Effects and color

Effects change how clips and layers look. Use them for color correction, creative style, green screen, blur, sharpening, glow, and social-video polish.

Where effects live

You can add effects from two places:

1. Left asset panel → Effects — browse the effect library and apply effects.
2. Right properties panel → Effects — manage the selected element's effect stack.

Select a clip first if you want to apply an effect to that clip only.

Add an effect to a clip

1. Select a video, image, sticker, graphic, or other eligible element.
2. Open Effects in the left panel or the selected element's properties.
3. Choose an effect.
4. Click or drag it onto the selected element.
5. Adjust effect parameters in the properties panel.
6. Preview before and after.

Effect stack order

Effects are applied in order.

Example:

• Blur → Grain gives blurred image with sharp grain on top.
• Grain → Blur blurs both image and grain.

If the result looks wrong, reorder the effect stack.

Adjustment and color controls

The Adjust effect gives core color controls:

• Brightness — overall lightness.
• Contrast — separation between dark and light areas.
• Saturation — color intensity.
• Temperature — warmer yellow/orange or cooler blue.
• Tint — green/magenta balance.
• Exposure — overall exposure shift.
• Vibrance — smart saturation that protects some tones.
• Hue — rotates colors.
• Shadows — controls darker areas.
• Highlights — controls brighter areas.
• Whites — sets bright white point.
• Blacks — sets dark black point.
• Tone curve — advanced contrast shaping.

Quick color correction workflow

1. Select a clip.
2. Add Adjust.
3. Fix exposure first.
4. Add contrast.
5. Adjust saturation or vibrance.
6. Fine-tune temperature and tint.
7. Preview next to surrounding clips.

LUTs

LUTs apply preset color transformations.

1. Select a clip or adjustment layer.
2. Add LUT.
3. Pick a built-in LUT preset.
4. Adjust Intensity.
5. Keep intensity subtle unless you want a stylized look.

Start around 20-50% intensity for a natural grade.

Blur

Use blur for:

• Background separation.
• Privacy blur.
• Motion-style transitions.
• Soft focus.

For face or license plate blur, duplicate the video, blur the duplicate, then mask the blurred layer.

Chroma key

Chroma key removes green screen or another color.

1. Select the green screen clip.
2. Add Chroma key.
3. Choose the Key color.
4. Increase Similarity until the background disappears.
5. Increase Smoothness for cleaner edges.
6. Use Spill suppression to remove green edge color.
7. Place a background clip underneath.

Use good lighting and avoid green clothing for best results.

Vignette

Vignette darkens or styles the edges.

Use it to:

• Draw attention to the center.
• Add cinematic mood.
• Blend busy backgrounds.

Keep it subtle for professional edits.

Film grain

Film grain adds texture.

Use it for:

• Cinematic style.
• Vintage looks.
• Making clean digital footage feel less sterile.

Too much grain can hurt compression and readability on social platforms.

Sharpen

Sharpen increases edge contrast.

Use it carefully:

• Good for slightly soft footage.
• Bad for noisy footage.
• Can make skin and compression artifacts harsh.

RGB split and chromatic aberration

RGB split offsets color channels for a glitchy look.

Use it for:

• Music videos.
• Gaming edits.
• Glitch transitions.
• Short impact moments.

Avoid using it throughout a long video unless it is part of the style.

Pixelate, invert, posterize, and glow

• Pixelate — mosaic or retro digital effect.
• Invert — negative color effect.
• Posterize — reduces color levels for a graphic look.
• Glow — creates bloom around bright areas.

These are creative effects. Apply them intentionally and preview after export if quality matters.

Adjustment elements

Adjustment elements apply effects over clips underneath them.

Use them when you want:

• One grade over a whole section.
• A temporary effect over several clips.
• Consistent color across a sequence.
• An effect that can be trimmed like a clip.

Workflow:

1. Open Adjustment in the left panel.
2. Add an adjustment element above your clips.
3. Trim it to cover the intended section.
4. Add effects to the adjustment element.
5. Preview all clips underneath.

Animate effect parameters

1. Select the effect-bearing element.
2. Open the effect parameter.
3. Add a keyframe at the start.
4. Move the playhead.
5. Change the value.
6. Smooth the result in the graph editor.

Use this for blur ramps, exposure flashes, glow pulses, and LUT intensity changes.

Troubleshooting

See also

• Properties panel
• Masks
• Transitions
• Style packs