same.
There are loads of free (or very cheap) apps or video editors you can use to easily beautify the creativity and mood of your images - using just the smartphone camera in your pocket! Sparkling decorations, twinkling lights, and dramatic lens flares can all compile into your photo during or after you shoot your project.
So, let’s move on to considering the best and effective ways of using sparkle video effects as follows.
In this article
01 What are the Advantages of Sparkle Effects?
02 Top 8 Sparkle Effects Apps/Editors in 2021
Part 1: What are the Advantages of Sparkle Effects?
By now, you’re all familiar with the basics of sparkle video effects editing: You push a button and push your button. But if you plan to preserve those prosperous memories, then you’ll want your snaps to look their best.
Glitter filters or sparkle video effects are beauty-enhancing effects that any photo or video editing users enjoy applying to their projects. Even Twitter and Instagram are pretty considerable that incredible amounts of sparkle or glitter effects are available within.
There are tons of filters and similar effects to choose from among them, and they all add specks of silver glitter that glisten as you shoot your video. At the same time, they also often smooth the skin of the subject. So, you must also note them as their advantages.
However, others aren’t too keen on the glitters filters, claiming they transform appearance too much and are usually pretty annoying and fake.
Depending on the purpose of your image, you may want to add filters, text, and frames. For instance, you can include your signature to avoid copying your image without receiving credit if shared online.
Part 2: Top 8 Sparkle Effects Apps/Editors in 2021
Find the right photo enhancement tools to edit your pictures.
3 Best Sparkle Effect Apps
1. kirakira+
With this app, you can apply a cross filter to combine with the camera lens. The reflective objects and light-emitting materials will shine even more. It has sparkle video effects of jewelry, glass, illumination, etc. Its primary function is that you can shoot the photo and video with an impressive Glitter effect.
Price: $0.99 || Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad ||
2. Sparkle Effects - Glitter FX
Let’s have fun adding beautiful glitter and sparkle video effects to your photos and videos. Here, you can upload pictures and videos directly from your gallery. Just hover the camera at anything shiny and let the app take over. These effects can be helpful on jewelry, cars, landscape, motorcycles, or anything else you’d like!
Price: Free || Devices: Android, iPhone, iPad ||
3. PicsArt iOS | Android
Use the Lens Flare tool to apply a dynamic effect directly to your videos and images. Alternatively, you Search for lens flare or sunray stickers and similar sparkle video effects and then apply them to your photo using the different blend modes. You can adjust using a layer mask or customize the opacity to suit.
2 Excellent Sparkle Video Effects Editor
1. Wondershare Filmora
Wondershare Filmora
Get started easily with Filmora’s powerful performance, intuitive interface, and countless effects!
Try It Free Try It Free Try It Free Learn More >
Video effects, also known as visual effects or filters, create crazy graphics with clicks. It’s simple, and the results are great when you use dedicated software such as Wondershare Filmora. This is why people love sparkle video effects.
This platform is quite different from other video editing software in the market with minimal video effects. Wondershare Filmora offers 300+ free effects: Picture in Pageant, Transitional effects, Intro/Credits, Sound, Jump Cut, Titles, Mosaic, and more.
Or, you can download the Sparkle effects pack from Filmstock .
2. After Effects
It’s an excellent background for Christmas plays, holiday pageants, or any other video you wish to add a little twinkle! You can add a twinkling star quite easily in Adobe After Effects.
Are you looking for the perfect sparkle video effect for your next After Effects project? Here are some great picks!
After Effects has Particle Presets Kit, Glitter Particles Logo, Elegant Particle Logo, Glitter Fantasy, Particle Glitter, Magic Graphics, Golden, and more in Sparkle effects filters.
Top 3 Online Sparkle Effects Editor
1. Videezy
Footage from Videezy is royalty-free for personal and commercial use, but users need to credit ‘Videezy.com’ in their projects.
The freest stock videos are in HD resolution, but there’s also a good collection of 4K clips – mostly abstract clips and landscape scenes rendered using Adobe After Effects.
The quality is mixed but generally high. All videos are in MP4 format, and you can see the resolution below the preview on the download page.
2. Pngtree
Pngtree is a PNG stock images market, but also you can look for a lot of unique backgrounds and templates. Their staff or customer care are also lovely and reply in time. Furthermore, its graphics are good enough, and you can find almost anything you are looking for.
3. Glitterboo
It is a much more complete tool that also allows video editing. Before you edit your images, we advise you to test this site yourself to get satisfactory results. Essentially, the procedure to apply the glitter effect is very similar to those described above, so in this case, it is not strictly necessary to show you all the steps, as it is all quite intuitive.
Part 3: FAQs about Sparkle Effects
1 – What is the sparkle effect on Instagram?
Glitter filters are a type of beauty-enhancing filter that Instagram users enjoy applying to their selfies and videos. There is plenty of different ones to choose from on Instagram, and they all add specks of silver glitter that glisten as you film your video.
2 – What is the sparkle effect on TikTok?
To get the sparkly ‘bling’ effect, you further need to consider a few straightforward steps. All you are required to do beforehand is to check that your TikTok app is up to date!
3 – How can I improve my photos?
You can use filters and effects to improve photos to a great extent. For this purpose, you can go with using the sparkle effects as aforementioned.
Conclusion
The perfect sparkle video effect can add majesty, magic, and wonder to your next project. Furthermore, you can add a slight shimmer and shine and take the viewing experience to a whole new stage with one of these tremendous effects.
More thanks we should add to the video editing software present in the market, every kins of user can easily apply effects to our videos. Don’t like the complicated software like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere or any other tools listed above? Wondershare Filmora video editor now makes it easy to apply all the special effects, including sparkle video effects mentioned above. This simple video editing tool provides the most comprehensive and practical editing elements and workflow around.
And, if you’re not satisfied with Filmora’s inbuilt effects, Filmstock is a one-stop shop for royalty-free video effects, music and sound effects, stock video footage, and more stock media.
Detailed Tutorial to Rotate Videos in Cyberlink PowerDirector
Video Editing is a craft that is highly dependent on various characteristics of your video. But the way one presents it or goes about filming clips also has a profound effect on the end product. And as you may know, not every aspect of a video production activity always goes without hiccups. But editing can come in clutch as it can easily solve minor problems like skewed footage that was shot at the wrong angle or is upside down (an issue that can happen while using mobile phones).
Thus, with this article, we will be looking at steps to rotate a video in Cyberlink PowerDirector to help you when required. We have also mentioned the steps you will need to follow in Wondershare Filmora.
Note: We documented the steps in this guide with PowerDirector 365 and WonderShare Filmora X.
Steps to Rotate Videos with CyberLink PowerDirector
Put yourself in a situation where you’ve just finished filming a project with your smartphone but end up realizing that the footage isn’t in the right orientation by default. While the error has an easy fix on most smartphones, you can also perform this action with video editing tools.
Also, while this form of rotating might be the most basic implementation of the feature, you can often use the feature to add a dynamic nature to your video with Keyframes.
Definition: Keyframes in Video Editing is a software feature that allows an editor to set start and endpoints (denoted by In and Out Markers), presenting the opportunity to custom clip properties between the two positions. The set changes occur gradually as the playhead continues moving through the clip. Properties that can undergo modification with this method are zoom, rotation, colors, positions, etc.
The process of rotating clips is fairly straightforward; once you have PowerDirector 365 open, follow the steps listed below.
If you do not have CyberLink PowerDirector 365, download the software by visiting Cyberlink’s official website.
Step 1: Create a new video project in Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 and choose Full Mode.
Note: Full Mode in Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 will provide users access to a full-featured video editing tool similar in function to Wondershare Filmora. The other option available is Ad Designer.
Step 2: Now, import media onto the Timeline from the Media Library.
For this guide, we used the pre-existing stock footage in Cyberlink PowerDirector.
Step 3: Now, click on the video file on the Timeline; this will activate the video in the Preview Window. And it will provide you with access to the rotation circle, allowing you to change the orientation of the source file.
EXTRA
Rotation added in the PiP Designer will function as a keyframe-based rotation action. Right-click on the video in the preview window, choose Edit and then Modify to access this menu.
Following this, you can click on the Motion Tab, go into Rotation Settings, and modify the angle with greater precision. In the Preview Window, you will now be able to see the rotating video.
An Easier Way to Crop Video with Wondershare Filmora
Though Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 is a powerful video editing tool, we felt its menus were not as simple to navigate. Accessing the rotate function while available in the forefront, the use of PiP Designer didn’t feel intuitive.
In Wondershare Filmora Video Editor , rotating footage only happens via the Edit Option, and this straightforward approach felt simple. As for those who want to use Keyframes, the integration of this feature right above the Timeline is an appreciated convenience.
This emphasis on quick accessibility is present with almost every function in Filmora, and we believe this to be a significant advantage. The use of modern and unique iconography also increases familiarity, an aspect that will always be welcoming to new and budding creators.
If you do not already have Wondershare Filmora, you can download the software by visiting the official website.
To help you learn how to use the rotate function and show you an example of the easy accessibility in Filmora, here is how you can use the feature to get the output you desire.
For Win 7 or later (64-bit)
For macOS 10.14 or later
Once you have a new project open in Filmora, follow the steps listed below.
Step 1: Import a Media File to edit into your Video Project.
Step 2: Drag the video clip onto the Timeline and then select it with a mouse click to activate further interactions.
Step 3: Choose the Edit Option (marked in Red).
This will bring up the Edit Window in the left-top corner of your screen.
Step 4: Click on the Transform Menu and use the Rotation Slider to edit the orientation.
Having read this stretch of the guide, we believe you may have noticed how Filmora is more user-friendly and accessible due to its menu layout.
BONUS
Click on the Keyframe Button (marked in Green) to access the Keyframe Menu that allows you to set points between which a decided amount of rotation can happen.
The Bottom Line
This marks the end of our guide on how to rotate video in PowerDirector 365 and Wondershare Filmora X. Now, while both software are high-capable tools, we feel the keyframe-based working on rotation in Filmora is a lot more intuitive and easy to use. The ability to only have number-based rotation within the edit menu is also a positive, as rotating with a swivel like in PowerDirector isn’t always the most accurate.
And lastly, the modern iconography-based design of Wondershare Filmora is a factor to keep in mind, as this increases usability manifolds.
Note: Full Mode in Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 will provide users access to a full-featured video editing tool similar in function to Wondershare Filmora. The other option available is Ad Designer.
Step 2: Now, import media onto the Timeline from the Media Library.
For this guide, we used the pre-existing stock footage in Cyberlink PowerDirector.
Step 3: Now, click on the video file on the Timeline; this will activate the video in the Preview Window. And it will provide you with access to the rotation circle, allowing you to change the orientation of the source file.
EXTRA
Rotation added in the PiP Designer will function as a keyframe-based rotation action. Right-click on the video in the preview window, choose Edit and then Modify to access this menu.
Following this, you can click on the Motion Tab, go into Rotation Settings, and modify the angle with greater precision. In the Preview Window, you will now be able to see the rotating video.
An Easier Way to Crop Video with Wondershare Filmora
Though Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 is a powerful video editing tool, we felt its menus were not as simple to navigate. Accessing the rotate function while available in the forefront, the use of PiP Designer didn’t feel intuitive.
In Wondershare Filmora Video Editor , rotating footage only happens via the Edit Option, and this straightforward approach felt simple. As for those who want to use Keyframes, the integration of this feature right above the Timeline is an appreciated convenience.
This emphasis on quick accessibility is present with almost every function in Filmora, and we believe this to be a significant advantage. The use of modern and unique iconography also increases familiarity, an aspect that will always be welcoming to new and budding creators.
If you do not already have Wondershare Filmora, you can download the software by visiting the official website.
To help you learn how to use the rotate function and show you an example of the easy accessibility in Filmora, here is how you can use the feature to get the output you desire.
For Win 7 or later (64-bit)
For macOS 10.14 or later
Once you have a new project open in Filmora, follow the steps listed below.
Step 1: Import a Media File to edit into your Video Project.
Step 2: Drag the video clip onto the Timeline and then select it with a mouse click to activate further interactions.
Step 3: Choose the Edit Option (marked in Red).
This will bring up the Edit Window in the left-top corner of your screen.
Step 4: Click on the Transform Menu and use the Rotation Slider to edit the orientation.
Having read this stretch of the guide, we believe you may have noticed how Filmora is more user-friendly and accessible due to its menu layout.
BONUS
Click on the Keyframe Button (marked in Green) to access the Keyframe Menu that allows you to set points between which a decided amount of rotation can happen.
The Bottom Line
This marks the end of our guide on how to rotate video in PowerDirector 365 and Wondershare Filmora X. Now, while both software are high-capable tools, we feel the keyframe-based working on rotation in Filmora is a lot more intuitive and easy to use. The ability to only have number-based rotation within the edit menu is also a positive, as rotating with a swivel like in PowerDirector isn’t always the most accurate.
And lastly, the modern iconography-based design of Wondershare Filmora is a factor to keep in mind, as this increases usability manifolds.
Note: Full Mode in Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 will provide users access to a full-featured video editing tool similar in function to Wondershare Filmora. The other option available is Ad Designer.
Step 2: Now, import media onto the Timeline from the Media Library.
For this guide, we used the pre-existing stock footage in Cyberlink PowerDirector.
Step 3: Now, click on the video file on the Timeline; this will activate the video in the Preview Window. And it will provide you with access to the rotation circle, allowing you to change the orientation of the source file.
EXTRA
Rotation added in the PiP Designer will function as a keyframe-based rotation action. Right-click on the video in the preview window, choose Edit and then Modify to access this menu.
Following this, you can click on the Motion Tab, go into Rotation Settings, and modify the angle with greater precision. In the Preview Window, you will now be able to see the rotating video.
An Easier Way to Crop Video with Wondershare Filmora
Though Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 is a powerful video editing tool, we felt its menus were not as simple to navigate. Accessing the rotate function while available in the forefront, the use of PiP Designer didn’t feel intuitive.
In Wondershare Filmora Video Editor , rotating footage only happens via the Edit Option, and this straightforward approach felt simple. As for those who want to use Keyframes, the integration of this feature right above the Timeline is an appreciated convenience.
This emphasis on quick accessibility is present with almost every function in Filmora, and we believe this to be a significant advantage. The use of modern and unique iconography also increases familiarity, an aspect that will always be welcoming to new and budding creators.
If you do not already have Wondershare Filmora, you can download the software by visiting the official website.
To help you learn how to use the rotate function and show you an example of the easy accessibility in Filmora, here is how you can use the feature to get the output you desire.
For Win 7 or later (64-bit)
For macOS 10.14 or later
Once you have a new project open in Filmora, follow the steps listed below.
Step 1: Import a Media File to edit into your Video Project.
Step 2: Drag the video clip onto the Timeline and then select it with a mouse click to activate further interactions.
Step 3: Choose the Edit Option (marked in Red).
This will bring up the Edit Window in the left-top corner of your screen.
Step 4: Click on the Transform Menu and use the Rotation Slider to edit the orientation.
Having read this stretch of the guide, we believe you may have noticed how Filmora is more user-friendly and accessible due to its menu layout.
BONUS
Click on the Keyframe Button (marked in Green) to access the Keyframe Menu that allows you to set points between which a decided amount of rotation can happen.
The Bottom Line
This marks the end of our guide on how to rotate video in PowerDirector 365 and Wondershare Filmora X. Now, while both software are high-capable tools, we feel the keyframe-based working on rotation in Filmora is a lot more intuitive and easy to use. The ability to only have number-based rotation within the edit menu is also a positive, as rotating with a swivel like in PowerDirector isn’t always the most accurate.
And lastly, the modern iconography-based design of Wondershare Filmora is a factor to keep in mind, as this increases usability manifolds.
Note: Full Mode in Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 will provide users access to a full-featured video editing tool similar in function to Wondershare Filmora. The other option available is Ad Designer.
Step 2: Now, import media onto the Timeline from the Media Library.
For this guide, we used the pre-existing stock footage in Cyberlink PowerDirector.
Step 3: Now, click on the video file on the Timeline; this will activate the video in the Preview Window. And it will provide you with access to the rotation circle, allowing you to change the orientation of the source file.
EXTRA
Rotation added in the PiP Designer will function as a keyframe-based rotation action. Right-click on the video in the preview window, choose Edit and then Modify to access this menu.
Following this, you can click on the Motion Tab, go into Rotation Settings, and modify the angle with greater precision. In the Preview Window, you will now be able to see the rotating video.
An Easier Way to Crop Video with Wondershare Filmora
Though Cyberlink PowerDirector 365 is a powerful video editing tool, we felt its menus were not as simple to navigate. Accessing the rotate function while available in the forefront, the use of PiP Designer didn’t feel intuitive.
In Wondershare Filmora Video Editor , rotating footage only happens via the Edit Option, and this straightforward approach felt simple. As for those who want to use Keyframes, the integration of this feature right above the Timeline is an appreciated convenience.
This emphasis on quick accessibility is present with almost every function in Filmora, and we believe this to be a significant advantage. The use of modern and unique iconography also increases familiarity, an aspect that will always be welcoming to new and budding creators.
If you do not already have Wondershare Filmora, you can download the software by visiting the official website.
To help you learn how to use the rotate function and show you an example of the easy accessibility in Filmora, here is how you can use the feature to get the output you desire.
For Win 7 or later (64-bit)
For macOS 10.14 or later
Once you have a new project open in Filmora, follow the steps listed below.
Step 1: Import a Media File to edit into your Video Project.
Step 2: Drag the video clip onto the Timeline and then select it with a mouse click to activate further interactions.
Step 3: Choose the Edit Option (marked in Red).
This will bring up the Edit Window in the left-top corner of your screen.
Step 4: Click on the Transform Menu and use the Rotation Slider to edit the orientation.
Having read this stretch of the guide, we believe you may have noticed how Filmora is more user-friendly and accessible due to its menu layout.
BONUS
Click on the Keyframe Button (marked in Green) to access the Keyframe Menu that allows you to set points between which a decided amount of rotation can happen.
The Bottom Line
This marks the end of our guide on how to rotate video in PowerDirector 365 and Wondershare Filmora X. Now, while both software are high-capable tools, we feel the keyframe-based working on rotation in Filmora is a lot more intuitive and easy to use. The ability to only have number-based rotation within the edit menu is also a positive, as rotating with a swivel like in PowerDirector isn’t always the most accurate.
And lastly, the modern iconography-based design of Wondershare Filmora is a factor to keep in mind, as this increases usability manifolds.
How to Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
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Every budding photographer knows what Photoshop is Adobe Lightroom (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is the newer and more advanced version of Photoshop. Compared with other alternatives of Lightroom , Lightroom helps photographers import, modify, manipulate, find, organize, and manage their images as an image editing software. Lightroom combines photo management and photo editing in one.
One of the most amazing things about Lightroom is its autosave or nondestructive feature. Once you edit your photos, Lightroom instantly saves and stores them in your Lightroom catalog. With its inbuilt-presets, Lightroom makes working on your project so much easy and fun.
You can leverage Lightroom’s unique features to perform different types of tasks. However, in this article, you’ll learn color grading in Lightroom and how to make it work.
In this article
03 How To Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
What Is Color Grading?
Color grading is one of the essential processes for creating the perfect video and image content. Like with color correction, color grading helps enhance the appearance of your image or video and makes it appealing to viewers. However, unlike color correction, it focuses on creating stylistic or cinematic effects rather than rectifying mistakes in the image.
Color grading enhances an already edited or otherwise perfect image or video. So, in color grading, you are not trying to balance out colors or make your pictures look natural to the human eyes. Color correction does all that. Instead, with color grading, you aim to “paint over” a color-corrected content to evoke specific emotions or moods in the viewers.
Colors carry different emotions or visual tones. So, they’re essential in the post-production process to manipulate viewers into specific moods that tell your story best. In other words, color grading aligns your viewer’s emotions to the central theme in your story.
For example, if your image or video’s theme is passion, power, violence, or danger, red portrays them perfectly. Meanwhile, blue does it when you wish to evoke calmness and melancholy in your viewers.
Other examples include:
- pink for beauty, innocence, and femininity,
- Green for nature, darkness, and corruption
- Purple for fantasies, and the mystical
- Yellow for obsession, sickness, and naivety
- Orange for warmth, friendliness, youth, and happiness
Have you noticed that turning your pictures black and white makes them look timeless? That’s color grading in action.
Color Grading in LightRoom
Are you amazed by the thrilling power of color grading to manipulate viewers’ emotions? Are you wondering how you can achieve that effect seamlessly? Then, you don’t need to worry about it. With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, you too can make magic.
Since Lightroom is an advanced photo editor, it has a lot to offer in features. Unfortunately, this may also mean that it can be complex to understand, especially if you’re new to photo editing. So, first things first, you must understand the color grading panel in Lightroom to appreciate it better.
Lightroom’s color grading panel is right beneath the HSL panel in the Develop Panel. It serves as a replacement for the Split Toning Panel from earlier versions, so it’s pretty easy to find.
The color grading panel comprises five small icons, three color wheels, and a blending/balance slider:
● The Five Small Icons
Lightroom’s small icons are a 3-way default layout, shadows, mid-tones, highlights, and global. With 3-way, you can manipulate the highlights, shadows, and mid-tones. Mid-tones, highlights, and shadows hide all color wheels, excluding the necessary ones that adjust them.
Meanwhile, Global combines and blends the highlights, mid-tones, and shadow adjustments no matter the luminosity. Global ensures that the color wheels work harmoniously.
When adjusting icons, it’s best to use each color wheel one after another one. You’ll get better and more precise outcomes that way compared to using them together.
● Lightroom’s Color Wheels
You can view Lightroom’s three-color wheels through the 3-way default layout. The color wheels help to enhance distinct image parts by providing various color hues. It also allows you to introduce saturation through an adjustable knob.
Each lightroom’s color wheels feature a luminance slide beneath them that adjusts color brightness. Between the luminance slide and the wheel is a visible eye icon that you can use to turn the effects on or off.
● The Blending and Balance Slider
The blending and balance sliders offer you advanced control over how your colors look after introducing them. With the blending slider, you can control the color distinctiveness between highlights and shadows. In other words, this feature helps to merge colors to produce a much more balanced and beautiful result.
The balance slider adjusts altered mid-tones, highlights, and shadows to balance the effects. By default, the slider is set at 0 in the middle and allows you to move it in opposite directions for distinct effects. For example, you can use this tool to balance shadows with over-concentrated colors.
While the above features are visible to everyone in the 3-way view, there are two more hidden sliders. You may only view them when editing highlights, shadows, mid-tones, or the global color wheels. They’re the hue and saturation sliders that you can only uncover by clicking on the arrow below the eye icon.
There’s no idea why the hue and saturation sliders aren’t visible in the 3-way view. That’s especially when you discover that they do the all-important job of making minor but precise changes to final adjustments. This produces an excellent fine-tuned outcome and gives your image a professional finish.
How To Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
If you wish to use the color grading Lightroom tool to enhance photos, here’s a comprehensive guide for you. You’ll learn the best practices to apply when using the specific Lightroom features to produce your desired effects:
● Pick Your Color Scheme
What’s color grading without the right colors? Choosing an appropriate color scheme is one of the essential steps in Lightroom color grading. That’s because it sets the tone for the next steps. If you choose the wrong colors, you won’t get the excellent result you desire no matter how hard you try.
First, take a good look at your picture and its visible colors. Then think of the colors that compliment or contrast with them. For example, you should base images with red highlights around red. You can also try colors close to red in the color wheel, like orange.
Once you’ve found the colors that suit your image, you’re ready for the next steps in your color grading process. However, more than just adding colors, you must also pay attention to contrasting colors during processing. If you find such unwanted colors, use the HSL panel to pale them out.
● Prioritize Precision
In earlier paragraphs, you learned that working with the highlights, shadows, and mid-tones individually is best. That’s because individual adjustments are a painstaking process that guarantees the most accurate results. This makes a lot of difference in the final product compared to when you work with the wheel.
Working on the shadows, highlights, and mid-tones individually also connects to the hue and saturation sliders. So you remember how vital these hidden sliders are? You wouldn’t be able to access them by working on the tools one after another. Take that as your reward for being detail-oriented.
● Increase Saturation Values
Sometimes, the effect of one tool tells on another. For example, leaving your saturation values below may render your hue slider ineffective. To avoid that confusion, it’s best to increase your saturation levels to some values higher than your preferred one.
Yes, it wouldn’t look nice initially as you adjust the hue. However, it will ensure that you get the perfect color for your image. You can always go back to adjust the saturation to your choice values later on.
● Use Color Wheels To Find Color, Use Shadows to Refine
When discussing how to choose your color scheme, you must have understood how vital the color wheel is in finding harmonious hues. However, picking your preferred color isn’t the complete process. You must learn to fine-tune your chosen color by using the hue slider. Do this after adjusting the saturation to your preferred level as in the previous step. The result is always mind-blowing.
● Learn the Short Cuts
There are some shortcuts to learn when color grading in Lightroom to enhance accuracy and convenience. For example, option (Mac)/Alt (Windows) gives you better control over your image’s outcomes. Option/Alt + Up will increase saturation by one while the shift key adjusts it. You can use Command (Mac)/Ctrl (Windows) to adjust the hue. Also, the reset button on the right side of your panel takes you back to your initial image.
● Extra Tips
These best practices will help you to achieve excellent results:
- Don’t color grade without understanding the psychology of colors. Know what colors convey different moods or emotions.
- Be sure to work with high-quality pictures. Color grading isn’t magic; it wouldn’t correct an already lousy image.
- Shooting your pictures in RAW gives you more color control.
Conclusion
● Now that you’ve learned how to color grade using Lightroom, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. You can now explore your creative side with so much fun. However, know that you will likely not get it right the first time. Perfection comes with consistent practice or trial and error.
Every budding photographer knows what Photoshop is Adobe Lightroom (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is the newer and more advanced version of Photoshop. Compared with other alternatives of Lightroom , Lightroom helps photographers import, modify, manipulate, find, organize, and manage their images as an image editing software. Lightroom combines photo management and photo editing in one.
One of the most amazing things about Lightroom is its autosave or nondestructive feature. Once you edit your photos, Lightroom instantly saves and stores them in your Lightroom catalog. With its inbuilt-presets, Lightroom makes working on your project so much easy and fun.
You can leverage Lightroom’s unique features to perform different types of tasks. However, in this article, you’ll learn color grading in Lightroom and how to make it work.
In this article
03 How To Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
What Is Color Grading?
Color grading is one of the essential processes for creating the perfect video and image content. Like with color correction, color grading helps enhance the appearance of your image or video and makes it appealing to viewers. However, unlike color correction, it focuses on creating stylistic or cinematic effects rather than rectifying mistakes in the image.
Color grading enhances an already edited or otherwise perfect image or video. So, in color grading, you are not trying to balance out colors or make your pictures look natural to the human eyes. Color correction does all that. Instead, with color grading, you aim to “paint over” a color-corrected content to evoke specific emotions or moods in the viewers.
Colors carry different emotions or visual tones. So, they’re essential in the post-production process to manipulate viewers into specific moods that tell your story best. In other words, color grading aligns your viewer’s emotions to the central theme in your story.
For example, if your image or video’s theme is passion, power, violence, or danger, red portrays them perfectly. Meanwhile, blue does it when you wish to evoke calmness and melancholy in your viewers.
Other examples include:
- pink for beauty, innocence, and femininity,
- Green for nature, darkness, and corruption
- Purple for fantasies, and the mystical
- Yellow for obsession, sickness, and naivety
- Orange for warmth, friendliness, youth, and happiness
Have you noticed that turning your pictures black and white makes them look timeless? That’s color grading in action.
Color Grading in LightRoom
Are you amazed by the thrilling power of color grading to manipulate viewers’ emotions? Are you wondering how you can achieve that effect seamlessly? Then, you don’t need to worry about it. With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, you too can make magic.
Since Lightroom is an advanced photo editor, it has a lot to offer in features. Unfortunately, this may also mean that it can be complex to understand, especially if you’re new to photo editing. So, first things first, you must understand the color grading panel in Lightroom to appreciate it better.
Lightroom’s color grading panel is right beneath the HSL panel in the Develop Panel. It serves as a replacement for the Split Toning Panel from earlier versions, so it’s pretty easy to find.
The color grading panel comprises five small icons, three color wheels, and a blending/balance slider:
● The Five Small Icons
Lightroom’s small icons are a 3-way default layout, shadows, mid-tones, highlights, and global. With 3-way, you can manipulate the highlights, shadows, and mid-tones. Mid-tones, highlights, and shadows hide all color wheels, excluding the necessary ones that adjust them.
Meanwhile, Global combines and blends the highlights, mid-tones, and shadow adjustments no matter the luminosity. Global ensures that the color wheels work harmoniously.
When adjusting icons, it’s best to use each color wheel one after another one. You’ll get better and more precise outcomes that way compared to using them together.
● Lightroom’s Color Wheels
You can view Lightroom’s three-color wheels through the 3-way default layout. The color wheels help to enhance distinct image parts by providing various color hues. It also allows you to introduce saturation through an adjustable knob.
Each lightroom’s color wheels feature a luminance slide beneath them that adjusts color brightness. Between the luminance slide and the wheel is a visible eye icon that you can use to turn the effects on or off.
● The Blending and Balance Slider
The blending and balance sliders offer you advanced control over how your colors look after introducing them. With the blending slider, you can control the color distinctiveness between highlights and shadows. In other words, this feature helps to merge colors to produce a much more balanced and beautiful result.
The balance slider adjusts altered mid-tones, highlights, and shadows to balance the effects. By default, the slider is set at 0 in the middle and allows you to move it in opposite directions for distinct effects. For example, you can use this tool to balance shadows with over-concentrated colors.
While the above features are visible to everyone in the 3-way view, there are two more hidden sliders. You may only view them when editing highlights, shadows, mid-tones, or the global color wheels. They’re the hue and saturation sliders that you can only uncover by clicking on the arrow below the eye icon.
There’s no idea why the hue and saturation sliders aren’t visible in the 3-way view. That’s especially when you discover that they do the all-important job of making minor but precise changes to final adjustments. This produces an excellent fine-tuned outcome and gives your image a professional finish.
How To Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
If you wish to use the color grading Lightroom tool to enhance photos, here’s a comprehensive guide for you. You’ll learn the best practices to apply when using the specific Lightroom features to produce your desired effects:
● Pick Your Color Scheme
What’s color grading without the right colors? Choosing an appropriate color scheme is one of the essential steps in Lightroom color grading. That’s because it sets the tone for the next steps. If you choose the wrong colors, you won’t get the excellent result you desire no matter how hard you try.
First, take a good look at your picture and its visible colors. Then think of the colors that compliment or contrast with them. For example, you should base images with red highlights around red. You can also try colors close to red in the color wheel, like orange.
Once you’ve found the colors that suit your image, you’re ready for the next steps in your color grading process. However, more than just adding colors, you must also pay attention to contrasting colors during processing. If you find such unwanted colors, use the HSL panel to pale them out.
● Prioritize Precision
In earlier paragraphs, you learned that working with the highlights, shadows, and mid-tones individually is best. That’s because individual adjustments are a painstaking process that guarantees the most accurate results. This makes a lot of difference in the final product compared to when you work with the wheel.
Working on the shadows, highlights, and mid-tones individually also connects to the hue and saturation sliders. So you remember how vital these hidden sliders are? You wouldn’t be able to access them by working on the tools one after another. Take that as your reward for being detail-oriented.
● Increase Saturation Values
Sometimes, the effect of one tool tells on another. For example, leaving your saturation values below may render your hue slider ineffective. To avoid that confusion, it’s best to increase your saturation levels to some values higher than your preferred one.
Yes, it wouldn’t look nice initially as you adjust the hue. However, it will ensure that you get the perfect color for your image. You can always go back to adjust the saturation to your choice values later on.
● Use Color Wheels To Find Color, Use Shadows to Refine
When discussing how to choose your color scheme, you must have understood how vital the color wheel is in finding harmonious hues. However, picking your preferred color isn’t the complete process. You must learn to fine-tune your chosen color by using the hue slider. Do this after adjusting the saturation to your preferred level as in the previous step. The result is always mind-blowing.
● Learn the Short Cuts
There are some shortcuts to learn when color grading in Lightroom to enhance accuracy and convenience. For example, option (Mac)/Alt (Windows) gives you better control over your image’s outcomes. Option/Alt + Up will increase saturation by one while the shift key adjusts it. You can use Command (Mac)/Ctrl (Windows) to adjust the hue. Also, the reset button on the right side of your panel takes you back to your initial image.
● Extra Tips
These best practices will help you to achieve excellent results:
- Don’t color grade without understanding the psychology of colors. Know what colors convey different moods or emotions.
- Be sure to work with high-quality pictures. Color grading isn’t magic; it wouldn’t correct an already lousy image.
- Shooting your pictures in RAW gives you more color control.
Conclusion
● Now that you’ve learned how to color grade using Lightroom, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. You can now explore your creative side with so much fun. However, know that you will likely not get it right the first time. Perfection comes with consistent practice or trial and error.
Every budding photographer knows what Photoshop is Adobe Lightroom (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is the newer and more advanced version of Photoshop. Compared with other alternatives of Lightroom , Lightroom helps photographers import, modify, manipulate, find, organize, and manage their images as an image editing software. Lightroom combines photo management and photo editing in one.
One of the most amazing things about Lightroom is its autosave or nondestructive feature. Once you edit your photos, Lightroom instantly saves and stores them in your Lightroom catalog. With its inbuilt-presets, Lightroom makes working on your project so much easy and fun.
You can leverage Lightroom’s unique features to perform different types of tasks. However, in this article, you’ll learn color grading in Lightroom and how to make it work.
In this article
03 How To Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
What Is Color Grading?
Color grading is one of the essential processes for creating the perfect video and image content. Like with color correction, color grading helps enhance the appearance of your image or video and makes it appealing to viewers. However, unlike color correction, it focuses on creating stylistic or cinematic effects rather than rectifying mistakes in the image.
Color grading enhances an already edited or otherwise perfect image or video. So, in color grading, you are not trying to balance out colors or make your pictures look natural to the human eyes. Color correction does all that. Instead, with color grading, you aim to “paint over” a color-corrected content to evoke specific emotions or moods in the viewers.
Colors carry different emotions or visual tones. So, they’re essential in the post-production process to manipulate viewers into specific moods that tell your story best. In other words, color grading aligns your viewer’s emotions to the central theme in your story.
For example, if your image or video’s theme is passion, power, violence, or danger, red portrays them perfectly. Meanwhile, blue does it when you wish to evoke calmness and melancholy in your viewers.
Other examples include:
- pink for beauty, innocence, and femininity,
- Green for nature, darkness, and corruption
- Purple for fantasies, and the mystical
- Yellow for obsession, sickness, and naivety
- Orange for warmth, friendliness, youth, and happiness
Have you noticed that turning your pictures black and white makes them look timeless? That’s color grading in action.
Color Grading in LightRoom
Are you amazed by the thrilling power of color grading to manipulate viewers’ emotions? Are you wondering how you can achieve that effect seamlessly? Then, you don’t need to worry about it. With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, you too can make magic.
Since Lightroom is an advanced photo editor, it has a lot to offer in features. Unfortunately, this may also mean that it can be complex to understand, especially if you’re new to photo editing. So, first things first, you must understand the color grading panel in Lightroom to appreciate it better.
Lightroom’s color grading panel is right beneath the HSL panel in the Develop Panel. It serves as a replacement for the Split Toning Panel from earlier versions, so it’s pretty easy to find.
The color grading panel comprises five small icons, three color wheels, and a blending/balance slider:
● The Five Small Icons
Lightroom’s small icons are a 3-way default layout, shadows, mid-tones, highlights, and global. With 3-way, you can manipulate the highlights, shadows, and mid-tones. Mid-tones, highlights, and shadows hide all color wheels, excluding the necessary ones that adjust them.
Meanwhile, Global combines and blends the highlights, mid-tones, and shadow adjustments no matter the luminosity. Global ensures that the color wheels work harmoniously.
When adjusting icons, it’s best to use each color wheel one after another one. You’ll get better and more precise outcomes that way compared to using them together.
● Lightroom’s Color Wheels
You can view Lightroom’s three-color wheels through the 3-way default layout. The color wheels help to enhance distinct image parts by providing various color hues. It also allows you to introduce saturation through an adjustable knob.
Each lightroom’s color wheels feature a luminance slide beneath them that adjusts color brightness. Between the luminance slide and the wheel is a visible eye icon that you can use to turn the effects on or off.
● The Blending and Balance Slider
The blending and balance sliders offer you advanced control over how your colors look after introducing them. With the blending slider, you can control the color distinctiveness between highlights and shadows. In other words, this feature helps to merge colors to produce a much more balanced and beautiful result.
The balance slider adjusts altered mid-tones, highlights, and shadows to balance the effects. By default, the slider is set at 0 in the middle and allows you to move it in opposite directions for distinct effects. For example, you can use this tool to balance shadows with over-concentrated colors.
While the above features are visible to everyone in the 3-way view, there are two more hidden sliders. You may only view them when editing highlights, shadows, mid-tones, or the global color wheels. They’re the hue and saturation sliders that you can only uncover by clicking on the arrow below the eye icon.
There’s no idea why the hue and saturation sliders aren’t visible in the 3-way view. That’s especially when you discover that they do the all-important job of making minor but precise changes to final adjustments. This produces an excellent fine-tuned outcome and gives your image a professional finish.
How To Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
If you wish to use the color grading Lightroom tool to enhance photos, here’s a comprehensive guide for you. You’ll learn the best practices to apply when using the specific Lightroom features to produce your desired effects:
● Pick Your Color Scheme
What’s color grading without the right colors? Choosing an appropriate color scheme is one of the essential steps in Lightroom color grading. That’s because it sets the tone for the next steps. If you choose the wrong colors, you won’t get the excellent result you desire no matter how hard you try.
First, take a good look at your picture and its visible colors. Then think of the colors that compliment or contrast with them. For example, you should base images with red highlights around red. You can also try colors close to red in the color wheel, like orange.
Once you’ve found the colors that suit your image, you’re ready for the next steps in your color grading process. However, more than just adding colors, you must also pay attention to contrasting colors during processing. If you find such unwanted colors, use the HSL panel to pale them out.
● Prioritize Precision
In earlier paragraphs, you learned that working with the highlights, shadows, and mid-tones individually is best. That’s because individual adjustments are a painstaking process that guarantees the most accurate results. This makes a lot of difference in the final product compared to when you work with the wheel.
Working on the shadows, highlights, and mid-tones individually also connects to the hue and saturation sliders. So you remember how vital these hidden sliders are? You wouldn’t be able to access them by working on the tools one after another. Take that as your reward for being detail-oriented.
● Increase Saturation Values
Sometimes, the effect of one tool tells on another. For example, leaving your saturation values below may render your hue slider ineffective. To avoid that confusion, it’s best to increase your saturation levels to some values higher than your preferred one.
Yes, it wouldn’t look nice initially as you adjust the hue. However, it will ensure that you get the perfect color for your image. You can always go back to adjust the saturation to your choice values later on.
● Use Color Wheels To Find Color, Use Shadows to Refine
When discussing how to choose your color scheme, you must have understood how vital the color wheel is in finding harmonious hues. However, picking your preferred color isn’t the complete process. You must learn to fine-tune your chosen color by using the hue slider. Do this after adjusting the saturation to your preferred level as in the previous step. The result is always mind-blowing.
● Learn the Short Cuts
There are some shortcuts to learn when color grading in Lightroom to enhance accuracy and convenience. For example, option (Mac)/Alt (Windows) gives you better control over your image’s outcomes. Option/Alt + Up will increase saturation by one while the shift key adjusts it. You can use Command (Mac)/Ctrl (Windows) to adjust the hue. Also, the reset button on the right side of your panel takes you back to your initial image.
● Extra Tips
These best practices will help you to achieve excellent results:
- Don’t color grade without understanding the psychology of colors. Know what colors convey different moods or emotions.
- Be sure to work with high-quality pictures. Color grading isn’t magic; it wouldn’t correct an already lousy image.
- Shooting your pictures in RAW gives you more color control.
Conclusion
● Now that you’ve learned how to color grade using Lightroom, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. You can now explore your creative side with so much fun. However, know that you will likely not get it right the first time. Perfection comes with consistent practice or trial and error.
Every budding photographer knows what Photoshop is Adobe Lightroom (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is the newer and more advanced version of Photoshop. Compared with other alternatives of Lightroom , Lightroom helps photographers import, modify, manipulate, find, organize, and manage their images as an image editing software. Lightroom combines photo management and photo editing in one.
One of the most amazing things about Lightroom is its autosave or nondestructive feature. Once you edit your photos, Lightroom instantly saves and stores them in your Lightroom catalog. With its inbuilt-presets, Lightroom makes working on your project so much easy and fun.
You can leverage Lightroom’s unique features to perform different types of tasks. However, in this article, you’ll learn color grading in Lightroom and how to make it work.
In this article
03 How To Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
What Is Color Grading?
Color grading is one of the essential processes for creating the perfect video and image content. Like with color correction, color grading helps enhance the appearance of your image or video and makes it appealing to viewers. However, unlike color correction, it focuses on creating stylistic or cinematic effects rather than rectifying mistakes in the image.
Color grading enhances an already edited or otherwise perfect image or video. So, in color grading, you are not trying to balance out colors or make your pictures look natural to the human eyes. Color correction does all that. Instead, with color grading, you aim to “paint over” a color-corrected content to evoke specific emotions or moods in the viewers.
Colors carry different emotions or visual tones. So, they’re essential in the post-production process to manipulate viewers into specific moods that tell your story best. In other words, color grading aligns your viewer’s emotions to the central theme in your story.
For example, if your image or video’s theme is passion, power, violence, or danger, red portrays them perfectly. Meanwhile, blue does it when you wish to evoke calmness and melancholy in your viewers.
Other examples include:
- pink for beauty, innocence, and femininity,
- Green for nature, darkness, and corruption
- Purple for fantasies, and the mystical
- Yellow for obsession, sickness, and naivety
- Orange for warmth, friendliness, youth, and happiness
Have you noticed that turning your pictures black and white makes them look timeless? That’s color grading in action.
Color Grading in LightRoom
Are you amazed by the thrilling power of color grading to manipulate viewers’ emotions? Are you wondering how you can achieve that effect seamlessly? Then, you don’t need to worry about it. With Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, you too can make magic.
Since Lightroom is an advanced photo editor, it has a lot to offer in features. Unfortunately, this may also mean that it can be complex to understand, especially if you’re new to photo editing. So, first things first, you must understand the color grading panel in Lightroom to appreciate it better.
Lightroom’s color grading panel is right beneath the HSL panel in the Develop Panel. It serves as a replacement for the Split Toning Panel from earlier versions, so it’s pretty easy to find.
The color grading panel comprises five small icons, three color wheels, and a blending/balance slider:
● The Five Small Icons
Lightroom’s small icons are a 3-way default layout, shadows, mid-tones, highlights, and global. With 3-way, you can manipulate the highlights, shadows, and mid-tones. Mid-tones, highlights, and shadows hide all color wheels, excluding the necessary ones that adjust them.
Meanwhile, Global combines and blends the highlights, mid-tones, and shadow adjustments no matter the luminosity. Global ensures that the color wheels work harmoniously.
When adjusting icons, it’s best to use each color wheel one after another one. You’ll get better and more precise outcomes that way compared to using them together.
● Lightroom’s Color Wheels
You can view Lightroom’s three-color wheels through the 3-way default layout. The color wheels help to enhance distinct image parts by providing various color hues. It also allows you to introduce saturation through an adjustable knob.
Each lightroom’s color wheels feature a luminance slide beneath them that adjusts color brightness. Between the luminance slide and the wheel is a visible eye icon that you can use to turn the effects on or off.
● The Blending and Balance Slider
The blending and balance sliders offer you advanced control over how your colors look after introducing them. With the blending slider, you can control the color distinctiveness between highlights and shadows. In other words, this feature helps to merge colors to produce a much more balanced and beautiful result.
The balance slider adjusts altered mid-tones, highlights, and shadows to balance the effects. By default, the slider is set at 0 in the middle and allows you to move it in opposite directions for distinct effects. For example, you can use this tool to balance shadows with over-concentrated colors.
While the above features are visible to everyone in the 3-way view, there are two more hidden sliders. You may only view them when editing highlights, shadows, mid-tones, or the global color wheels. They’re the hue and saturation sliders that you can only uncover by clicking on the arrow below the eye icon.
There’s no idea why the hue and saturation sliders aren’t visible in the 3-way view. That’s especially when you discover that they do the all-important job of making minor but precise changes to final adjustments. This produces an excellent fine-tuned outcome and gives your image a professional finish.
How To Color Grade Your Picture in LightRoom
If you wish to use the color grading Lightroom tool to enhance photos, here’s a comprehensive guide for you. You’ll learn the best practices to apply when using the specific Lightroom features to produce your desired effects:
● Pick Your Color Scheme
What’s color grading without the right colors? Choosing an appropriate color scheme is one of the essential steps in Lightroom color grading. That’s because it sets the tone for the next steps. If you choose the wrong colors, you won’t get the excellent result you desire no matter how hard you try.
First, take a good look at your picture and its visible colors. Then think of the colors that compliment or contrast with them. For example, you should base images with red highlights around red. You can also try colors close to red in the color wheel, like orange.
Once you’ve found the colors that suit your image, you’re ready for the next steps in your color grading process. However, more than just adding colors, you must also pay attention to contrasting colors during processing. If you find such unwanted colors, use the HSL panel to pale them out.
● Prioritize Precision
In earlier paragraphs, you learned that working with the highlights, shadows, and mid-tones individually is best. That’s because individual adjustments are a painstaking process that guarantees the most accurate results. This makes a lot of difference in the final product compared to when you work with the wheel.
Working on the shadows, highlights, and mid-tones individually also connects to the hue and saturation sliders. So you remember how vital these hidden sliders are? You wouldn’t be able to access them by working on the tools one after another. Take that as your reward for being detail-oriented.
● Increase Saturation Values
Sometimes, the effect of one tool tells on another. For example, leaving your saturation values below may render your hue slider ineffective. To avoid that confusion, it’s best to increase your saturation levels to some values higher than your preferred one.
Yes, it wouldn’t look nice initially as you adjust the hue. However, it will ensure that you get the perfect color for your image. You can always go back to adjust the saturation to your choice values later on.
● Use Color Wheels To Find Color, Use Shadows to Refine
When discussing how to choose your color scheme, you must have understood how vital the color wheel is in finding harmonious hues. However, picking your preferred color isn’t the complete process. You must learn to fine-tune your chosen color by using the hue slider. Do this after adjusting the saturation to your preferred level as in the previous step. The result is always mind-blowing.
● Learn the Short Cuts
There are some shortcuts to learn when color grading in Lightroom to enhance accuracy and convenience. For example, option (Mac)/Alt (Windows) gives you better control over your image’s outcomes. Option/Alt + Up will increase saturation by one while the shift key adjusts it. You can use Command (Mac)/Ctrl (Windows) to adjust the hue. Also, the reset button on the right side of your panel takes you back to your initial image.
● Extra Tips
These best practices will help you to achieve excellent results:
- Don’t color grade without understanding the psychology of colors. Know what colors convey different moods or emotions.
- Be sure to work with high-quality pictures. Color grading isn’t magic; it wouldn’t correct an already lousy image.
- Shooting your pictures in RAW gives you more color control.
Conclusion
● Now that you’ve learned how to color grade using Lightroom, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. You can now explore your creative side with so much fun. However, know that you will likely not get it right the first time. Perfection comes with consistent practice or trial and error.
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