Digital Commons at Penn State

Adding Video Effects
There are a variety of effects that can be added to a movie. Effects can add many different visual changes to your movie, from emphasizing a certain color to adding motion blur to creating mosaic imagery. Experiment with all of the varieties to see which effect best suits your project. To add an effect, follow the steps below.

1. Select the video to which you will be applying the effect.

2. Click the Editing button in the Editing Effects Menu.

3. Go to “Editing” in the Editing Effects Menu. Choose Video FX.

4. Select a video effect in the Video FX pane.

5. Adjust the effect using the different sliders in the Effects pane.

Note: Not every effect has multiple control sliders.

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6. Click Apply to add the effect.

Note: If you want the same effect applied to multiple clips throughout the project, simply hold the shift key down and select all the clips before choosing effect.
Note: A clip with an Effect can be restored back to its original state at anytime. Select the clip and Choose Advanced>Restore Clip