Applying an effect to the whole video?

arabprincess · Post by **arabprincess** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:09 am

I've tried to search this and came to one about copying/pasting the whole timeline but it didn't quite help, and was unable to find anything else. I'm way new to videostudio, and I'm trying to apply this effect (a color adjustment affect) to my entire video. I figured if I could selecting the entire thing I could do that, but couldn't figure out how (hence the copying/pasting timeline thing).
So is there an extremely obvious way that I could do this by either selecting the entire video or atleast saving my the video settings so i could apply it easily to each invidiual clip?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:35 am

Please view:
Color correction

arabprincess · Post by **arabprincess** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:15 am

I read both the color collection and the link within it, but I sitll do not understand how to apply the affect to the entire movie. I tried playing with the duration thing but it didn't affect the whole thing.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:16 am

Do you mean you have a bunch of video clips in a project, and you want to apply a color correction to all the clips in the project? If so, you could save your project, then start a new project and insert the original project file (the project file will be treated like a video clip). You can then apply filters and other fx as needed...

arabprincess · Post by **arabprincess** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:03 am

yea, thats what i wanted to do - thanks! seems obvious enough

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:18 am

GeorgeW wrote:Do you mean you have a bunch of video clips in a project, and you want to apply a color correction to all the clips in the project? If so, you could save your project, then start a new project and insert the original project file (the project file will be treated like a video clip). You can then apply filters and other fx as needed...

That is very handy to know. Tried it, and it works! I have wanted to apply a colour correction to my entire video, but thought it had to be done clip by clip - very tedious.

Never would have guessed that a .vsp file could be imported as if it was a video clip. I'm lost here. Isn't the vsp file just a set of instructions?

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:20 pm

Colin wrote:That is very handy to know. Tried it, and it works! I have wanted to apply a colour correction to my entire video, but thought it had to be done clip by clip - very tedious.

Never would have guessed that a .vsp file could be imported as if it was a video clip. I'm lost here. Isn't the vsp file just a set of instructions?

Yes, it's a set of instructions that VS10+ can treat as a single video asset. It actually acts similar to a feature in Ulead's MediaStudio Pro 8 called "Multiple Timelines" -- where within a single project, you can have separate timelines also known as "Virtual Clips", and then treat the "Virtual Clips" as a single video asset on the Main timeline.

Regards,
George