Video Filters - VS 11.5 Plus

rckowal · Post by **rckowal** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:03 pm

Question 1:

When using the Color Correction with Auto Color & Tone filters, I presume that these are applied to an individual video clip by default. Is that correct? If so, then how can I apply them to an entire video consisting of a number of clips?

The video was captured in .avi. then split into clips for editing. It was then saved as a .vsp project file.

Question 2:

With the same assumptions, how about applying the anti-shake filter? By the way, I've seen a few conflicting comments about the effectiveness of this filter. What seems to be the consensus - is it beneficial or not?

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:50 pm

You cannot apply a filter to multiple clips at once (With 11.5 you cannot copy filter attributes and paste them to clips. With X3 that is possible, and could be a work-around). However, if you want to apply it to your entire project there is a work-around. Start a new project and insert your VSP into the timeline. That VSP is now treated like a single clip, so by adding a filter it will be applied to the entire thing.

As far as the anti-shake filter, I have not used it much because when I did, I did not have much success.

rckowal · Post by **rckowal** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:52 pm

Jeff, Thanks for replying.

I thought that could be the case so thanks for the work around tip.

I hope I get more feedback from others about their experience with anti-shake. I've used similar filters in still photography. Such sharpening filters are used to reduce blur from camera shake. They are not very user friendly. The settings can "make or break" the shot.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:54 pm

I am afraid my experience with anti-shake is similar to Jeff's. Fortunately, my successive Canon camcorders appear to have excellent stability controls installed, so shake is minimal at worst. But when applying the VS anti-shake filter to some of these, the end result was usually worse than the original!

rckowal · Post by **rckowal** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:30 am

Ken & Jeff,

I tried anti-shake on a short video. Although it seemed to help a bit, I wasn't impressed.

I also tried the work around Jeff suggested with the Auto Tone & Color filters applied to a 4 1/2 minute video. Again, I wasn't impressed. Although darker scenes were lightened, it was at the expense of blowing out the lighter scenes.

Based on what I saw during this short test, it appears that it takes about 19 minutes for every minute of video. What I originally had in mind was a 30 minute video but that would take all night to render. IMHO, not very practical.